New York, NY - Decades-old affiliations with anti-Semitic
groups are raising questions for Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio,
most notably his time spent in Nicaragua in 1988, where the
Sandinista-controlled government openly persecuted Jews.
The NEW YORK POST reports that Jewish leaders say that
Nicaragua’s tiny Jewish population of about 250 was constantly threatened by
the repressive Sandinista regime, which confiscated private Jewish property,
while openly supporting Yasser Arafat’s PLO.
Persecution and the threat of imprisonment caused many Jews
to flee the country.
According to records, de Balsio arrived in Nicaragua at the
age of 26, in a humanitarian capacity to help distribute food and medicine.
On the subject, de Blasio said recently, “They had a
youthful energy and idealism mixed with a human ability and practicality that
was really inspirational.”
Campaign spokesman Dan Levitan said there was “no
connection” between de Blasio’s humanitarian efforts and the anti-Semitism
practiced by the Sandinistas.
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