Thursday, August 25, 2005
Palestinians: Israel poisoned Gaza land
The allegations were made during a press conference in Khan Yunis that was organized by the Popular Committee for Defending Palestinian Lands.
Committee coordinator Abdel Aziz Qadih claimed that the IDF and the settlers had buried the toxic materials six meters under the rubble of the settlements that were evacuated last week. He did not specify the type of toxins, but claimed that they were placed in large barrels underground.
"They want to destroy the land to prevent the Palestinians from using it after it's handed over to the Palestinian Authority," he said. "We call on all those who support our people to expose this matter and to help us deal with it."
Qadih also claimed that Israel was stealing water and sand from Gush Katif.
"This won't deter us from abiding by our rights and lands," he cautioned. He urged Palestinians to stay away from the settlement areas until the PA cleared the area.
The Jews are stealing water AND SAND no less. Everyone knows there's a sand shortage in the Middle East, after all. "They keep the good sand for themselves!"
This is, of course, the absolutely not out of the ordinary kind of weird bizarro-world slander Palestinian Arab officialdom crank out on a regular basis. But maybe there's a reason this time beyond the usual hate-product. Maybe they're actually trying to keep people away from the settlements so that they can pretend to at least keep some sort of order on the thing. If so, how strange is that? What kind of society is this? It's like some ancient chieftan manipulating his primitive tribe with fear of the ooga-booga poison. What must the Palestinian elite think of their people?
(via Dhimmi Watch)
I....WOW.
And I thought the cup thing was weird!
Remember, these are the same folks who believe Arafat was killed by an Israeli laser, the twin towers were brought down by the Mossad, and killing babies with bombs will bring them 72 virgins in paradise. Excellant examples of the fine educational system the United Nations and the European Union have funded for the Palestianians. At least Baghdad Bob was good for laugh. These folks can't even make me smile in disbelief.
What nuts. Why is it that they have such a fondness for conspiracy theories?
I suspect that they cling to these conspiracy theories because it is easier than taking a good long hard look at their society. Kinda like the way teens will blame their "unfair" teachers that are "out to get them" when in fact they just aren't willing to pull their own fair share of the load.