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Heartfelt thanks to all the Geller Report readers who protested against this monstrosity after our first report on it was published. It has actually been removed from the Ground Zero area. This is quite surprising with Bill de Blasio as mayor of New York; it would have been less surprising if de Blasio had dismissed objections to the sculpture as “islamophobia” and insisted that it had to stay. He might have even declared that it would stay there permanently. De Blasio has pandered to the Muslim community in New York City since before he was elected, and dismantled legal and effective counter-terror efforts. So this is an unexpected, and welcome, victory.
You can learn more about the "Candy Nations" art exhibit at https://t.co/cgbgPBY9Vn. #CandyNationsWTC #artexhibition https://t.co/yZ3tROz285
— Port Authority of NY & NJ (@PANYNJ) January 9, 2019
“Port Authority Removes Saudi Arabia ‘Candy Flag’ Statue on Ground Zero After Backlash,” by Davis Richardson, Observer, January 14, 2019 (thanks to Vikram):
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will remove an art installation featuring a nine-foot tall statue of Saudi Arabia’s flag from the World Trade Center campus.
“We have been in contact with the 9/11 Memorial and various stakeholders, and in full collaboration with the artist will relocate the exhibit from its current location,” a spokesperson for the organization told Observer on Monday. “We believe this solution respects the unique sensitivities of the site and preserves the artistic integrity of the exhibit.”
Created by French sculptor Laurence Jenkell in 2011, the exhibit ‘Candy Nations’ depicts countries in the G20 Summit as candy statues, and has been featured at over 25 sites across the world. After Observer reported on its arrival at the World Trade Center, many Americans were shocked to discover a statue celebrating Saudi Arabia had been erected on the Ground Zero plaza—given the Kingdom’s alleged involvement in harboring terrorism, and that 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers were Saudi Arabian.
“Having respectfully understood the art component of it, I was offended that Saudi Arabia was represented there, particularly that close to hallowed ground,” Tim Frolich, a permanently disabled survivor from the World Trade Center attacks, told Observer. “There’s no support out there for it from the 9/11 community.”
“It was pretty shocking,” added Brett Eagleson, who lost his father during the World Trade Center attacks. “For our family specifically, it hit home even more. My dad’s last words to us were that he was going up the stairs to grab radios to give to Port Authority.”…
“To us, to have the Port Authority allow Saudi Arabia around Ground Zero when Saudi Arabia is in the middle of a federal lawsuit in Southern Manhattan is just unacceptable,” continued Eagleson….
“The Port Authority is apparently now taking the right action this week by removing the sculpture from the plaza at Ground Zero,” reads a statement signed by 16 families affected by the World Trade Center attacks. “Its apparent plan to relocate the exhibit to JFK International Airport is questionable as well, for obvious reasons. But surely the sculpture should be nowhere near the site of this mass murder.”
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5 years ago
Saudi Arabia must cease to exist.
There are Africans enslaved, atheists killed, clitorisses cut off & girls raped.
• Twitter is partly owned by Saudi Arabia & it censors Non-muhammadist thought worldwide.
• Trump sells weapons to Saudi Arabia.
• He allegedly has a golf-course there.
• Saudi Arabia controls US-universities.
• In Saudi Arabia atheist thought is considered terrorism.
• A whistleblower was hunted down by UAE Twitter-employees recently & tortured & killed in Saudi Arabia.
• Africans are enslaved, castrated, divorced, beaten & killed today in Saudi Arabia & enslaved in the UAE, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, North-Sudan, Libya (surge), Algeria (surge), Mauritania (20 percent), Niger, Mali, Somalia, Nigeria in emulation of unjust Muhammad who started the global African slave-trade by saying his unproven deity had turned Africans black so Africans’ descendants would be slaves to Arabs & Turks.
5 years ago
Reply to
Jay Wizzy
Unfortunately legal Americans are aiding our self destruction from the inside.
5 years ago
Ah, a piece of candy. Probably much like the ones handed out by Muslims after the 17 Saudi Arabian terrorists slaughtered all the innocents on 9/11. The irony isn’t wasted on all of us…
5 years ago
Reply to
MAS
They are aided by the dumb , ignorant Left/Liberal loons coming out of colleges/schools run by pro-jihadi left/liberal loons
And by the time they realise their stupidity they get assaulted , gang raped or murdered like this couple its too late for them https://tinyurl.com/yahupccy
Problem is they enable evil while not able to see evil thanks to pro-jihadi left/liberal indoctrination in schools/colleges where real history of islam and America is no longer taught.
