Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Palestinian Human Rights Activist: Media ‘Full of Antisemitism, Hatred for Israel’

A prominent Palestinian human rights activist lamented on Monday night what he called the media’s unfair treatment of the Jewish state.
At a pro-Israel gathering hosted by advocacy group StandWithUs in New York City, Bassem Eid, a Jerusalemite, said the press, which is “full of antisemitism” and “hatred,” is “much more interested in fighting against Israel” than discovering the truth. ..
Talking about the current wave of terrorism sweeping Israel, Eid said, “When I watch TV and see a Palestinian youth — 13, 14 or 15 years old — holding a knife in his hand, running in the street and wanting to stab and kill, I think it’s the most barbaric thing I’ve ever seen. Will stabbing Jews solve my problems? Will killing a Jew solve my problems? Look at Hamas — in the past nine years they’ve been shooting rockets. What have we, as Palestinians, achieved? Let us be a little bit realistic.”
He went on, “I [as a Palestinian] don’t want to be a victim anymore… I want to be considered as a human being who has full control of my own future and my children’s future.”
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1 comment:

Shlomo Ben Hungstien said...

it's not just hamas and the other terrorists known as the palestinian authority, the palestinian society as a whole is in some sort of arrested state of cultural development. case and point, this store in gaza called "hitler" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/202888#.VjnOzZtdGM9