Hamas is committing war crimes in Gaza, but these crimes aren’t interesting to the world—because they’re not being performed by Israelis.
Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah activists on suspicion of “collaboration” with Israel during Operation Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
[…] The Fatah members and eyewitnesses said the detainees were being held in school buildings and hospitals that Hamas had turned into make-shift interrogation centers.
Hamas has also renewed house arrest orders that were issued against thousands of Fatah officials and activists in the Gaza Strip shortly after the military operation started.
The brave mujahadin of Hamas, who were too terrified to face the IDF, have no such qualms over murdering old men:
In a more recent incident, Hamas gunmen shot and killed 80-year-old Hisham Tawfik Najjar after storming his home and beating his four sons – all Fatah activists.
Apparently, smiling in public is now a crimninal offense, punishable by kneecapping.
The Fatah men said that in a number of incidents, Hamas militiamen had kidnapped Fatah activists while they were attending the funerals of people killed during the war. In other cases, activists were detained and shot in the legs after they were spotted smiling in public – an act interpreted by Hamas as an expression of joy over Israel’s military offensive.
And yet, we have no reports by the AP or Reuters of any such activities. It’s as if their reporters are afraid to report negatively about Hamas, or something. But that couldn’t be. It’s only the Israelis that fetter the international press. Right?
Right.