And people like Ayyan hirsi ali are banned from universities !
5 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
Our intrepid bicycling couple served at least two purposes;
1-they proved that the world IS a big scary place at times.
2-they removed themselves from the gene pool in doing so.
5 years ago
Reply to
MAS
Or the mosque proposed being built very close to ground zero originally called cordoba house – until it was reveled what that means to muslims – then they abruptly changed the name once it got out into the light of the significance of that name to muslims..
5 years ago
Wait, what?? They are moving it to JFK? I’m not sure that is any better. How about moving it to a garbage barge and sending the statues where they belong?
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
They should put it on a garbage barge, float it out to the ocean , and blow it to Kingdom come…..
5 years ago
Now roll over it with bulldozers or tanks, then sink it in the deepest ocean, maybe alongside bin Ladin.
5 years ago
It’s an incredible insult to Americans , both what it represents and to what is inscribed on it. It’s no different than the mark of the devil. I will never forget that day.
5 years ago
Muslim = MURDER.
5 years ago
Reply to
That
You forgot – have you support me with welfare and food stamps while i continue with all of the above.Oh lest not forget if i’m actually one of those muslims that actually has a job – you have to acquiesce to ALL of my ridiculous demands… While i continue with all of the above..
5 years ago
Bill de Blasiois the perfect useful idiot for the religion of Satan. His IQ matches his age.
5 years ago
Reply to
jkarna
I am surprised he didn’t object to the removal.
De Blasio attends ‘I Am a Muslim Too’ rally
By Khristina Narizhnaya and Michael Gartland
February 20, 2017 (not so long ago)
https://nypost.com/2017/02/20/de-blasio-attends-i-am-a-muslim-too-protest/
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5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
So the idiot admits to hating America and Americans too…..the only good one is a dead one (libturd & muslim)!
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
DeBlasio is a stinking moron. Anyone who thinks otherwise, is as well.
5 years ago
Can’t say I am sad about this list of MUSLIMS murdered by fellow MUSLIMS on 9/11.
One less Muslim is always a blessing!
List of Muslim Victims
Shabbir Ahmed: 47, Windows on the World Restaurant
Tariq Amanullah: 40, Fiduciary Trust Co.
Michael Baksh: 36, Marsh & McLennan
Touri Hamzavi Bolourchi: 69, retired nurse on United #175
Abul K. Chowdhury: 30, Cantor Fitzgerald
Mohammad Salahuddin Chowdhury: 38, Windows on the World
Jemal Legesse De Santis: 28, World Trade Center
Simon Suleman Ali Kassamali Dhanani: 63, Aon Corp.
Syed Abdul Fatha: 54, Pitney Bowes
Mon Gjonbalaj: 65, Janitor, World Trade Center
Nezam A. Hafiz: 32, Marsh & McLennan
Mohammed Salman Hamdani: 23, NYPD Cadet
Zuhtu Ibis: 25, Cantor Fitzgerald
Muhammadou Jawara: 30, MAS Security
Sarah Khan: 32, Forte Food Service
Taimour Firaz Khan: 29, Carr Futures
Abdoulaye Kone: 37, Windows on the World
Abdu Ali Malahi: 37, WTC Marriott
Nurul Hoque Miah: 35, Marsh & McLennan
Boyie Mohammed: 50, Carr Futures
Ehtesham U. Raja: 28, TCG Software
Ameenia Rasool: 33, Marsh & McLennan
Rahma Salie & child: 28 (7 months pregnant), American #11
Khalid M. Shahid: 25, Cantor Fitzgerald
Mohammed Shajahan: 41, Marsh & McLennan
Nasima Hameed Simjee: 38, Fiduciary Trust Co.
Michael Theodoridis: 32, American #11
Abdoul Karim Traore: 41, Windows on the World
Karamo Trerra: 40, ASAP NetSource
Shakila Yasmin: 26, Marsh & McLennan
https://www.thoughtco.com/muslim-victims-of-911-attack-2004638
5 years ago
Bush couldn’t get the Bin Laden family out of the U.S. fast enough.
The FBI was not allowed to interview them.
