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azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 10:00 PM Jun 2014

ZOA: US policy on Palestinians ‘a diplomatic Kristallnacht’

Like the Israeli government, the group accused the Palestinian Authority of culpability in the matter given that it is now backed by Hamas as a result of a unity agreement between Palestinian factions.

Monday’s ZOA statement begins as follows:

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the kidnapping by the Hamas terrorist group of three Israeli teenagers, as well as Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) for its obscene and incendiary newspaper cartoon celebrating and trivializing this horrendous, appalling crime.

The ZOA sees the kidnapping by the Nazi-like Hamas, the US- and European Union-listed terrorist group that calls in its Charter for the murder of Jews, as underscoring the anti-peace nature of the PA, which recently formed a new unity regime Hamas. The ZOA also renews its criticism of the Obama Administration for not cutting aid to and ending diplomatic relations with the PA for forming this alliance with Hamas. It is nothing less than a diplomatic Kristallnacht that the Obama Administration has embraced the Hamas/Fatah terrorist alliance and publicly announced that they will continue funding the PA to the tune of some $500 million annually.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/zoa-us-policy-on-palestinians-a-diplomatic-kristallnacht/

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ZOA: US policy on Palestinians ‘a diplomatic Kristallnacht’ (Original Post) azurnoir Jun 2014 OP
In another thread, i took a poster to task for hteir claim that Israel arranged the kidnappings Scootaloo Jun 2014 #1
well fwiw Hamas also claims Israel staged the kidnappings azurnoir Jun 2014 #2
Nazis are just everywhere these days. bemildred Jun 2014 #3
yep seems that way doesn't it? even if only by diplomacy azurnoir Jun 2014 #4
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
1. In another thread, i took a poster to task for hteir claim that Israel arranged the kidnappings
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 10:56 PM
Jun 2014

The claim is still beyond the pale, but sure is looking to me like Israel and its supporters are vastly more concerned with exploiting the kidnappings and using these teenagers' abduction as capital, than in actually getting them back.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
2. well fwiw Hamas also claims Israel staged the kidnappings
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 12:05 AM
Jun 2014

myself I do not believe that to be true either, but you're correct in stating right now Israel's government and supporters seem more interested in using this for political capital as opposed to finding the young men, which you'd think would concern #1

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