Bulletin
Apr. 19, 2009Palestinian Media Watch

Hamas Racism:
Jews are evil -
"Their children will be exterminated."

Imam who participated
in "Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace"
calls for extermination of Jews

by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
Palestinian Media Watch:
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A Hamas cleric who once participated in an international conference of
"Imams and Rabbis for Peace" -- whose delegates vowed to "condemn any
negative representation" of each other's religions -- has wholeheartedly
espoused Hamas's racist ideology in a recent Friday sermon on Hamas TV.

Ironically, this latest profession of Hamas's genocidal racism was preached
and broadcast at the start of the month in which the UN is meeting in the
"Durban II" conference in Geneva to condemn Israel as being "racist."

According to the Hamas interpretation of Islam, the Jews are inherently
evil, seek to rule the world, and are a threat to Muslims and all of
humanity. Therefore they are destined to extermination. In the words of
Hamas religious leader Ziad Abu Alhaj, "Hatred for Muhammad and Islam is in
their [Jews'] souls, they are naturally disposed to it..."

He asserts that because of the Jews' inherent evil, the Jewish state,
"Israel ... is a cancer that wants to rule the world." One can find the
details of the Jews' plan in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which he
jokingly refers to as "The Protocols of the Imbeciles of Zion" (a play on
words in Arabic). He concludes that the Jews are destined to be annihilated:

"The time will come, by Allah's will, when their property will be destroyed
and their children will be exterminated, and no Jew or Zionist will be left
on the face of this earth."
[Hamas (Al-Aqsa) TV, April 3, 2009]

He also claims that the Jews wanted to murder Muhammad.

This imam, who is preaching the genocide of Jews, participated in the Second
World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace in 2006, which also featured
many prominent rabbis from Israel. The final statement from the Seville
conference included the pronouncement, ". . . We condemn any negative
representation of these [religious beliefs and symbols], let alone any
desecration, Heaven forbid. Similarly, we condemn any incitement against a
faith or people, let alone any call for their elimination, and we urge
authorities to do likewise."

Click here to view
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzK114-Q8zg

The following is the text of the Hamas sermon calling for the extermination
of Jews:

"Who is it that is leading the world today in the vicious, all-encompassing
war against Islam and Muslims? The answer is clear: it is the Jewish nation.
It is the Jews who today are leading the all-encompassing war against
Muslims...

We, the Muslims, know the nature of Jews the best, because the Holy Quran
taught us. The prophetic traditions explained at length to Muslims the true
nature of Jews... Their war and their hatred for Muhammad and Islam is in
their souls, they are naturally disposed to it.

Israel today lives in the heart of Arab-Muslim territory, and it is a cancer
that wants to rule the world. Know, my brothers! The Jews' expansion today
brings the dissemination of an ancient thinking...

They argued with Allah's prophet Moses; they wanted to kill Allah's prophet
Jesus, and wanted to murder Allah's prophet Muhammad...

The Jews want to destroy every inch ... Perhaps their famous book, which
they deny [its authenticity] - known as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,
but we call it, "The Protocols of the imbeciles of Zion" - in this book, my
brothers, the Jews set down their plan to besiege the entire world by land,
by air, and by sea - conceptually, economically, and its communications, as
is happening today...

The Jews' grandeur today, and their ascent to the world's throne, is because
America, with all of its power, is ruled by the Senate, I won't say
'American' but rather 'Jewish' [Senate] ... The time will come, by the will
of Allah, when their property will be destroyed and their children will be
exterminated, and no Jew or Zionist will be left on the face of this earth."