12 May 2011, 13:11
Media ignores Hamas leader ruling out ever recognising Israel Thurs. 12 May 2011 @ 13.12 - <http://justjournalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Zahar.jpg> Mahmoud Zahar statement ruling out ever recognising Israel unreported in British media, even when unity deal discussed. Yesterday <http://justjournalism.com/the-wire/hamas-in-gaza-leader-rules-out-ever-reco gnising-israel/> Just Journalism reported comments made to <http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=386651> Maan News Agency by Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar, in which he disavowed any suggestion that Hamas would ever recognise the state of Israel. Zahar's comments, which featured as a top news story on <http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hamas-accepts-1967-borders-bu t-will-never-recognize-israel-top-official-says-1.361072> Haaretz, included the assertion that truce was 'part of the resistance not its rejection', and that 'truce is not peace'. Zahar said that recognition would never be granted as it would: 'cancel the right of the next generations to liberate the lands'. These statements have not been reported in the mainstream British media. A number of fresh stories relating to Israel-Palestine, including <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/11/israel-palestinians-residency-r ights> allegations that Israel took away residency rights from 140,000 Palestinians over a 27 year period - which was also a <http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/erekat-revocation-of-arab-residen cy-a-war-crime-1.361161> top story on Haaretz yesterday - do appear in the British press today. Of particular note is a substantial <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/view-from-jerusalem-with-harriet-sherwood/2 011/may/12/palestinian-territories-gaza> blog post by Harriet Sherwood, which appears today on The Guardian website. ' <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/view-from-jerusalem-with-harriet-sherwood/2 011/may/12/palestinian-territories-gaza> Unity deal leads to 'sceptical optimism' among Palestinians' discusses the new reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas at length, and contains a number of statements made by Hamas on the new arrangement, without referencing the Hamas leader's recent and inflammatory declarations. As a result, the correspondent's analysis of Hamas' long term position on Israel is somewhat misleading: 'As for demands that Hamas recognise the state of Israel before entering a Palestinian unity government, Fuqahaa [a Hamas legislator] counters that Israel must acknowledge the rights of the Palestinian people, Hamas is prepared for a long-term truce, and the organisation "is agreeing in an indirect way to the state of Israel by accepting a Palestinian state on 1967 lines".' The article also directly contradicts the sentiment contained within Zahar's pronouncements: '"The main reason was that we are now witnessing a qualitative turn in the perspective and strategy of Hamas," said Qais Abu Leila, a Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) legislator. "They seem to be convinced by developments in the region that their position would be best served within the Palestinian political system rather than as an outsider or an alternative to the system. It seems they are ready to gradually accommodate their political perspective to make this possible.' The restatement of Hamas' position that it will never end its war against Israel, or recognise the Israeli state, makes it clear that interpreting a 'qualitative turn in the perspective and strategy of Hamas' is deeply questionable. Sherwood is also critical of the 'visceral' Israeli response to the unity deal, as: 'The formation of a technocratic government ought to allay Israeli alarm at the prospect of having to deal with Hamas ministers.' Statements such as Zahar's, notably absent from Sherwood's analysis, make it clear why such 'Israeli alarm' may indeed be justified. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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