American Al-Qaida member acknowledges his Jewish roots - Haaretz - Israel News

American Al-Qaida member acknowledges his Jewish roots - Haaretz - Israel News: "'Let me here tell you something about myself and my biography, in which there is a benefit and a lesson,' Gadahn says in the video, speaking in Arabic with English subtitles. 'Your speaker has Jews in his ancestry, the last of whom was his grandfather.'
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Gadahn, 30, was raised in rural California and converted to Islam in the mid-1990s, when he moved to Pakistan and joined Al-Qaida. In 2006, the United States has charged him with treason and with providing material support to Al-Qaida. The FBI has placed him on its most wanted list and is offering a $1 million reward for his capture.

In the video, Gadahn describes his grandfather as a 'Zionist' and 'zealous supporter of the usurper entity, and a prominent member of a number of Zionist hate organizations? He used to repeat to me what he claimed are the virtues of this entity and encouraged me to visit [Israel], specifically the city of Tel Aviv, where relatives of ours live.'

Gadahn's grandfather was well-known urologist Carl Pearlman, an active member of the Jewish community in Orange County California."

While Jewish Law says that Azzam is not Jewish, his story does reflect the contradictions inherent in differeent ideas of who a jew is.