Saturday, January 28, 2006

J-Pod Gets It Right

Or: Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

by John Podhoretz

January 27, 2006 -- "THE Palestinians have voted in a terrorist group that has been involved in killing Americans, attacking Israeli civilians and seeks the destruction of Israel and its replacement by a Palestinian state stretching from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
So? What else is new?

Yes, Hamas, the dangerous terrorist organization, has won a stunning victory at the polls. It replaces Fatah, the party of Yasser Arafat. People are screaming in horror. Why?
Fatah is no better than Hamas. It has a comparably monstrous history of Jew-killling, including the murder of Americans. During the last intifada, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade — which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Fatah — stood second to none in its bloodthirsty slaughter of Israelis as they dined in cafes or rode on buses.

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

There are two distinctions to be drawn between Hamas and Fatah. First, Fatah has supposedly given up its goal of destroying Israel and has supposedly accepted the principle of a two-state solution. Big deal. The Palestinian educational system created by Fatah preaches Israel's destruction from kindergarten through college, as do the state-run media. Fatah remains philosophically committed to Israel's destruction, even though it has adopted a more pragmatic stance politically."

We said as much yesterday, much to the disdain of the teeth-gnashers and lovers of girly Emanuele Ottolenghi, who believe that Islamic terrorists can be broken down into really dangerous cave dwellers and really-really dangerous cave dwellers. They preach the destruction of Israel and America and pretty much anyone else who doesn't love the smell of camel piss in the morning, right up until it's time for a handout and up pops the peace lovers who'll do their level best to stop the bloodshed.

Yeah right.

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