Those of us with half a brain have been saying for quite some time that palestinians lie when they talk about peace with Israel. We have been saying it especially often — and generally more loudly — about Hamas, the organization whose charter explicitly calls for the destruction of Israel and its replacement with an Islamic state.
Now, Hamas has gone on the record to talk about its policy of lies and duplicity when it comes to the West.
In an interview with Voice of Palestine, Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu-Zahri made no effort to hide the group’s strategy. Asked to explain
the group’s opposing statements to western and Arab media, Zahri said, “It is natural to make different statements to different audiences, each of which has its own style, but Hamas’ basic principles are unchanged and we abide by them.â€[…] On April 1, Zahri told Voice of Palestine Radio that “Hamas adhered to resistance in all its aspects, including terror attacks.â€
But when the audience changes so do the tone and the message. “Hamas will never think of violence. Hamas is aspires for peace and calm based on justice and equality. Whatever will be offered to the Palestinian Authority on the political arena will be weighed and discussed. Hamas will devise a mechanism to manage negotiations,†Haniyeh told CBS on March 17.
We rest our case.
No, wait. We don’t. Because the Western media will not pick up this story, and the anti-Israelists will pretend that since it appeared in an Israeli newspaper, it is invalid.
And still, in the face of all this evidence, the world is going to give the PA money, and support the palestinian cause — because Israel is “the apartheid, racist state” — even though the palestinians are the ones that refuse to allow Jews to live in the same area, murder Arabs who sell land to Jews, and call for an Islamic state “from the river to the sea.”
Hamas are not the only liars in this scenario.