Palestinian Journalist Admits Hamas Faked Blackouts
J-Post:
On at least two occasions this week, Hamas staged scenes of darkness as part of its campaign to end the political and economic sanctions against the Gaza Strip, Palestinian journalists said Wednesday.
In the first case, journalists who were invited to cover the Hamas government meeting were surprised to see Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and his ministers sitting around a table with burning candles.
In the second case on Tuesday, journalists noticed that Hamas legislators who were meeting in Gaza City also sat in front of burning candles.
But some of the journalists noticed that there was actually no need for the candles because both meetings were being held in daylight.
“They had closed the curtains in the rooms to create the impression that Hamas leaders were also suffering as a result of the power stoppage,” one journalist told The Jerusalem Post. “It was obvious that the whole thing was staged.”
Another journalist said he and his colleagues were told to wait for a few minutes before entering the chamber of the Palestinian Legislative Council so that each legislator would have time to light his candle. He said that when he saw that the curtains had been closed to prevent the light from entering, he realized that Hamas was trying to manipulate the media for political gain.
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CRASS!!! This is so fucking CRASS! At least when Hitler wanted to manipulate people, he knew how to do it. These people are the high school amateurs of the political world. Such pathetic drama makes me wonder what kept the journalists from not bursting out in a unanimous “Oh give me a break!” when they entered the meeting. This is the kind of manipulative behavior I would expect of a toddler. And it proves once and for all that: 1) Hamas isn’t fit to govern a hick town and 2) the Palestinians are barely ready for civilized government of any kind.
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:12 pmI remembered earlier today looking at Time.com’s photos of the Gaza situation and felt bad about what I saw. However, after reading this article and looking back on this photo (http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1706384_1522984,00.html) I can see light come from outside the doorway and through the curtains. There is no doubt that that caption is lying about this photo being taken at night.
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