Saturday, December 22, 2007
An Israeli soldier tackles a Palestinian protester dressed as Santa Claus or Father Christmas during at a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the village of Umm Salamunah near the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem. Israeli guards beat five demonstrators during the protest on Friday, organisers said. (AFP/Musa al-Shaer)
Jaw-dropping. How do you create a disgusting photo-op just in time for Christmas? Why, send someone dressed as Santa Claus out and instigate an incident...and the press dutifully complies. Why does Hamas bother, when they have Agence France-Presse to do the work for them?
'Father Christmas' beaten in West Bank demo: organisers
About 50 Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists attended the rally in the village of Um Salomona, near Bethlehem, the Biblical birthplace of Jesus that is preparing to celebrate Christmas.
Israeli border guards armed with truncheons briefly detained one activist and beat another five during the rally, the organisers told AFP, adding that one was wearing a Santa Claus costume.
An Israeli army spokesman said there had been disorder at the protest and that several demonstrators who were briefly detained were subsequently released.
Israel says the massive barrier of electric fencing, barbed wire and concrete walls built across the West Bank is needed to stop potential attackers from infiltrating the country and attacking Jewish settlements on Arab land.
WHAAAT? Israel said that? Not. The fence is for preventing terrorists from murdering people -- in Israel and yes, the disputed territories as well, and it's working. Only racists talk about "Arab land." I doubt Israel ever does. Could AFP be any more obvious in reprinting propaganda meant for nothing but inciting hatred?
In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued a non-binding ruling that parts of the 650-kilometre (410-mile) barrier criss-crossing the West Bank are illegal and should be torn down. Israel has vowed to complete the project.
Here's some more context for that final paragraph: The fence has saved an unknown, but significant number of lives, and kept the idea of peace from perhaps evaporating entirely.
I look forward to the no doubt forthcoming condemnation of this disgraceful stunt from some of our "friends" in the Christian Community (and no, I don't mean our real friends, who I'm sure will be as disgusted by this sort of thing -- both on the part of the press and the stage-handlers -- as I am).
Via LGF: AFP: Jews Beat Santa Claus
Are you concerned about getting your ludicrous antisemitic propaganda out to the world in time for Christmas? Not to worry! Agence France Presse is always there to help...
BTW, photographer Musa al-Shaer is a stringer who does this kind of propaganda professionally. The story is unsigned, but it appears that AFP has simply handed over the wire for terrorist use.
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On Sunday I told the story of a group of activists who went to politely communicate their displeasure with St. Peter's Episcopal Church for their hosting a fundraising drive for the "Gaza Freedom March" -- a Hamas funding cover being... Read More
Ok, they finally topped the Hamas-Mickey Mouse stunt. The Palestinians and the French media have brains full of spiders and garlic in their souls.
Last year it was a British Anti-Israel article, which claimed "Christmas is celebration 'of birth pains of a Palestinian refugee in Bethlehem'" and features a Palestinian woman comparing her suffering to Maria.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3344541,00.html#n
The hypocrisy and cynicism of the pro-Palestinian propagandeers seem quite bottomless. No rational mind can compete.
That palestinian/jihad Santa has Elves making nuts and bolts bomb belts, jihadist headbands, Kassam rockets.
Islamofascists and their goose-stepping Euro dhimmis are SICK.
Will arabian19 tell us how tall is the tallest Christman tree in all of Saudi Arabia?
Make that Christmas.