"JERUSALEM (JTA) - Human Rights Watch called on Hamas to open an investigation into alleged war crimes.
The organization sent a letter Tuesday to Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh calling on Hamas to launch a "credible investigation" into the alleged violations highlighted in the United Nations' Goldstone report, according to reports. (link to JTA)
(Can you stop laughing? I can't).
Imagine the conversation:
HRW: We want you to launch an investigation of the allegations that you "may have committed war crimes" when you fired 10,000 rockets and mortar shells into Israel over a period of 8 years.
Ismail Haniyeh: Ma pitom!* It's not Hamas that committed war crimes, it's the yahood! We are just following our Hamas Covenant when we launch Qassams, where it says "There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad."
HRW: But you aren't supposed to wage jihad against unarmed civilians.
IH: Oh yes we are! Our covenant says "Israel, Judaism and Jews challenge Islam and the Muslim people. May the cowards never sleep." That means all Jews, in uniform or not.
HRW: So you want the Jews out of the lands they unjustly took in 1967?
IH: No, we want them out of all occupied territory, from the river to the sea. That's what the covenant means when it says "The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Muslim generations until Judgment Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up." No Crusaders or yahood allowed.
HRW: Oh, I see. Sort of like what our Saudi donors are always saying. But what will become of the Jews when you drive them out?
IH: Who cares? They are responsible for everything bad in the world. After all,
With their money, they took control of the world media, news agencies, the press, publishing houses, broadcasting stations, and others. With their money they stirred revolutions in various parts of the world with the purpose of achieving their interests and reaping the fruit therein. They were behind the French Revolution, the Communist revolution and most of the revolutions we heard and hear about, here and there. With their money they formed secret societies, such as Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, the Lions and others in different parts of the world for the purpose of sabotaging societies and achieving Zionist interests. With their money they were able to control imperialistic countries and instigate them to colonize many countries in order to enable them to exploit their resources and spread corruption there.
They were behind World War I, when they were able to destroy the Islamic Caliphate, making financial gains and controlling resources. They obtained the Balfour Declaration, formed the League of Nations through which they could rule the world. They were behind World War II, through which they made huge financial gains by trading in armaments, and paved the way for the establishment of their state. It was they who instigated the replacement of the League of Nations with the United Nations and the Security Council to enable them to rule the world through them. There is no war going on anywhere, without having their finger in it.
HRW: (shocked) The Lions Clubs? Is there no limit to their perfidy?
IH: No. "We should not forget to remind every Muslim that when the Jews conquered the Holy City in 1967, they stood on the threshold of the Aqsa Mosque and proclaimed that "Mohammed is dead, and his descendants are all women."
HRW: OK, you may be justified if they are as bad as all that. But if I can give you a tip, be careful what you say about women. Sexism is out today.
IH: That's just dumb political correctness! Next you'll be objecting to anti-yahood-ism. Like this important part of our covenant:
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him salvation, has said:
"The Day of Judgment will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews."
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Shabbat shalom to everyone.
* Useful Hebrew expression, literally 'what, suddenly?' Here it means something like 'are you kidding?'
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