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Terrorist nominated as new PA prime minister

Int'l media paints Haniyeh as a 'moderate', but his past tells a different story


By Ryan Jones
February 20, 2006

The Palestinian Arabs voted for terrorists and they will receive no less, despite efforts by the international press to whitewash Hamas' new political faces as ?pragmatists? and ?moderates.?

Most prominent among the blood-soaked terror bosses will be Ismail Haniyeh, who was nominated as Hamas' choice for prime minister of the Palestinian Authority as the group was officially installed as the new majority party in the Palestinian Legislative Council Saturday.

Media outlets such as Reuters, the Associated Press and the BBC immediately sought to paint Haniyeh as anything but the terrorist and supporter of mass murder he has been for decades.

Wrote the Associated Press:

?A pragmatist, [Haniyeh] served as a liaison between Hamas and Palestinian Authority, established in 1994 and dominated by the rival Fatah movement.?

Reuters was like-minded in its assessment:

?Haniyeh, 43, is widely viewed by Palestinians as a pragmatist who has good relations with rival factions and someone with whom Israel could ultimately do business.?

The BBC asserted it was Haniyeh's ?moderation? that helped Hamas to win so many seats:

?But he is considered a moderate in the movement's ranks whose position on the list was intended to appeal to mainstream Palestinian voters.?

While all three mention that Haniyeh was on several occasions arrested by Israeli security forces and in 1992 was expelled with other top Hamas terrorists to southern Lebanon, they fail to detail the terrorist activities Haniyeh engaged in that led to those actions against him.

Nor do they mention that in 1993 Haniyeh earned himself a spot on Israel's most wanted list for his role in a horrific ?suicide? bomb attack that killed 23 people and wounded and maimed 130 others on a public bus in Jerusalem.

Also omitted are recent comments by Haniyeh revealing his continued support for terrorism against Israel and backing of the virulent Hamas charter:

  • Following Israel's ?disengagement? last summer, Haniyeh, speaking to the Associated Press, praised the terrorist arms that had brought about the ?liberation? of Gaza and northern Samaria, and said they would be used to drive Jews off even more land.

    </li><li><p>The Jewish Virtual Library notes
that Haniyeh said Hamas' strong showing in municipal elections last
year was proof the majority of Palestinian Arabs support terrorism
against Israel.</p>
</li><li><p>Reuters recently quoted Haniyeh
calling demands that Hamas alter its anti-Semitic and hate-filled
charter ?unjust to the Palestinian people.?</p>

Little more than a decade ago, the international press corps, together with the governments of Europe and the United States, succeeded in transforming the mass-murderer Yasser Arafat into a recognized and respected diplomat.

They appear determined to do the same for Hamas.

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