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Hamas Leader Compares Civilian Deaths in Israel's Attacks on Gaza to Holocaust (tissue please)
fox news ^ | 3/1/2008 | ap

Posted on 03/01/2008 1:49:42 PM PST by tobyhill

DAMASCUS, Syria — Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal denounced Israeli attacks against civilians in the Gaza strip on Saturday, describing it as "the real Holocaust."

Sixty-five Gazans, at least half of them civilians, have died in pitched battles between Israeli troops and Palestinian rocket squads that began Wednesday and escalated sharply on Saturday. Throughout Saturday, 35 Gazans were killed. West Bank leaders have threatened to suspend peace talks to protest the Israeli attacks, which came as Gaza militants bombarded southern Israel with dozens of rockets and mortars.

"Israeli actions in Gaza since Wednesday is the real Holocaust," Mashaal told reporters in Damascus, where he lives in exile.

He accused Israel of "exaggerating the Holocaust and using it to blackmail the world."

"Israel wants to exaggerate the Holocaust and make from it a tragedy such that no other can have their own tragedy," he said. "The Palestinian people are the victims and Israel is the hangman and killer," he added.

He also lashed out at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, accusing him of "providing a cover for the Israeli Holocaust" in Gaza by claiming that Hamas militants were sheltering al-Qaida terrorists.

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaza; idf; syria

1 posted on 03/01/2008 1:49:44 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Only problem I see here is that Israel doesn’t take out everyone in Gaza.


2 posted on 03/01/2008 2:53:11 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: tobyhill

Israel should give these f’n muzzie terrorists a real holocaust with carpet bombing and just rid the world of this vermin!!!!


3 posted on 03/01/2008 3:07:45 PM PST by nyyankeefan
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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4 posted on 03/01/2008 4:21:56 PM PST by SJackson (If 45 million children had lived, they'd be defending America, filling jobs, paying SS-Z. Miller)
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To: tobyhill

Cry me a river...


5 posted on 03/01/2008 7:39:42 PM PST by white trash redneck
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