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March 21, 2008
Obama's Church Published Hamas Terror Manifesto
Compares charter calling for murder of Jews to Declaration of Independence
JERUSALEM
Sen. Barack Obama's Chicago church reprinted a manifesto by Hamas that defended terrorism as legitimate resistance, refused to recognize the right of Israel to exist and compared the terror group's official charter – which calls for the murder of Jews – to America's Declaration of Independence.
The Hamas piece was published on the "Pastor's Page" of the Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter reserved for Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose anti-American, anti-Israel remarks landed Obama in hot water, prompting the presidential candidate to deliver a major race speech earlier this week.
Hamas, responsible for scores of shootings, suicide bombings and rocket launchings against civilian population centers, is listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department.
The revelation follows a recent WND article quoting Israeli security officials who expressed "concern" about Robert Malley, an adviser to Obama who has advocated negotiations with Hamas and providing international assistance to the terrorist group.
In his July 22, 2007, church bulletin, Wright reprinted an article by Mousa Abu Marzook, identified in the newsletter as a "deputy of the political bureau of Hamas." A photo image of the newsletter was captured and posted today by the business blog BizzyBlog. The Hamas piece was first published by the Los Angeles Times, garnering the newspaper much criticism.
According to senior Israeli security officials, Marzook, who resides in Syria alongside Hamas chieftain Khaled Meshaal, is considered the "brains" behind Hamas, designing much of the terror group's policies and ideology. Israel possesses what it says is a large volume of specific evidence that Marzook has been directly involved in calling for or planning scores of Hamas terrorist offensives, including deadly suicide bombings. He was also accused of attempting to set up a Hamas network in the U.S.
Marzook's original piece was titled, "Hamas' stand" but was re-titled "A Fresh View of the Palestinian Struggle" by Obama's church newsletter. The newsletter also referred to Hamas as the "Islamic Resistance Movement," and added in its introduction that Marzook was addressing Hamas' goals for "all of Palestine."
In the manifesto, Marzook refers to Hamas' "resistance" – the group's perpetuation of anti-Israel terrorism targeting civilians – as "legal resistance," which, he argues, is "explicitly supported by the Fourth Geneva Convention."
The Convention, which refers to the rights of people living under occupation, does not support suicide bombings or rocket attacks against civilian population centers, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America noted.
Marzook refers to Hamas' official charter as "an essentially revolutionary document" and compares the violent creed to the Declaration of Independence, which, Marzook states, "simply did not countenance any such status for the 700,000 African slaves at that time."
Hamas' charter calls for the murder of Jews. Among its platforms is a statement that the "[resurrection] will not take place until the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill them, and the rock and the tree will say: 'Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, kill him!'"
In his piece, Marzook says Hamas only targets Israel and denies that Hamas' war is meant to be waged against the U.S., even though Hamas officials have threatened America, and Hamas' charter calls for Muslims to "pursue the cause of the Movement (Hamas), all over the globe."
Trinity Church did not respond to a phone message requesting comment.
Obama's campaign also did not reply to phone and e-mail requests today for comment.
Obama aide wants talks with terrorists
WND reported in January that Malley, an Obama foreign policy adviser, has penned numerous opinion articles, many of them co-written with a former adviser to the late Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, petitioning for dialogue with Hamas and blasting Israel for policies he says harm the Palestinian cause.
Malley also previously penned a well-circulated New York Review of Books piece largely blaming Israel for the collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at Camp David in 2000 when Arafat turned down a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and eastern sections of Jerusalem and instead returned to the Middle East to launch an intifada, or terrorist campaign, against the Jewish state.
Malley's contentions have been strongly refuted by key participants at Camp David, including President Clinton, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and primary U.S. envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross, all of whom squarely blamed Arafat's refusal to make peace for the talks' failure.
In February 2006, after Hamas won a majority of seats in the Palestinian parliament and amid a U.S. and Israeli attempt to isolate the Hamas-run Palestinian Authority, Malley wrote an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun advocating international aid to the terror group's newly formed government.
"The Islamists (Hamas) ran on a campaign of effective government and promised to improve Palestinians' lives; they cannot do that if the international community turns its back," wrote Malley in a piece entitled, "Making the Best of Hamas' Victory."
Malley contended the election of Hamas expressed Palestinian "anger at years of humiliation and loss of self-respect because of Israeli settlement expansion, Arafat's imprisonment, Israel's incursions, Western lecturing and, most recently and tellingly, the threat of an aid cutoff in the event of an Islamist success."
Malley said the U.S. should not "discourage third-party unofficial contacts with [Hamas] in an attempt to moderate it."
In an op-ed in the Washington Post in January coauthored by Arafat adviser Hussein Agha, Malley – using what could be perceived as anti-Israel language – urged Israel's negotiating partner, Abbas, to reunite with Hamas.
