Debbie Schlussel: Letter to the Editor of the Day: U.S.-Preferred Fatah Still Endorses Terrorism
Remember President Bush's statement that "You're either on our side or the terrorists' side." Well, we now know he's on the terrorists' side, not ours. With his dual bend-over for terrorists--both $80 million in American tax dollar aid from Clueless Condi for Arafat's Fatah, and yesterday's suck-up to the pan-terrorist, extremist OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) to which Bush will now send an envoy--you think of those rushing the Animal House frat:
Thank you, sir, may I have another?
Gadi Dotz has an excellent letter to the editor in today's Wall Street Journal, challenging both the Journal reporters and the Bush conventional propaganda on Fatah and what the group really stands for. It is such a great letter I reprint it here. Mazel Tov [Congrats!], Gadi:
Fatah's Constitution Calls for Zionist "Eradication"June 28, 2007
The analysis of the conflict between rival Palestinian Arab factions and Fatah in the June 16 commentary "Hot Topic: Hamas in Gaza: What Does It Mean?" was informative, but contained one error. Nick Timiraos writes that Fatah "has acknowledged Israel's right to exist." To this very day, the group's official constitution, available in English on their Web site, calls for the "Complete liberation of Palestine, and eradication of Zionist economic, political, military and cultural existence" (Article 12) through "armed struggle" (Article 19).
In your editorial "Hot Topic: Arafat's Children" in the same issue, you correctly identify Fatah's erstwhile leader Yasser Arafat as an unreformed terrorist who deceived the West by calling for peace while continuing his support of suicide bombings. For this deception he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which was, ironically, stolen from his Gaza City home by Hamas terrorists.
Unfortunately, the U.S. is committing the same mistake today by empowering Mahmoud Abbas, who has repeatedly pledged to follow in Arafat's path. Abbas, who wrote his Ph.D. thesis denying the Holocaust, has mastered his mentor's art of doublespeak, telling the West he recognizes Israel while at the same time telling his people the complete opposite in Arabic. On Oct. 3, 2006, Mr. Abbas stated on Al-Arabiya and PA TV that "It is not required of Hamas, or of Fatah, or of the Popular Front to recognize Israel."
Gadi Dotz
Brooklyn, N.Y.
America's chosen terrorists--Fatah--are no different than Al-Qaeda. Too bad the Bush Administration creates nuances and distinctions without a difference to confer Most Favored Terrorist status upon them.
Posted by Debbie on June 28, 2007 02:33 PM to Debbie Schlussel