Peter Beinart
Role at the time: Journalist and commentator writing personally, also identifying himself as Jebreal's friend
Condemned
Statement summary
Beinart condemned Jebreal's wording, acknowledged her apology, and defended her wider record against bigotry while asking people to judge her on more than this incident.
“Rula Jebreal used racist language to criticize Hakeem Jeffries. Her comments were clearly wrong.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Peter Beinart condemns Jebreal's wording while defending her broader record · Peter BeinartComplete original post, including opening condemnation and subsequent defense of her record
Beinart calls the words racist and wrong, acknowledges the apology, and asks readers to judge Jebreal's overall work fairly. His statements about Israeli conduct remain attributed.
Why we used this label
His full post unequivocally rejects the language. Defending the person’s overall record and asking for decency do not excuse using the words; mixed would conflate evaluation of conduct with evaluation of character.