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Why did Hillary Cinton ignore David Harris' (AJC) suggestion about Fatah?

March 27, 2010 15:38

One might conclude that David Harris' support of the Obama administration, like Alan Dershowitz's, will become increasingly difficult to sustain. David Harris is also not blogging on the Jerusalem Post, neither about Biden's trip to Israel or regarding Netanyahu's disastrous, persona non grata, meetings with Obama. Perhaps both visits never really happened for Obama's Zionist supporters? Obviously they were bad dreams, which will never find their way into print!

Of course, David Harris, just like Alan Dershowitz, has now been tossed aside by the US administration. At Aipac, Hillary Clinton actually re-wrote history and referred to Hamas, rather than Fatah, after having received the attached plea....

March 14, 2010 - New York - AJC urged the Obama Administration to condemn the Palestinian Authority's ruling Fatah Party after its youth division staged a ceremony to name a square in Ramallah in honor of Dalal Mughrabi, a terrorist who led a murderous rampage which resulted in the deaths of 38 civilians in 1978. Known as the Coastal Road Attack, the assault was the single most deadly act of terrorism in Israel's history. Among the dead were 13 children and a US citizen.

"This monstrous spectacle in Ramallah took place while Vice President Biden was visiting the region," said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "Unfortunately, we have not heard a single word of condemnation from the U.S. Administration. While the Administration has focused its ire on Israel for clearly misguided steps taken by the Ministry of the Interior, and later apologized for by Prime Minister Netanyahu, the glorification of this terrorist sends a clear signal that Fatah, conventionally regarded as a moderate party, has no serious commitment to securing a peaceful resolution of the conflict."

At the Ramallah ceremony, Mughrabi was lauded by Tawfiq Tirawi, a Fatah Central Council member, as "a fighter who fought for the liberation of her own land.” Mughrabi's victims included Gail Rubin, an American photojournalist who was the niece of former U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff.

March 27, 2010 15:38

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