The story that Time forgot … part VII

I see that Elder of Ziyon – who created the graphic above – has gotten in on the fun.

The Elder also picks up on something he’s written about before: that the PA (Fatah) using international funds, is picking up the tab for Hamas.

These numbers can be adjusted somewhat lower if the salaries are going to former policemen who are being paid to do nothing. But on the surface, this is part of the security budget, and any way you slice it, hundreds of millions of dollars of the PA security budget is being spent in Gaza, ostensibly for security.

This may be why Hamas maintains a legal fiction between the al-Qassam Brigades and the police – because they are being paid out of different pockets, and this way Hamas terrorists can draw a second salary, courtesy of the world’s nations.

If my assumptions are correct, then the World Bank may even be complicit in this scheme. They do not break down how much of the budget is being spent in Gaza versus the West Bank, and this is a critical question that all international donors should be asking.

So shortly after declaring that Israel doesn’t want, Time Magazine hits on a story that shows that Fatah is supporting Hamas, but doesn’t really dig too deeply into the implications of what it reported. Of course since there’s quite possibly international complicity in this terrorist funding, perhaps we can let Fatah off the hook here.

Not so with this news story noted by Israelly Cool!

The Palestinian Authority on Sunday reaffirmed the death penalty for any Palestinian found guilty of selling land to Israelis.

Selling land to Jews is a capital crime. Sounds something like the Nuremberg laws. Given that President Abbas is a Holocaust denier, perhaps this isn’t too surprising.

And as Aussie Dave points out further, we really don’t need to interpret the actions of the PA, we need only listen to their words.

The PLO’s representative in Lebanon, Ambassador Abdullah Abdullah, emphasized yesterday that the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, which have started in Washington, are not a goal, but rather another stage in the Palestinian struggle…

Apparently, Saeb Erekat is now sorry that he apologized.

The apology was part of a campaign, funded by the United States, to build Israeli confidence in the peace process. So the exercise was a big fraud. For the video and more see Daled Amos.

…I never for a moment considered apologizing to the Israeli people on behalf of the Palestinian people – a nation which suffers daily from the policy of occupation, deportation, and humiliation, and which is really the one worthy of an apology.

I see that Rabbi Fink think’s that Time’s critics are off the mark. I will agree when I read the whole article it didn’t seem as bad as the excerpt. At best this only excuses the reporter, Karl Vick; but the editors knew how they were marketing the story with a specific angle and knew very well what they were doing with the cover. As I’ve been pointing out, if a periodical wished to emphasize that someone’s not interested in peace, there’s plenty of material on the other side that ought to be explored. Time just isn’t interested in looking at the other side of the story. (Nor is most of the MSM.)

Credit for the image: Elder of Ziyon.

See previous editions: the original, part ii, part iii, part iv, part v, and part vi.

Crossposted on Soccer Dad.