Right Worried Israel Will Pay Price For bin Laden Killing

[Purveyor]

MKs and officials on the Right expressed concern on Monday that Israel would end up paying the price for the American decision to assassinate al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

MKs questioned why Israel is routinely condemned by the world for assassinating mass murderers and terrorists, while the bin Laden assassination has been celebrated internationally. They also asked why an international leadership that has not criticized the Palestinian leadership for making a deal with Hamas, has universally praised the killing of the leader of al-Qaida.

They warned that Israel could be targeted by Islamic fundamentalist groups avenging bin Laden’s death, and suggested that US President Barack Obama could use the assassination as an excuse to pressure Israel.

“Israel will need to take action to prevent Obama from appeasing the Muslim world at our expense,” National Union MK Aryeh Eldad said. “Bin Laden was never a direct threat to Israel. Ahmadinejad, Arafat and our other real enemies didn’t need bin Laden for inspiration. There is no doubt that Obama is a greater threat to Israel than Osama was.”

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http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=218880

[Make7]

1. Who the hell is Orice?

j/k

[Poll_Blind]

2. “Israel will need to take action to prevent Obama from appeasing the Muslim world at our expense,”

"There is no doubt that Obama is a greater threat to Israel than Osama was.”

:puke:

PB

[aquart]

3. Pasture pastry.

[dkf]

4. As far as I'm concerned they need to figure out how to make their own peace.

If they want all the control and all the territory there is a price to pay.

[denverbill]

5. 3 groups not celebrating Osama's death: Israeli right, American right, and al Quiada. Fitting.n/t

[oberliner]

6. Actually it's pretty much only Hamas (and Al Qaida) who is not celebrating Osama's death

Here is their statement:

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Monday condemned the killing by U.S. forces of Osama bin Laden and mourned him as an "Arab holy warrior."

We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood," Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip, told reporters.

Though he noted doctrinal differences between bin Laden's al-Qaida and Hamas, Haniyeh said: "We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior. We ask God to offer him mercy with the true believers and the martyrs."

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hamas-slams-killing-of-holy-warrior-osama-bin-laden-1.359416

Various other terrorist groups have made similar statements.

The Israeli right is celebrating Osama's death, as is most of the American right.