A well-reasoned headline
From the Australian
Sydney Morning Herald:
Israel puts the squeeze on fledgling democracy
By Ed O'Loughlin Herald Correspondent in Ramallah
Hamas prepares to take charge of the Palestinian parliament today, with Israel warning that the move will spark a diplomatic and economic blockade.
Newly elected MPs from Hamas - which had previously boycotted the Palestinian Authority and its institutions - were expected to nominate the Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh as their candidate for prime minister.
Couple of things -- first, go and read the
Hamas Charter.
Here are four excerpts:
"Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it."
"The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up."
"There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors."
"After Palestine, the Zionists aspire to expand from the Nile to the Euphrates. When they will have digested the region they overtook, they will aspire to further expansion, and so on. Their plan is embodied in the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and their present conduct is the best proof of what we are saying."
The
Protocols of the Elders... has of course been
thoroughly debunked as a
virulent anti-Semetic hoax.
Finally, running the author's name through Google reveals a very strong anti-Israel bias.
Posted by DaveH at February 17, 2006 10:33 AM