Posted on 5/9/2002, 1:32:10 PM by Apolitical
MAY 9, 2002: Hey, yours truly, the Iconoclast, is back. Did you miss me? Didn't think so. But regardless, let's proceed with today's notebook entry from the jaded one.
And once we're at it, let's have some real fun today -- getting past all that knee-jerk whining about the terrible 'massacre' that occurred in the Jenin refugee camp, as reported by Time Online, Newsweek and all the other objective "mainstream" news publications. And let's dig deep into the very heart of the desperate Palestinian "reality" (or should we say unreality) left by the brutal incursion of those nasty Israelis.
No, no. Put away your hankies and kleenex, even though this is a story about Palestinians. Trust us, you'll have dry eyes if you read on.
And be prepared to be disabused of your most cherished notions of Palestinian victimhood if you're a weepy liberal who happened to stumble onto this site by accident.
Yes, it's almost time to proceed to the amazing video featured on the Jewish World Review Web site (well, where did you expect us to find it -- on one of those less-than-subtle Saudi "Slaughter The Vermin Jews" official Arab online information sites?).
And to set things up properly, here's the cynical introduction provided by the folks at JWR:
An Israeli drone flying over Jenin on Monday, April 28 caught a modern-day resurrection. Well, sort of.
As Arab propaganda cameras rolled, pallbearers repeatedly tried to carry a "dead" man wrapped in a green blanket. The only problem is that he couldn't keep his balance and kept falling. A highlight: At 1:35 on the film, a crowd of onlookers quickly breaks up, when the "corpse" picks himself off the floor and gets back up on the stretcher.
If the purpose of this video were not so EVIL, it would belong on one of those Dick Clark TV specials. After the 'massacre' and now this, can you believe ANYTHING the Arabs say?
To view this multimedia comic disaster, click here. You have to be connected to the Web and have a Windows Media Player available to watch.
Okay, so the picture is tiny, and it's difficult to make out what's happening. So why don't we let that master of Palestinian disasters, Mark Steyn, give you a blow-by-blow description, after which you can view the video again for confirmation. Here's Mr. Steyn's description, as featured in his outrageous Monday National Post column, The brutal Afghan winter hits Jenin:
Anxious to lend the West's agitated humanitarians a helping hand, a group of Palestinians in Jenin held a funeral a week ago for one of their massacred compatriots and invited a cameraman along. The deceased, covered in a shroud, was being borne on a stretcher to his final resting place, when, alas, his bearers stumbled and he fell to the ground. The "corpse" picked himself up, dusted himself off and climbed back on the stretcher to start all over again. Unfortunately, the clumsy pall bearers managed to drop him a second time. At this point, the crowd, who apparently weren't in on the scheme, fled in terror. The stiff, meanwhile, had had enough of his bungling bearers, and flounced off in a huff.
Oh, dear. Jenin, tragically, seems to be the first massacre with a shortage of corpses. Would it have been too much for the Hamas PR guys to get one of their eager schoolgirl volunteers to detonate herself in the backyard?
Forgive us for including that final Steyn zinger. The man has no taste. And we love it!
For a dose of truth: | |
WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part I http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668601/posts Non-evidence and Pali fabrication of evidence |
Steyn: The UN is running out of blind eyes to turn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669411/posts Interesting link on UN backpedaling |
WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part II http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669632/posts Palestinians drop their hyped-up "massacre" charges |
The Massacre That Never Was http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668572/posts The testimony of pathological liars |
WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part III http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672189/posts Jimmy Carter, Mr. Middle East Fiasco, has an opinion |
There was No Massacre in Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668650/posts The Elite, The Paid, The Gullible all accept Pali lies |
WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part IV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672160/posts Yet more non-evidence and Pali fabrication of evidence |
NY POST: THE MASSACRE THAT WASN'T http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/667529/posts Peres: There wasn't a house that wasn't booby-trapped |
WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part V http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/673145/posts The Pali's contradict themselves and blame it on Israel |
Steyn: It's time to snap out of Arab fantasy land http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669063/posts Some great Oriana Fallaci quotes/links as well |
WSJ: The Massacre That Wasn't - Part VI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/678521/posts Pali grave digging and UN jury rigging |
Jenin's 'Massacre' Death Toll Reduced to 56 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675752/posts Say it slow: Israel told the truth, Palis told lies |
An interesting juxtaposition of tales: |
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Message From An Israeli On The Front Lines http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/673234/posts "Entire families exploded themselves! It was horrific." |
Palestinian Fighter admits: No Massacre in Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/671903/posts 2,000 bombs and booby-traps placed in the camp |
Pediatrician: terrorists used children in Jenin camp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/670962/posts Doc: IDF did everything possible to avoid civilian harm |
Palestinians Booby-Trap Wheelchair in Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/670810/posts NOTE: The wheelchair was occupied!! |
Jenin War Diary of a Hasidic Soldier - Part I http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672951/posts Israeli citizen-soldier describes what went on in Jenin |
Massacre Claims Unsupported by Pali Fighters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675129/posts Pali eyewitnesses all support the Israeli version |
Jenin War Diary of a Hasidic Soldier - Part II http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/678298/posts There is no army as humane as the IDF |
Palestinian fighter's version of the Jenin battle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672896/posts Pali Plan: Trap Israeli soldiers, then blow them up |
Yellow Journalism: Sensationalism, Yes! Truth, No! |
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How the L.A. Times and CNN Distorted Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/681552/posts First, you start with an agenda... |
Reporters Back Down From 'Massacre' Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668509/posts World press forced to face the truth: No Massacre |
Jenin: The Big Lie. Fighting the Media War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/667296/posts World media falls for Goebbels's 'Big Lie' ... Again |
Atrocities of the British Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/669206/posts Huge amounts of ink devoted to unverified Pali tales |
The Media and 'The Massacre' http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/668719/posts Quick to report fantasy, slow to correct errors |
The Big Jenin Lie http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/679694/posts Putrid Pali Propaganda Promptly Panned - GO FR! |
We're from the UN. We're Here to Help. |
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The Overseers of Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675737/posts Camps run by UN are centers for terror bombings |
U.N.'s Point Man In Jenin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/673541/posts Arafat's various militias count on Mr. Roed-Larsen |
Guilty Until Proven Guilty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675043/posts Surprise! The UN has a not-so-hidden agenda |
The Jenin Probe Ends http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675737/posts UN unhappy about Israel's possible exhoneration |
And so, in conclusion: |
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The 'Jenin Massacre' Hoax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/677148/posts Living in a world of monstrous moral inversion |
The Phantom Massacre http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672761/posts War Crimes in Jenin were committed by the Palis |
Terrorists admit they carried out atrocities http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/679306/posts Fanatics use women, children, old men, cripples |
Jenin's War Criminals http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/675340/posts What the Palestinians did was the real war crime |
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