Posted on 12/18/2001 10:10:19 AM PST by the_second_moon
Israel Radio West Bank correspondent Avi Yissakharov reported this evening that Yasser Arafat declared in a fiery speech in Ramallah today that "all Palestinians are Muhammad al-Dura", that all Palestinians are martyrs. 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura was killed in the Gaza Strip last year while his father tried to protect him from crossfire. Arafat called for all to join in the struggle to stop what he termed the Israeli program to Judaize Jerusalem. The crowd roared back to Arafat "millions of martyrs are already marching to Jerusalem." Israel Television Channel Two reported this evening that Arafat also told the crowd that "I am willing to sacrifice 70 martyrs to kill one Israeli" and called for a continuation of the struggle against Israel.
And you are just too pretentious to stomach. Barf.
Who died and made you Lord Of The Thread?
Hey bully-boy. Push and you'll be pushed back. I'll post if I want to and so will others.
If YOU have something contructive to add, do so. So far - you are batting zero.
You don't believe Arafat said this - and means it? You just fall off the apple cart or something?
You seem to be on a power trip of some sort. You use a whip...or a jackboot to the neck? You sure you did not mean to log on to some S&M site?
The article did not say that the statement was in the speech. So telling me to read the speech is disingenuous (because I don't think you're that dumb). How do you prove that the statement in the article is a lie?
I will get up whenever I please. Your pronouncements have no more power over me than they do over the Palestinians or the Israelis. They have no more use for armchair statesmen than I do.
You must be a big fan of Madeline Albright. You must have loved Bill and Madeline's Excellent Adventure in Yugoslavia. It displayed the same hubris and lack of respect for the people they purported to save.
The article doesn't say this was in the speech. It says "also told". Probably while the quivering jelly mold were receiving the applause and ululations, or while the little creeps were passing around the cakes.
You know, you shouldn't play AlphaGore. You seem silly. Some little chihuahua will just put their ears forward and take a bite out of your liberal hide :)).
"...We stand by the child, by the flower, by the man, by the woman, by the old man, and by the young man. We all redeem the holy Christian and Muslim sites, we will defend them and will strengthen them since this is our destiny, to live on the frontline until judgment day. [Islamic tradition states that] 'One martyr of these is worth seventy' [namely, one martyr on the front line in Jerusalem, is worth seventy martyrs on any other front of Jihad]. Why? Because we are in the holy land..." "We shall fight on this blessed land, on this blessed land, this is our message and it is not by accident that one-hundred and four years after [the First Zionist Congress] and despite all the conspiracies and all the blood that was spilled, this nation continues to raise its head and its flag, Allah willing, Allah willing. One of our flowers and one of our cubs will wave the flag over the walls of Jerusalem, over its mosques and over its churches..."
Allah willing, Allah willing, where have I heard that before oh yes, the infamous Osama tape....
...'One martyr of these is worth seventy' [namely, one martyr on the front line in Jerusalem, is worth seventy martyrs on any other front of Jihad].
And show me how anyone could believe he referenced killing an Israeli.
This is pure jingoism and it does not speak well of your integrity to deny it. We already know Channel 2 would make HurlWaldo look objective.
I accept your apology and you may now stand.
I know nothing of the sort and I did not apologize and you may now kiss my rear.
Bossy little bugger aren't you? You have a complex or something? Boss pushing you are around so you think you can kick the dog? You act like that in real life? You must have loads of friends LOL....
Quite correct. Got any bits of hide missing yet?
Here's a paper towel for that egg.
No, you keep your towel. You may need it when I throw that egg on you, or when the Vogon fleet arrives.
Anyway, you have quoted a reference to "seventy martyrs" in the speech. Just some questions for you: Did Arafat give that speech in Arabic? Do you read Arabic? If you are right about that phrase, how do you know that the reference the journalist made wasn't to a statement before or after the speech?
You?? A jew? I'd have thought you were one of those hysterical hairless little things. You know, those yappers they dress up in little sweaters :)).
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