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Report: Steve Bannon called U.S. Jews unwitting ‘enablers’ of jihad

(JTA) – In a treatment describing a documentary on a purported Muslim plan to take over America, Stephen Bannon, now President Donald Trump’s top strategic adviser, described the “American Jewish community” as among unwitting “enablers” of jihad. Bannon, a top adviser to the Trump campaign, made several right-wing documentaries in the 2000s. The Washington Post reported Jan. 2 on a 2007 proposal for a documentary that was never made called “The Islamic States of America.” It would be comprised of interviews of people who, like Bannon, believe that the threat posed to the West is broader than Islamist extremist terrorists, embracing an array of Muslim advocacy groups. It describes as “enablers among us” – albeit with the “best intentions” – major media outlets, the CIA and FBI, civil liberties groups, “universities and the left” and the “American Jewish Community.” Before joining Trump’s campaign last summer, Bannon helmed Breitbart News, a site that is stridently pro-Israel, but which also has featured white nationalists and which Bannon once described as a platform for the “alt-right,” a loose-knit alliance that includes within it antisemites as well as right-wing Jews.

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