Savages: Hamas Broadcasts Cartoon Mocking Shalit (UPDATED And BUMPED: Obama Wants Another $400m Next Year, Full Text Of Waxman Email Added)

Original (July 8 12:05pm) – Another in a seemingly endless line of public sadism, reflecting the personal, pathological delight these savages take in torturing Shalit and his family:

Hamas’ al-Aqsa Television introduced a propaganda cartoon about kidnapped IDF corporal Gilad Shalit: “Hamas launched a propaganda cartoon of Gilad Shalit on Monday, playing it repeatedly on its Al Aksa television station, as well as on internet forums. In the film an unshaven Shalit is calling for his mother when visited in his cell by a Gaza boy who tells him that Israel does not care about him.” Of course, you won’t hear anyone pointing out why this sadistic cartoon violates the Geneva Convention. Is Hamas trying to tell us about their future plans? Or are they just trying to torture Shalit and his family some more?

In other news the Obama administration is delivering the remainder of the $900 million Gaza stimulus in the near future. That way Hamas can divert a full $900 million of their own money into their eliminationist war instead of wasting it on things like infrastructure. If that’s not enough they can just confiscate the aid itself, beating plowshares into swords. Or, as the case may be, turning ambulances into military vehicles:

“The [Palestinian] Health Ministry stated yesterday that Hamas militias had raided 46 ambulances, donated by Arab states during the recent aggression on the Gaza Strip, of the medical equipment that they contained… and used them as military vehicles to arrest civilians, after painting [the ambulances] black.

A reader forwarded me an email that she got from Waxman’s office about the outrage:

Efforts to rebuild Gaza continue to be complicated by ongoing Israeli security concerns and Hamas’s diversion of humanitarian supplies to support its military aims. I strongly support the Obama Administration’s pledge, announced in March, to provide $900 million in aid for Gaza reconstruction. Nearly one-third of the funds have already been dispersed through the U.N. Relief and Works Agency and the International Committee for the Red Cross. I am pleased that the Fiscal Year 2009 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill, which was signed into law on June 24 (P.L. 111-32), includes the remaining funds.

Total dollars that the Red Cross has spent on visits to Shalit: $0, since Hamas won’t grant them access. Some people might consider that a reason not to de facto fund these lunatics.

And yes, that’s how the original email actually proceeds. There’s a seamless transition between “Hamas steals aid sent to Gaza” and “we’re proud to send aid to Gaza.” Not so much as a stray letter between the two, let alone a note of cognitive dissonance.

Update (July 9 12:50pm) – Per reader Marc’s request, here’s the full text of the email that Waxman’s office is sending to citizens outraged about Obama’s $900 million Hamas stimulus package. Note the part about how he wants an additional $400 million for FY 2010:

Thank you for contacting me in recent months to express concern about conditions in Gaza. I appreciated hearing from you and wanted to update you on the most recent developments.

As you know, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has steadily deteriorated since Hamas violently seized control of the area in June 2007 and escalated a campaign of rocket attacks against Israeli communities. While a brief six-month ceasefire went into effect a year later, Israel launched a full-scale military campaign in Gaza after unrelenting Hamas shelling that targeted Israeli population centers. Efforts to rebuild Gaza continue to be complicated by ongoing Israeli security concerns and Hamas’s diversion of humanitarian supplies to support its military aims.

I strongly support the Obama Administration’s pledge, announced in March, to provide $900 million in aid for Gaza reconstruction. Nearly one-third of the funds have already been dispersed through the U.N. Relief and Works Agency and the International Committee for the Red Cross. I am pleased that the Fiscal Year 2009 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill, which was signed into law on June 24 (P.L. 111-32), includes the remaining funds. President Obama has requested an additional $400 million in economic support for the West Bank and Gaza for Fiscal Year 2010, which Congress will consider in the coming months. You can learn more by visiting the following websites:

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/03/119925.htm

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/budget_amendment/supplemental_04_09_09.pdf

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/123415.pdf.

The effort to bring an end to fighting among Palestinians and between Palestinians and Israelis will take sincere dedication from all sides, strong American leadership, and constructive efforts by our international partners. I assure you that I will continue to work in every way to encourage a just and lasting peace that brings security and stability to Israelis and Palestinians.

To learn more about my work in Congress or sign up for periodic e-mail updates, please visit www.waxman.house.gov and

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Again, thank you for contacting me and I hope you will continue to keep in touch on issues of concern.

With kind regards, I am
Sincerely,

HENRY A. WAXMAN
Member of Congress