Why We Shouldn't Have Fathers: Part 1

Incoming White House Chief of Staff can't be too happy with his father today.

In an interview with Ma'ariv, Emanuel's father, Dr. Benjamin Emanuel, said he was convinced that his son's appointment would be good for Israel. "Obviously he will influence the president to be pro-Israel," he was quoted as saying. "Why wouldn't he be? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to clean the floors of the White House."

That's a really good point. Also, it's not to surprising considering the old man used to be a terrorist. You read that right, the future White House Chief of Staff's dad was a Jewish terrorist. Finally, Obama has an actual terrorist connection. Yay!

As Abunimah notes, Benjamin Emanuel was a member of Irgun, “the pre-state Jewish militia that carried out terrorist attacks on Palestinians and the British in the 1940s.”

But he was a Jewish terrorist. Boo!

Rahm has apologized for his terrorist father's comments.

"Today, Rep. Emanuel called Mary Rose Oakar, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, apologized on behalf of his family and offered to meet with representatives of the Arab-American community at an appropriate time in the future," said an Emanuel spokesman, Nick Papas.

This is going to be fun.