Hamas

February 8, 2006

Ignoring Hamas Hate-Indoctrination

A familiar quality of unreality pervades much of the news and commentary about the ascendance of Hamas in recent Palestinian elections. Note is endlessly made of the fact that Hamas, with its clinics and other welfare operations, is less "corrupt" than the old-guard Fatah chieftains. But as to why Palestinians en masse are comfortable choosing a leadership engaged in the defamation and murder of innocent Jews -- including children, teenagers and the elderly -- very little is said.
January 30, 2006

Guardian Cheerleads for Hamas

While European Union and American officials are aghast at the electoral victory of the terrorist organization Hamas, London's Guardian newspaper wasted no time in burnishing the image of the group sworn to Israel's destruction and treating its victory as a positive development.
January 26, 2006

Same Old Hamas, Same Old Media?

Despite its victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections, Hamas remains the same old organization committed to Israel's destruction. News consumers might be forgiven, however, for thinking the group has reformed, because much of the American media appears eager to minimize threats to Israel and to blame the Jewish state for all lack of progress in Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy.
January 26, 2006

Hamas PR by the Guardian

An analysis of the Palestinian election by the Guardian's diplomatic editor, Ewen MacAskill, softens and justifies Hamas's goals and motives, depicting the terrorist organization's political victory ludicrously as a chance to achieve real peace between Israelis and Palestinians. This delusional attitude and acceptance of Hamas's rhetoric reflects the predominant Guardian position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
January 16, 2006

CAMERA Primer on Palestinian Elections and Hamas

With Palestinian elections scheduled for January 25th, it is important to recall that under the Oslo Agreements terror groups like Hamas are barred from participating, and that this is a solemn Palestinian obligation under signed peace accords rather than a "unilateral Israeli demand."
January 6, 2006

On NPR, Arab Journalist Rami Khouri Blames Ariel Sharon for Islamism

Rami Khouri, editor-at-large of Lebanon's Daily Star, and a frequent NPR guest, today on the network actually blamed Ariel Sharon for the rise of Islamism in the Middle East. Perhaps Khouri has never heard of the Wahhabis, or the Saudis and their vast oil wealth, or the Taliban, or Sudan under al-Turabi. That being the case, it's too bad for NPR listeners that the network has heard of Khouri, and invites him on so often.
December 19, 2005

Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs (2005)

BBC/PBS Documentary Produced and Directed by Norma Percy 150 minutes
This BBC documentary spares no effort to portray the Palestinians as blameless victims and the Israelis as heartless oppressors. Ignoring most Palestinian terror attacks, and blaming the eventual Israeli response to those attacks for the demise of cease-fire efforts, is just one of the many techniques used by the filmmakers in their tendentious effort to indict Israel.