Fayyad's political adviser on official PATV: 'The bus wasn't that badly damaged'
This is gratuitous, but it also shows that we are light years away from true peace with even the 'moderate' 'Palestinian Authority.'You will recall that last Thursday, Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip shot a Cornet anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus in the Gaza envelope. Fortunately, most of the children had already gotten off the bus, but the driver was lightly wounded and 16-year old Daniel Viflic was seriously wounded. On Tuesday, it was reported that Viflic's condition has worsened and is now 'extremely critical.'
Into this situation steps one Omar al-Ghoul (yes, I know, what an appropriate name). Ghoul is the political adviser of 'westernized' 'Palestinian Prime Minister' Salam Fayyad. On Friday, Ghoul told official 'Palestinian Authority' television (which is owned by the 'Palestinian Authority') that the bus 'wasn't that badly damaged' (look at the pictures and decide for yourself). He also used the occasion to criticize Israel for attacking Hamas in response to the bus attack, saying that "Israel wants to use the attack on the bus as an excuse for its latest war crime against our people." And you thought Hamas and Fatah weren't on speaking terms.
But Ghoul went further and attacked Israel's legitimacy.
"Israel is a country that was founded on aggression and colonialism, and it lives on the continuation of bloodshed, war and violence. The racist Israeli apartheid state is incapable of turning to peace and coexistence between nations... This aggression is currently focused on Gaza, under the pretext of a shell being fired at an Israeli bus. The [school] bus wasn't that badly damaged, but Israel wants to use the attack on the bus as an excuse for its latest war crime against our people."Let's go to the videotape.
As I was reading this story, I thought of another Daniel, who unfortunately did not survive the terror attack in which he was mortally wounded. That was Daniel Wultz HY"D (may God avenge his blood), who was critically wounded in a terror attack five years ago during the Passover holiday and eventually succumbed to his injuries R"L (God save us). Daniel Wultz was also 16 at the time. Sickeningly, the 'Palestinians' called him "the best target we can dream of."
We are no closer to peace today than we were then.
Labels: Omar al-Ghoul, Salam Fayyad
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:26 PM
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