What passes as "condemnation" among Arabs

Were I the editor of JPost, I would have entitled the following piece, "Arabs hail the murder of two more Jews". But I am not the editor of JPost, so we have to put up with the most misleading headline I have seen in quite some time on the JPost site. Judge for yourself:

Abbas condemns Kissufim shooting

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Sunday condemned the killing of an Israeli couple in Gush Katif on Saturday night, saying such attacks provided Israel with an excuse to launch retaliatory attacks on Palestinians, including targeted killings.

"This operation is in violation of the hudna [temporary truce] and period of calm agreed upon in Cairo between all the Palestinian factions earlier this year," Abbas told reporters.

He said that the timing of the attack, on the eve of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, did not serve the Palestinians' interests.

"These attacks threaten our national security and undermine our credibility on the international arena," he added. "The Palestinian Authority will do its utmost to prevent such damaging attacks."

Despite Abbas's condemnation, the PA-controlled media hailed the two attackers as "martyrs," calling them "resistance fighters" involved in a military operation.

It would appear that Abu Mazen has not only a forked tongue, but a forked mind too.

Posted by Joseph Alexander Norland at July 25, 2005 08:01 AM