"A renewed national compact and the return of Hamas to the political fold would upset Israel's strategy of perpetuating Palestinian geographic and political division," wrote Malley.
He further petitioned Israel to hold talks with Hamas.
"An arrangement between Israel and Hamas could advance both sides' interests," Malley wrote.
Wild Thing's comment........
The Obama bus continues over the cliff.
I’m glad this is coming out because Obama’s advisors are all socialists that believe Israel and America are at fault for every hardship in the world, and terrorism is justified against us. Hopefully this will start to shed more and more light on the people around him and their sympathy for terrorists.
The left and their support for terrorists, add in to that their hate for our military they all go together.
....Thank you Mark for this article.
Posted by Wild Thing at March 21, 2008 02:48 AM
Comments
How much hate can one man have?
Obviously he isn't following the teachings of Christ.
Jesus didn't hate anyone. He actually said to love one another as I have first loved you.
All of this Obama pastor stuff reminds me of a question from the Watergate scandal--"What did the President know and when did he know it?" So, when did Obamanation know or realize how much hate his pastor is filled with?
Posted by: Lynn at March 21, 2008 05:13 AM
Ah, Obama's muslim background slowly begins to show. Also, the hatred of Jews and Israel by many American Blacks. Obama's quest for the White House is opening up to public scrutiny the hatred of America by some radical Black preachers and their congregations.
As usual, the MSM will try to downplay any expose of Democrats. This may be one reason McCain is holding back attacks by his staff. Maybe he knows that he will be the primary media target in the general election and wants to keep the tone of the battle as low as possible. Of course, there is also the fact that McCain is nuts and we can't know why he does anything.
Posted by: TomR at March 21, 2008 09:49 AM
It is all beginning to make sense. After MLK was killed then RFK, things made a radical turn. I had always thought that Blacks were religious or had religion of some sort. However, when you look at the Pastor wright promoting his hate week in week out for the past twenty some years. What else are children going to learn but hate and a new generation of anti-American Afro-American kids have loosed on the streets.
Obama said, 'Wright believes White Racism is endemic,', he never told us what he believes.
On Fox they have been interviewing different Black ministers, there seems to be a concensus that all Black Pastors preach this way, in one form or another. The Black liberation theology, where the evil Rich(qualifier, of course)White People are the problem with the whole country)
So where is the 'so-called' change going to come from where the Black community is constantly preaching and teaching their young to hate White people. And the only way to get ahead is to take it from the evil White Guy, they know no other way.
So now we have this great UNITER, obama, who is supposedly going to heal all the wounds of past racism. How exactly is he going to re-program all the robots, Wright and the rest of these Black Racists have created.
Or maybe thats it, it is Whitey's turn in the barrel. This is what I can't believe about Obama is that, he is so much different from Wright. This can't be and still be credible at the same time. He has to be as big a racist as his Pastor Wright is. If you read the Black Panthers manifesto, it makes perfect sense. Obama, has disavowed their endorsement, of course, again to a point.
If by some stroke of the fingle finger of fate this guy gets elected, this will be our worst nightmare.
Posted by: Mark at March 21, 2008 11:24 AM
All this smoke and mirrors Mark is spot on, B Hussein hasn't told the people what he believes. When you look at his backers, his associations and the deals he has brokered, it' obvious that he is inciting the black community for support but like all muzzies they and the nation will be betrayed.
Self destruction - "Its my Nature",said the Scorpion...
Posted by: Jack at March 21, 2008 12:10 PM
I am trying to find who has the rights to the picture on your website with the US flag and the eagles head. I would like to use this picture as my businesss card.
Posted by: Ken Lamoureux at March 21, 2008 04:20 PM
It is no wonder that the terrorist leaders and terrorist sponsoring countries support Barack Hussein Obama or his similar foreign policy Democrat opponent, Hillary Clinton, for President.
Posted by: Les at March 21, 2008 08:18 PM
Lynn, good one, that is a good comparison.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 21, 2008 11:56 PM
Tom, that might be the reason you mentioned about McCain.
The media is really busy right now too promoting Obama like crazy.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 21, 2008 11:58 PM
Mark, great comment and thank you, you walked it though of what has been happening.
That thing you said about Obama not saying what he believes is sooooo true.
I agree so much, I just cannot believe that Obama feels any differently then his minister or the other ministers. I sure am learning a lot, I had no idea this kind of thing went on.Not even a clue. I thought only radical hate groups like the Panthers were like this or something.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 22, 2008 12:07 AM
Jack thank you so much for that link. I had seen that before and forgot about it, I saved it this time to my favorites, it is a great example.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 22, 2008 12:14 AM
Ken Lamoureux, you can have it there is no trademark for it. I just put the Flag and the Eagle together. Thank you for asking.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 22, 2008 12:15 AM
Les your right, they know who their friend will be, Obama or Hillary.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 22, 2008 12:17 AM
