Daphne Anson: "We Came Here In Order To Learn From Gaza": Australian Mufti & Colleagues Visit Hamas (video)

Friday, 28 December 2012

"We Came Here In Order To Learn From Gaza": Australian Mufti & Colleagues Visit Hamas (video)

And as the sheikh from Down Under (Dr Ibrahim Salem) says in this clip from Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV (26 December), they came to learn, and felt like they were "on top of the world". In return, their genial host tells them that their visit demonstrates the unity of the worldwide umma in "the battle for the liberation of Jerusalem and Palestine" ...

(MEMRI video; hat tip: reader Ian)

6 comments:

Ian28 December 2012 03:43
OT
Here's a shock an anti BDS article on the ABC!

Friends and enemies colour BDS ideology
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4442282.html
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Shirl in Oz28 December 2012 13:22
B Of Deps sent it out to comment on, but it was already closed.

Try this one.

Not anti, but needs some comments. I haven't had the time

: “Sydney peace centre boycotts Israel”

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1722902/Sydney-peace-centre-boycotts-Israel
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Ian29 December 2012 03:04
Tim Blair has picked up on this.

JOY IN THE LAND OF JIHAD
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/joy_in_the_land_of_jihad/
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Daphne Anson30 December 2012 13:22
Thanks for the links, Ian and Shirlee.
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Daphne Anson30 December 2012 13:29
Great article here, OT:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2012/12/16/saturday-people-sunday-people/
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