Hamas Leader Accuses Israel Of Gaza Holocaust

[Purveyor]

Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:39pm GMT

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal accused Israel on Saturday of perpetrating a "holocaust" in Gaza and said its invasion had only succeeded in drowning the besieged territory in a "sea of blood."

In a speech from the Syrian capital widely carried by Arab channels, Meshaal said Israelis' support for the 15-day offensive compromised the moral fabric of the Jewish state.

"I ask you Israelis, what have you achieved from this war you support? What have you achieved except killing innocent children and creating a trace of smashed skulls and a sea of blood drowning Gaza?" Meshaal said.

"What have you achieved except a holocaust your leaders want to win the next Israeli elections with?" Meshaal said, using the term for the Nazi genocide during World War Two that killed some six million Jews.

Israel said Hamas was to blame for the civilian death toll because the group's fighters used civilians as a shield and hid in buildings and urban infrastructure.

Meshaal, who lives in exile in Syria, said Israel was deliberately targeting civilians to destroy morale in Gaza. He reiterated Hamas's conditions for a cease-fire, including ending an Israeli blockade that was one of the reasons cited by the group for its decision not to renew a six-month truce in December.

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REUTERS: http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE5092AM20090110

[DogPoundPup]

1. Peace is simple.

Israel must grant to the Palestinians only that which it demands for itself. Recognition of statehood and an inherent right to exist.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. They are dealing with the PA, not the Hamas, which kicked the PA out of Gaza with a coup

[ohio2007]

12. and Hamas refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist but the PA ,Fatah do recognize Israel....

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/21/carter.hamas/index.html


of course, Hamas seems to refuse to recognize Fatahs right to exist lately also,,,, . LOL

[Turbineguy]

2. Hyperbole

swept away are we?

Let's not forget all the good press Hamas is getting for martyring all these children.

Damascus is where the truly courageous Hamas guys work from. OK, the Hampton's would be even better but might be perceived as OTT.

[cali]

3. oh fuck the war mongers. And that goes for Hamas

as well as the Israeli gov't.

[LeftishBrit]

9. Agreed!

[Alamuti Lotus]

4. Gross hyperbole mixed in with an otherwise decent point

The (poor) word choice is obviously quite deliberate on his part (not how I would manage the speech); however, consider a single word alteration --

"I ask you Israelis, what have you achieved from this war you support? What have you achieved except killing innocent children and creating a trace of smashed skulls and a sea of blood drowning Gaza?" Meshaal said.

"What have you achieved except a massacre (altered) your leaders want to win the next Israeli elections with?"

Sans lightning-rod; now try to deny that.

[ohio2007]

5. DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal accused Israel

From DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal accused Israel ........


If he was hunkered down in a Gaza fuerha bunker, I wonder if he would be making statements calling for immediate cease fire by Hamas so talks could be put together?

speaking from Dumb ass kiss ,

fight to the bitter end for his personal gain.

[TomClash]

6. Pox on both their houses nt

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. He also reject a ceasefire. Easy to do when you are safe in Damascus, Syria

The idiot is taking no risks of his own and calling upon the Gazans to die for him

[Vegasaurus]

10. It's what nihilists with a deathwish do

There is no regard for human life.

Cowards who hide and put their civilian population at risk deserve the worst condemnation possible.

[ohio2007]

11. Fight on my 'brothers', I'm right behind you.....in spirit...to the bitter end ,my brothers

to the bitter end


A destroyed tunnel in Rafah, near the border between Gaza and Egypt. Tunnels have been a principal target
in Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/world/middleeast/11tunnels.html?_r=1&hp
:sarcasm: