I simply get sick of commenting on their s*** journalism, folks!
"Thousands rally in Gaza to back Hamas; Group observes 21st year, mocks Israeli captive" by Ibrahim Barzak, Associated Press | December 15, 2008
Look at that CROWD, huh?
GAZA CITY - Gaza's militant Hamas rulers marshaled tens of thousands of supporters to a huge anniversary rally yesterday, a show of muscle that included a skit of a mock-captive Israeli soldier begging for his freedom.
Of course, Hamas shows muscle while the occupation is administered with a feather's touch, right? And notice how the focus is turned to the one, lone Israeli held captive while Israel tortures thousands in its jails? Of course, Hamas was insulting the Jews, so immediate sympathy is generated for the aggrieved party, right?
Marking 21 years since its founding, a triumphant Hamas boasted about its violent exploits, promised more money to Gaza's impoverished people, and announced that it would soon stop recognizing the legitimacy of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who rules only the West Bank now.
Well, Israel never boasts about its war criminal siege because it doesn't want you to notice -- and the AP here dutifully helps conceal such troublesome facts, too!
As for Abass's legitimacy, HE LOST ELECTIONS and HAMS WON!!! Nothing like FLOGGING a DEAD MYTH, AP!!!
Organizers of the rally said about 300,000 Hamas supporters crowded into a dusty outdoor arena and nearby streets. Many waved flags and sported baseball caps in the Islamic group's signature green color. In the skit, Hamas paraded a Palestinian speaking Hebrew and dressed in an Israeli soldier's uniform - a reference to Sergeant Gilad Schalit, captured by Hamas-allied militants in June 2006.
"I miss my Mom and Dad," said the man playing the Israeli soldier, kneeling as he spoke. "Tell [Prime Minister Ehud] Olmert, why don't you take care of your soldier?"
The capture of Schalit in a June 2006 cross-border raid is an open wound in Israeli society. The taunt at the rally drew condemnation from Israel, which has been indirectly negotiating the soldier's release with Hamas for 2 1/2 years.
I sometimes wonder if the guy isn't hanging out in a Tel Aviv hotel room. Israel always drags the guy up when they need him, just as the U.S. "finds" bin Laden tapes.
And notice we are back on the LONE ISRAELI CAPTIVE when THOUSANDS of PALESTINIANS are in Israeli torture chambers?
A spokesman for the Israeli government, Mark Regev, called the skit "another example of [Hamas] cruelty and inhumanity."
What, did they air bomb a city block and kill women and children like Israel?
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Yesterday, Israel closed its passenger crossing with Gaza to journalists in response to Palestinian rocket fire over the weekend. For much of the past month, Israel has banned reporters from entering the territory after militants fired rockets and mortars at Israeli communities.
Oh, are they the ones firing of the ROCKETS!!!?
And I DIDN'T HEAR a PEEP from the MSM!! Gotcha, MSM!! Nice FOOLEY!!!!
And wait until you get a big dose of this next paragraph of propaganda!
Hamas, founded in Gaza in December 1987, is sworn to Israel's destruction and was involved in dozens of suicide bombings that killed more than 250 Israelis. It seized Gaza by force in June 2007 after months of fighting with Abbas's Fatah forces....
Where do I start?
First of all, Israel helped find the group as a wedge against Arafat and the PLO!
Yup, "sworn" to Israel's destruction, even though they said they would accept any peace deal Abbas negotiates and the Palestinian people ratify.
Yes, the "suicide bombings" that have killed Israelis. NO MENTION of the THOUSANDS of PALESTINIANS KILLED BY ISRAEL!!!!
And ONCE AGAIN, Hamas "seized... by force" Gaza!!!
Of course, NOTHING about ELECTIONS, nothing about ISRAEL'S SEIZURE and OCCUPATION of Palestinian lands for over 60 years, and NOTHING about EXPANDING SETTLEMENTS and DESTRUCTION of PALESTINIAN FARMS and HOMES!!
The ZIONIST STENCH of AmeriKa's MSM is GAGGING!!!
The huge turnout at the Gaza rally was a pointed display of strength directed at both Israel and Fatah, and further evidence of the Muslim militant group's control over 1.4 million Gazans.
As if they were not voted in and are also a political party!
During an hourlong speech, the Gaza prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, read out a list of construction projects and funds to be distributed to impoverished Gaza residents. The projects indicate that Hamas is still able to smuggle cash through tunnels that crisscross the territory's border with Egypt - at a time when the Western-backed Abbas government in the West Bank has struggled to pay salaries.
Oh, yeah, about those tunnels: Israel's Gazan Smuggling Operation
And Abass and his cronies stole the western aid, huh?
Hamas also bragged of attacks conducted against Israel in the past 21 years, inflating the numbers.
Of course, Israel never boasts about anything it ever does!
Haniyeh said Hamas was only strengthened by Israeli sanctions. "It is a letter to Obama, to the Zionists and those who stand in the same trenches as them: We say with confidence, you will not be victorious," he said.
Well, he's got that right!
The United States and other Western countries designate Hamas as a terror organization. In a preelection speech to a Jewish group, President-elect Barack Obama said he also considers Hamas a terrorist group.
So much for change.
Also yesterday, Israel said a delayed release of 227 Palestinian prisoners would take place today. The release is a goodwill gesture to Abbas's government. The prisoners were to be released last week for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.
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