No wonder The Bush family wanted Hillary as President!
Hijackers by Airplane:
Mohamed Atta – Egypt, tactical leader of 9/11 plot and pilot
Abdul Aziz al Omari – Saudi Arabia
Wail al Shehri – Saudi Arabia
Waleed al Shehri – Saudi Arabia
Satam al Suqami – Saudi Arabia
United Airlines Flight 175
Fayez Banihammad – United Arab Emirates
Ahmed al Ghamdi – Saudi Arabia
Hamza al Ghamdi – Saudi Arabia
Marwan al Shehhi – United Arab Emirates, pilot
Mohand al Shehri – Saudi Arabia
American Airlines Flight 77
Hani Hanjour – Saudi Arabia, pilot
Nawaf al Hazmi – Saudi Arabia
Salem al Hazmi – Saudi Arabia
Khalid al Mihdhar – Saudi Arabia
Majed Moqed – Saudi Arabia
United Airlines Flight 93
Saeed al Ghamdi – Saudi Arabia
Ahmad al Haznawi – Saudi Arabia
Ziad Jarrah – Lebanon, pilot
Ahmed al Nami – Saudi Arabia
Hijackers by Nationality:
Egypt
Mohamed Atta
Lebanon
Ziad Jarrah
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed al Ghamdi
Hamza al Ghamdi
Saeed al Ghamdi
Hani Hanjour
Nawaf al Hazmi
Salem al Hazmi
Ahmad al Haznawi
Ahmed al Nami
Khalid al Mihdhar
Majed Moqed
Abdul Aziz al Omari
Mohand al Shehri
Wail al Shehri
Waleed al Shehri
Satam al Suqami
United Arab Emirates
Fayez Banihammad
Marwan al Shehhi
https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/27/us/september-11th-hijackers-fast-facts/index.html
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to
ace wheeler
LOL!
No one owns Trump.
That is the problem. He isn’t corrupt like the others.
Wake me up when Mueller’s farce of an investigation is over.
I am thrilled Jamal is dead. One less Muslim always pleases me. I could care less about how he died. He was a Muslim Brotherhood propagandist in cahoots with hard line Islamic Turkey.
5 years ago
Reply to
ace wheeler
BS! Did you see him kiss all the muslim ass like the POS anti-American muslim did for 8 years???? HELL NO!!!
5 years ago
Reply to
patd
You’re replying to a troll…most likely one of the 800 Muslim trolls that were hired by Clinton and the Hungarian Billionaire in the spring of 2016…a lot of them Canadian..they troll on Pamela’s site in droves….
5 years ago
Reply to
ace wheeler
That’s BS and you know it! A good president will speak with the head of ANY country, it’s a good thing, but we should NOT be selling them arms!
5 years ago
Reply to
ace wheeler
Wow….you just showed your total ignorance…and that you are one of the many trolls who troll Pamela’s site…BLOCKED.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Yep, all Saudi nationals, yet the United States sells arms to Saudi Arabia! I am beyond offended by this and do NOT think it should be happening!
5 years ago
“The Port Authority is apparently now taking the right action this week by removing the sculpture from the plaza at Ground Zero,” reads a statement signed by 16 families affected by the World Trade Center attacks. “Its apparent plan to relocate the exhibit to JFK International Airport is questionable as well, for obvious reasons. But surely the sculpture should be nowhere near the site of this mass murder.”
Destroy it!
Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives that day. It would have been more had it not been an election day.
It is customary for people to vote before coming to work without an issue.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Toss the sweet into the garbage dump –
send the Saudi’s a bill for disposal .
MUSLIM BE GONE
5 years ago
Someone pressured Warren Wilhelm. I don’t think he would do this on his own. He is a favorite of the MOSLEMS in NYC!
5 years ago
Reply to
ace wheeler
again, this is the gratitude and respect you get when you allow barbarians into your country who have no interest in assimilation, working, contributing or living peacefully. They bring the very culture and religion which DESTROYED THEIR LANDS with them while CLAIMING ‘REFUGEE’ and then use our laws, freedoms- especially freedom of religion , our politicians, political correctness to force these upon us turning our lives and nations into the hell theirs are!
