A.G. Gancarski
The Florida Legislative Jewish Caucus is the latest group of lawmakers to call for a license suspension on Fadi Kablawi, a dentist who made antisemitic remarks.
“This alarming and hateful speech is unacceptable and frightening. Calling for the annihilation of an ethnic group amounts to genocide. Patients deserve to be protected from this violent and dangerous individual. This cannot be tolerated in a civilized society,” said former Rep. Joe Geller.
Per MEMRI, Kablawi made a number of incendiary remarks about so-called “tyrannical Jews … the brothers of apes and pigs” in a recent sermon.
“Nazis, they are worse than Nazis — and I apologized to the Nazis last week, because these people have been proven to be worse than the Nazis,” the dentist said. “They steal the skin of the Palestinians. It is not enough that they stole their land, now they steal their skin. Organs missing, from children, from adults, organs are missing.
“Go and find who is behind organ trading in this country or this world. Go ask the Haitians, when they had the earthquake, what happened there with these Israeli organizations going under (the guise) of medical help. Go ask them, those who know. The guy will come limping into their tents for treatment, he will be carried out dead, organs missing. All that is because there is no God for these people. All that because these people look at you as nothing but a mistake, or at best, you were created for their service. That is what they believe. That is what they say. That is what they believe, and we don’t spread propaganda.”
The call for sanctions from the caucus comes after Rep. Randy Fine, a Brevard County Republican and the only Jewish Republican in the Legislature, wrote a letter to the Florida Board of Dentistry, asking members to suspend the license.
“Practicing medicine in Florida is a privilege — not a right — and as the Chairman of the House Health and Human Services Committee, I call on you to immediately suspend Dr. Kablawi’s license and commence a thorough investigation of his practice,” Fine wrote to Jose Mellado, Chair of the Board of Dentistry.
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Gray Rohrer of Florida Politics contributed to this report.
7 comments
Larry Gillis, Libertarian (Cape Coral)
May 14, 2024 at 4:23 pm
The platform of the Libertarian Party of Florida (Section V, paragraph 4) says: “…We call for abolishing all business and occupational licenses. The right of the people to conduct business is inherent and should not require the permission of the State …”.
We take the position that the government should not have the power to yank a guy’s license — his livelihood — simply because of his obnoxious views. This current drumbeat by powerful legislators (and their friends) is a perfect example of the menace.
His views are dreadful and deserving of condemnation. However, we should all be mindful that the children are watching us.
Richard D
May 14, 2024 at 9:40 pm
The targeted dentist is telling the truth about the situation in Gaza. Fine and the Jewish caucus won’t tolerate anyone who tells the truth about Israel’s genocidal treatment of the Palestinians. Like all Americans, the dentist’s freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment of our Constitution. Fine and his Jewish pals need to respect our Constitution or move to Israel.
just sayin
May 15, 2024 at 8:11 am
“Telling the truth”? WTF are you talking about?
“…these people have been proven to be worse than the Nazis. They steal the skin of the Palestinians. It is not enough that they stole their land, now they steal their skin. Organs missing, from children, from adults, organs are missing.”
The Left has lost its mind. You guys are being suckered into the usual “let’s unite behind hatred” play and, as frequently happens, the target is the Jews.
This to the Left, Trump to Right, what a dark time for the country.
rick whitaker
May 15, 2024 at 9:27 pm
JUST SAYING, you are wrong. keep your bigoted mouth off my left-wing. if you are jewish i don’t give a shit, but if you are a zionist, i do give a shit. i don’t think anyone is chosen by anyone. if i’m taking you wrong, school me. i have NO patience for religious fools. religion is dead, can’t you smell the death yet. i f you don’t like it here ,move.
Dont Say FLA
May 16, 2024 at 10:49 am
If Israel truly were inflicting genocide upon Palestinians, wouldn’t they have a West Bank front?
What Israel is doing in Gaza is incredibly ugly and there’s no justification for it, just an excuse, and it was probably manufactured via willful ignorance on the part of Israel’s government.
But until Israel gets going substantially over in West Bank, it just ain’t a genocide.
Agree, though. 1A does protect this skeezeball dentist from government sanctions resulting from his speech. That is precisely what the 1A does. Despite MFLs thinking it means they can post whatever they want on their social media and ban books too
My Take
May 14, 2024 at 11:24 pm
Good lord! The blood libel has mutated and returned.
What next, The Protocols?
Dont Say FLA
May 16, 2024 at 11:50 am
If some dentist is saying something these politicians believe is so terrible, why are they elevating what he is saying by trying to make hay from it?
If they didn’t make bigly declarations of their outrage, only his customers would hear anything he says.
Apparently elevation of the guy’s comments is totally worth it to these politicians when their gain is getting attention for themselves for expressing their outrage.
So here we go.
Joe Geller. Randy Fine. JOE GELLER!! RANDY FINE!!
There. You got the attention you wanted, boys. Happy now?
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