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Kredo Discusses Muslim Brotherhood, BDS Movement, Trump's First 100 Days

January 24, 2017

Washington Free Beacon senior writer Adam Kredo appeared Monday night on "The Tipping Point" with Liz Wheeler and discussed the Muslim Brotherhood, the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel, and President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office.

Wheeler first asked Kredo about the son of a Muslim Brotherhood member visiting the White House during the last days of the Obama administration.

"I think that this will change exponentially under the Trump Administration. In fact, senators in Congress long have wanted to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization," Kredo said. "I think we might see that under President Trump."

Wheeler then changed the subject to Trump's Israel policy, listing the goals of his agenda.

"He actually has five priorities here," she said. "The first of which is to signal the Palestinian Authority to stop targeting Israel, stop wanting to wipe them off the face of the Earth. The second one being to reverse the U.N. Resolution that basically declares Israel to be international law breakers. Then, of course, moving the embassy, and finally, opposing efforts to delegitimize Israel. Adam, this would change the landscape of the entire world quite significantly, in my opinion."

"I think you're right," Kredo said. "It absolutely would."

Kredo explained that the Obama administration did not take the BDS movement as seriously as it should have. The movement to boycott, divestment from, and sanctions the Jewish state, he explained, is a worldwide campaign of hate against Israel.

It is led by people who "don't believe that Jews belong in that land," he said, adding that BDS supporters try to mainstream this message by "boycotting Jewish businesses and Jewish-made goods."

"The last time we saw this was Nazi Germany," he added.

Wheeler said the BDS movement is so dangerous because it a form of grassroots mobilization of people toward the goal of being anti-Israel.

She then wanted to discuss Trump's first 100 days in office, mentioning how the president has already called Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau.

"I do expect cordial relations with Canada to continue, of course, our neighbors to the top," Kredo said. "They're very important, and I think that Trump is communicating to leaders, such as Trudeau, who might be more willing to adopt that liberal kind of perception that categorizes Israel as an occupier or a delegitimizing force in the region."

"I think that he's going to hammer very home that there's no stomach for this type of attitude."