STRIP ALL OF ANY WESTERN CITIZENSHIP AND DEPORT WITH THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS BACK TO THE CAVES THEY CRAWLED OUT OF! THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF LIVING PEACEFULLY OR CONTRIBUTING BUT ARE INVADING AND CONQUERING , LIVING OFF OF US WHILE DESTROYING OUR LANDS AND LIVES! ARE WE ALL INSANE OR IS IT A SIMPLY WE ARE COWARDS AND LOSERS!
There is a reason different cultures , religions and so on stick to their own parts of the globe and that is because they refuse to live peacefully along side other cultures and religions and none are willing to give either up. However now that the majority of these have destroyed their lands and lives they now seek our western lands to destroy along with us as well.
SEND THEM ALL BACK AND TELL THEM TO FIX THEIR OWN PROBLEMS RATHER THAN US WILLINGLY ALLOWING AND REWARDING THEM FOR DESTROYING OURS!
5 years ago
My comments don’t make it through. It is sad, because I speak from the heart, and I feel for what is going with on.
5 years ago
5 years ago
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AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
We don’t have to have their pictures shoved into our face! They’re dead, leave them in hell where they belong.
5 years ago
The ‘Magnificent 19’ as called in the Middle East, Muslim areas in NY, Michigan and California,… continue to this very day !!
5 years ago
Reply to
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
And since they are dead they are good muslims…time to make the other couple of billion good muslims!
5 years ago
Anything islamic is totally wrong for America!!!!!
5 years ago
A leftist idea. And anti o American idea shame for it ever navi g been there In the first place
5 years ago
Reply to
Dorrie - Conservative
….I don’t understand what he/she is trying to say…I can’t figure out if it’s on purpose or they have had a stork ….if it is on purpose they defeat their purpose by making what they post unreadable….
5 years ago
That piece of crap SHOULD have been dropped into the Atlantic! It has NO business being on United States soil!
5 years ago
That was a blatant insult to everyone in the USA.
That (sweet) candy needs to be placed in the garbage dump.
Saudi’s fund mosques, terrorism worldwide, often pay stiphens to MUSLIMS
& often bys, pays a airline ticket so the MUSLIM escape Western justice..
It is time to send ALL MUSLIMS to Saudi Arabia – the tent cities are ready & when the tent cities overflow –
the Saudis can lease vacant Chinese cities. Justice MUST be served. MUSLIM BE GONE!
5 years ago
It should just be destroyed. It shouldn’t be relocated. If it has to be relocated somewhere, I’d suggest Saudi Arabia!
5 years ago
Great they consider the sensitivity of NON Muslims for a change, it is usually the opposite! Nobody is allowed to offend them.
5 years ago
I studied sculpture in my younger days. It is shocking what ‘sculptors’ and other ‘artists’ are allowed to call art these days.
5 years ago
islam: satan’s army!
5 years ago
In history the Muslims usually erect a Mosque on the site of their conquest….they tried that in NY after 9/11. One very brave and determined woman vowed that this would not happen.
That woman was/is Pamela Geller.
We all owe so much to Pamela….if not for her there would be a hideous mosque with screaming call to prayer on the hallowed ground of that attack.
After she and her supporters stopped that mosque, they went on to establish the “Atlas Shrugged” website that informed us of so much we would have never known under Obummer.
Thank you, Pamela. God Bless and Keep you.
5 years ago
good news
5 years ago
JFK? Really. Considering how 911 happened, airports are a bad place to put this gloating Islamic victory statue, very stupid place to put it. Like I said, run it over with a tank, dump this garbage in the ocean alongside bin Ladin. There is no place in the US for this insult. Who thought this was a good idea? DeBlasio?
5 years ago
International politics aside, where this statue was placed shows a tremendous lack of forethought. Koranic versus do not agree with American values. They are, in fact, in conflict with what we stand for in Freedoms of Religion. They don’t allow for equality between men and women, Muslim or non-believer.
There is a reason why Muslims build a mosque everywhere they have successfully ensconced themselves. It shows them that they have “conquered” the land and established themselves.
DeBlasio is a prostitute who sells himself to any idea, no matter how controversial it is, if it can get him votes. I must wonder what thoughts occupy his mind? I also question the motivation of his constituents who elect such trash.
5 years ago
Sounds more like a ” tossed bone ” to me –
5 years ago
Besides being an insult, that “statue” is godawfully *ugly*. Candy? That thing looks like a half-melted green turd.
5 years ago
Has the West truly lost all its pride and dignity?
