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Washington, November 25 (RHC)-- Donald Trump has named controversial far-right pundit Sebastian Gorka to become senior National Security Council director for counterterrorism and deputy assistant to the president.  It’s a top post that does not require Senate confirmation. 

Gorka advised Trump in his first term but was pushed out after The Forward revealed he once had ties to a Hungarian far-right, Nazi-allied group and that he supported an antisemitic and racist paramilitary militia in Hungary while he served as a Hungarian politician.

During an interview earlier this month on the Russian broadcaster RT, Gorka denied Palestine exists.

Afshin Rattansi: “Why can’t you talk about genocide in Gaza?  And is that the same with all of the Trump administration?”

Sebastian Gorka: “Because there isn’t any genocide in Gaza.  A, there is no such thing as Palestine.  Do you know what the etymology of the word 'Palestinian' is?  It was a name invented by the Roman Empire to insult Jews.”

[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW ]