Terrorist Propaganda From The Washington Post

Nothing should surprise us anymore when it comes to our MSM.  The leaking of secrets that undermine our national security, check.  The biased reporting in an attempt to undermine the Bush administration, check.  The printing of terrorist propaganda, as of this morning's Washington Post….check:

As Americans commemorated their annual celebration of independence from colonial occupation, rejoicing in their democratic institutions, we Palestinians were yet again besieged by our occupiers, who destroy our roads and buildings, our power stations and water plants, and who attack our very means of civil administration. Our homes and government offices are shelled, our parliamentarians taken prisoner and threatened with prosecution.

The current Gaza invasion is only the latest effort to destroy the results of fair and free elections held early this year. It is the explosive follow-up to a five-month campaign of economic and diplomatic warfare directed by the United States and Israel. The stated intention of that strategy was to force the average Palestinian to "reconsider" her vote when faced with deepening hardship; its failure was predictable, and the new overt military aggression and collective punishment are its logical fulfillment. The "kidnapped" Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit is only a pretext for a job scheduled months ago.

Earth to terrorist PM, Israel pulled out of Gaza but were forced to go back in when you guys kidnapped (notice I didn't use quotes like this jackass did) an Israeli soldier.  You give him back, Israel leaves.  Simple isn't it?  Oh, btw, the US pulled out of funding a terrorist organization.  As we've always done and always will.  Hamas won an election, Hamas is a terrorist organization, we stop giving you money.  Simple isn't it?

[…]Furthermore, the invasion of Gaza and the kidnapping of our leaders and government officials are meant to undermine the recent accords reached between the government party and our brothers and sisters in Fatah and other factions, on achieving consensus for resolving the conflict. Yet Israeli collective punishment only strengthens our collective resolve to work together.

Sigh….invasion of Gaza caused by the kidnapping of Israeli soldier.  That's it.  Anything else you argue about is an attempt to make excuses for the criminal actions of your government, which by the way caused the arrest of your "government" (hows those quotes for ya?) officials. 

As I inspect the ruins of our infrastructure — the largess of donor nations and international efforts all turned to rubble once more by F-16s and American-made missiles — my thoughts again turn to the minds of Americans. What do they think of this?

They think, doubtless, of the hostage soldier, taken in battle — yet thousands of Palestinians, including hundreds of women and children, remain in Israeli jails for resisting the illegal, ongoing occupation that is condemned by international law. They think of the pluck and "toughness" of Israel, "standing up" to "terrorists." Yet a nuclear Israel possesses the 13th-largest military force on the planet, one that is used to rule an area about the size of New Jersey and whose adversaries there have no conventional armed forces. Who is the underdog, supposedly America's traditional favorite, in this case?

Wha-wha-what?   Last time I checked Iran and Syria have a well stocked army. 

I can tell you what Americans think of you tho, they see you conduct yourself as a terrorist, so they recognize that you ARE a terrorist.  If it walks like a duck. 

I hope that Americans will give careful and well-informed thought to root causes and historical realities, in which case I think they will question why a supposedly "legitimate" state such as Israel has had to conduct decades of war against a subject refugee population without ever achieving its goals.

And there you go….check out the quotes around legitimate.  Hamas whole belief system is based on the destruction of Israel.  That has not changed nor will it, as evidenced by this propaganda the WaPo claims is a letter.   

He then proceeds to lay out a way to have peace with Israel, namely that Israel ceases to exist and the Jews learn to live under their nation. 

But there is a remedy, and while it is not easy it is consistent with our long-held beliefs. Palestinian priorities include recognition of the core dispute over the land of historical Palestine and the rights of all its people; resolution of the refugee issue from 1948; reclaiming all lands occupied in 1967; and stopping Israeli attacks, assassinations and military expansion. Contrary to popular depictions of the crisis in the American media, the dispute is not only about Gaza and the West Bank; it is a wider national conflict that can be resolved only by addressing the full dimensions of Palestinian national rights in an integrated manner. This means statehood for the West Bank and Gaza, a capital in Arab East Jerusalem, and resolving the 1948 Palestinian refugee issue fairly, on the basis of international legitimacy and established law. Meaningful negotiations with a non-expansionist, law-abiding Israel can proceed only after this tremendous labor has begun.

Sure thing Mr. Terrorist, that will solve all your problems.

However, we do not want to live on international welfare and American handouts. We want what Americans enjoy — democratic rights, economic sovereignty and justice. We thought our pride in conducting the fairest elections in the Arab world might resonate with the United States and its citizens. Instead, our new government was met from the very beginning by acts of explicit, declared sabotage by the White House. Now this aggression continues against 3.9 million civilians living in the world's largest prison camps. America's complacency in the face of these war crimes is, as usual, embedded in the coded rhetorical green light: "Israel has a right to defend itself." Was Israel defending itself when it killed eight family members on a Gaza beach last month or three members of the Hajjaj family on Saturday, among them 6-year-old Rawan? I refuse to believe that such inhumanity sits well with the American public.

Oh, you mean that mine that you guys tried to lie about?  Typical lies and deception coming from Hamas.  Also, you guys kidnapped the Israeli soldier, not the other way around.  When he comes home Israel leaves Gaza and you can continue to bomb them from there (one reason Israel should never leave Gaza) till your heart is content. 

This whole piece of crapola failed to list any of the Israeli complaints, any of their legitimate concerns, nor their right to exist.  It's a propaganda piece plain and simple and one of our newspapers believed it worthy of print.  

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