Hillary's top aide Huma Abedin is blasted for dismissing pro-Israel group as 'that crowd' 

  • Huma Abedin allegedly called a key pro-Israel group 'that crowd' in an email exchange
  • She has been tipped to be Hillary's chief of staff if she wins on November 8 
  • Abedin recently dumped her husband, Anthony Weiner, after he became embroiled in yet another sexting scandal 
  • In August Abedin was accused of working at a magazine in 2002 which blamed the US for 9/11

By Mail Online Reporter

Published: 10:43 EST, 7 October 2016 | Updated: 10:45 EST, 7 October 2016

Hillary Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin has been accused of referring to a key pro-Israel lobby as 'that crowd' in an exchange of emails. 

In 2009 Abedin reportedly emailed Doug Band, an aide to Bill Clinton, recommending the former President turn down an invitation from the American Israel Public Affairs Council (AIPAC).

'U really want to consider sending him into that crowd?' Abedin asked, according to the Daily Caller, a conservative website set up by pundit Tucker Carlson. 

Human Abedin (right with Hillary Clinton, left) worked at a radical Muslim publication that opposed women's rights and blamed the US for 9/11 before being appointed as Clinton's top aide

Human Abedin (right with Hillary Clinton, left) worked at a radical Muslim publication that opposed women's rights and blamed the US for 9/11 before being appointed as Clinton's top aide

It follows revelations in August that she worked at a radical Muslim publication that opposed women's rights and blamed the US for 9/11. 

Abedin, who could become the future White House chief of staff if Hillary wins the election, occupies a key role in Hillary's campaign and the former First Lady remains fiercely loyal to the Michigan-born mother-of-one. 

But this latest story will prove awkward for the Democrat nominee, who will be hoping to rely on millions of Jewish votes on November 8. 

Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone recently asked whether Huma Abedin (left) was a 'Saudi spy' or a 'terrorist agent' working with Mrs Clinton (right)

Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone recently asked whether Huma Abedin (left) was a 'Saudi spy' or a 'terrorist agent' working with Mrs Clinton (right)

Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, told the Daily Caller the email was 'appalling and showed 'hostility toward Jews and Israel in light of the fact that "that crowd" gives huge ovations to White House speakers.' 

Mr Klein claimed Abedin's family had ties to a radical Islamic group, and he added: 'It makes me think about the allegations about her parents and other family members who were associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.'

Abedin's parents are both Muslims who were born in India and her mother, Saleha, an academic, founded the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, which Abedin herself once worked on.

In 2002 the journal published an article saying the United States had created a 'spiral of violence' which had created a 'time bomb' which exploded on 9/11.  

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pictured with Saleha Mahmood Abedin at a women's college in Jeddah in 2010

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pictured with Saleha Mahmood Abedin at a women's college in Jeddah in 2010

Huma was listed as 'assistant editor' on the masthead of the 2002 controversial issue. 

Abedin has never spoken directly about the articles posted in her mother's magazine, while she served as assistant editor.

In a recent Vogue piece, she described her mother as a feminist who was unhappy when the family moved to the conservative Saudi Arabia.

Abedin, who could become the future White House chief of staff if Hillary wins the election, was assistant editor of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs until as last as 2008

Abedin (left) who could become the future White House chief of staff if Hillary wins the election, was assistant editor of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs - run by her mother Saleha Mahmood Abedin (right) 

Abedin has never spoken directly about the articles posted in her mother's magazine, while she served as assistant editor

Abedin has never spoken directly about the articles posted in her mother's magazine, while she served as assistant editor

Many politicians, of both parties, strongly support Abedin including Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona. 

'Put simply, Huma represents what is best about America: the daughter of immigrants, who has risen to the highest levels of our government on the basis of her substantial personal merit and her abiding commitment to the American ideals that she embodies so fully,' McCain said then. He added: 'I am proud to know Huma and to call her my friend.' 

Abedin was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the child of two academics. Her father was born in New Delhi, India, while her mother was from Pakistan. She attended George Washington University and was a board member of a Muslim students association. 

Abedin got her start working for Clinton when the candidate was first lady. She later followed her to the Senate and the State Department

Abedin got her start working for Clinton when the candidate was first lady. She later followed her to the Senate and the State Department

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