Compare and Contrast: Israeli and Palestinian Approaches To International Charity

So you know how we’ve been told for decades that the military part of terrorist organizations is different from the political part is different from the charity part? Well, according to Elder, somebody forgot to tell the Palestinians:

An interesting follow-up on the UN Gaza school shooting Sunday: Unknown gunmen have burnt a charitable association affiliated to the fundamentalist ‘Salafi’ Islamic group in Rafah refugee camp in the south of the Gaza Strip… So the revenge that PalArabs exact against the Salafists who are suspected of the school violence is to burn down their charity organization building.

Now riddle us this: Hamas commits mass murder, blowing up a cafe or a bus or a discotheque. Israel responds by raiding a Hamas “charity” building, which may contain terrorist weapons and is definitely providing terrorist funding. How do you think that would get covered? We’re willing to bet our laptop that over ninety percent of the world’s newspapers run the story with a a headline or lede about some nebulous “Hamas charity”. Our laptop – that’s how sure we are.

Tangential but legitimate tie-in: to see how Israelis actually deal with legitimate charities, check out Anney’s post from Wednesday.

References:
* Burning down charities? No biggie! [Elder]
* Israel in the Top Ten [Boker Tov]

Previously:
* What? No Snark About Imams Calling For Muslims To Boycott Airlines?
* I Must Have Missed A Memo
* We Scoop Debka On Painfully Obvious Point, Is Awarded No Points

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