PA Arabs in Gaza Campaigning for Barack Obama

Israel National News ^ | 10-27-08 | Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

[STARWISE]

Palestinian Authority newspaper reported on Sunday that Arab residents of Gaza are randomly calling Americans at home in hopes of persuading them to vote for Democratic candidate Senator Barack Obama in next month's US presidential election.

The article in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, first noted and translated by Palestinian Media Watch, quotes a young man from the Hamas-controlled Gaza region as saying, "We dial random numbers and try to call people [in the United States] without knowing their identity or their affiliation...."

He reportedly uses "Internet sites that allow making free calls... in order to use them for the campaign supporting Obama."

The Al-Hayat Al-Jadida article said, "Most of the Palestinians feel hatred towards USA, whose administrations have always stood by Israel...."

The Gaza-based Obama campaigner, Ibrahim Abu Jayyab, "said that a large number of Palestinians dislike their activity..." Those PA residents "do not see any difference between the American politicians [Obama and Republican candidate Sen. John McCain] because of the hostility that they feel towards America," the report explained.

[STARWISE]

Link to PHOTO of Palestinian in refugee camp at his computer.

Caption of photo:

"Palestinian Ibrahim Abu Jayab, 24, is seen next to his computer in his family house in Nusayrat rufugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, October 28, 2008. A young Palestinian in a Gaza refugee camp is doing his part to get out the vote for Barack Obama. With a little help from the internet, 24-year-old Ibrahim Abu Jayab is cold calling random American families from his parent's home imploring them to vote for Obama."

[Cinnamon Girl]

This gives “rock the vote” a whole new meaning.

[STARWISE]

~~Pray for our country PING!

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*snip*

Other types of assistance have also been forthcoming from Gaza. In July of this year, Pamela Geller of the Atlas Shrugs blog revealed documents purporting to show that the Obama campaign received nearly $30,000 from two brothers living in Rafiah, in Hamas-controlled Gaza, during 2007.

Earlier, during an April 2008 interview with WABC radio and WorldNetDaily, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s Gaza-based political advisor Ahmed Yousef said, “Actually, we like Mr. Obama. We hope he will [win] the election and I do believe he is like John Kennedy, great man with great principle.”

At the time, McCain commented, “I think it is very clear... why [Hamas] would not want me to be president of the United States, so if Senator Obama is favored by Hamas, I think people can make judgments accordingly.”

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[Miss Didi]

I’m praying, Star...just did my rosary novena.

[justlurking]

Why are Pennsylvania Arabs campaigning for Obama in Gaza?

[peace with honor]

how do we get our phone numbers to these folk?

[Parley Baer]

Meanwhile %70 of America's Jews are voting for Obama.

[nutmeg]

Link to PHOTO of Palestinian in refugee camp at his computer.

Caption of photo:

"Palestinian Ibrahim Abu Jayab, 24, is seen next to his computer in his family house in Nusayrat rufugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, October 28, 2008. A young Palestinian in a Gaza refugee camp is doing his part to get out the vote for Barack Obama. With a little help from the internet, 24-year-old Ibrahim Abu Jayab is cold calling random American families from his parent's home imploring them to vote for Obama."

1 posted on 10/29/2008 9:04:12 AM PDT by STARWISE

Just incredible... God help us.

[STARWISE]

Rush just talked about this .. I must have ESPN this morning.

[CherylMc]

“Meanwhile %70 of America’s Jews are voting for Obama.”

It doesn’t make any sense, does it??????

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[BillT]

How many are voting?

[angelcindy]

Why in the hell would they do that??

[Uncle Miltie]

"Most of the Palestinians feel hatred towards USA"

So Vote Obama!

[GoldwaterChick]

I’m happy to report two of my Jewish friends (female) are voting for McCain. Obviously they are intelligent women—both over 60, no less.

[Longtom]

“Most Palestinians feel hatred towards the USA’’. Until you ask them if they’d like to come and live here, that is.

[BigFinn]

I hope they call me.

Yahweh knows best.

[Clemenza]

Until you ask them if they’d like to come and live here, that is.

Yes, its "death to American until I get the visa so that I can open a party supply store in Chicago."