Explaining the many ways in which Palestinian society is odious is kind of passe (think dancing-in-the-streets-after-9/11), and in our quest to bring you only the freshest content we try to avoid posting every minor (ok, ok major) flaw in Palestinian behavior.
However, sometimes there’s something that’s so both disgusting and stupid that it would be remiss of us not to blog it. Take this little piece from this morning’s Jerusalem Post:
Saddam’s pictures appear at different kinds of protests, including those organized against the construction of the separation fence, as well as rallies in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners, and at funerals of activists killed by soldiers. And Saddam’s sympathizers can be found in almost all the Palestinian factions, including Fatah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad.
The Palestinian branch of the dissolved Iraqi Ba’ath Party, known as the Arab Liberation Front (ALF), remains active in several Palestinian cities and villages. ALF leaders and activists are working hard to stage pro-Saddam protests ahead of the trial of the ousted Iraqi president, which is scheduled to begin in Baghdad within the next few months. The group was responsible for distributing more than $30 million over the past three years to the families of Palestinians killed or injured during the violence, including suicide bombers.
In the past three weeks, the ALF and “Saddam’s friends” have published two paid front-page advertisements in the Palestinian daily al-Hayat al-Jadeeda, condemning the US for apprehending Saddam.
The Palestinian branch of the dissolved Iraqi Ba’ath Party, known as the Arab Liberation Front (ALF), remains active in several Palestinian cities and villages. ALF leaders and activists are working hard to stage pro-Saddam protests ahead of the trial of the ousted Iraqi president, which is scheduled to begin in Baghdad within the next few months. The group was responsible for distributing more than $30 million over the past three years to the families of Palestinians killed or injured during the violence, including suicide bombers.
In the past three weeks, the ALF and “Saddam’s friends” have published two paid front-page advertisements in the Palestinian daily al-Hayat al-Jadeeda, condemning the US for apprehending Saddam.
Of course, what concerns the Palestinian leadiership is not so much that a large swath of their public loves a failed, insane, mass murdering dictator – their real concern is that people will find out about it:
Like most Arab leaders and governments, Arafat and the Palestinian Authority have remained tight-lipped about the capture of Saddam. Senior PA officials have been instructed not to talk in public about the issue for fear that their remarks might portray the Palestinians as being on the wrong side of the US-led war against terror.
None of the Palestinian journalists who wait outside Arafat’s office in Ramallah every day has dared to ask for his reaction to the capture of Saddam. Since the capture of Saddam, Arafat has made a number of appearances at the entrance to his office in the presidential compound in Ramallah, but was never asked about the subject.
Related Mere Rhetoric Posts:None of the Palestinian journalists who wait outside Arafat’s office in Ramallah every day has dared to ask for his reaction to the capture of Saddam. Since the capture of Saddam, Arafat has made a number of appearances at the entrance to his office in the presidential compound in Ramallah, but was never asked about the subject.
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