- Reaction score
- 146
- Points
- 710
This paragraph is buried inside the paper at the end of a front page story in today's Globe and Mail:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070122.whamas22/BNStory/International/home
"He" is Palestinian foreign minister, and founding member of Hamas, Mahmoud Zahar. This is the first paragraph of the story written by Mark MacKinnon:
Why is simply carrying out the government's policy of not having direct contact with Hamas described with the perjorative "shunned"? Then there's this gem in the second paragraph:
Now which would you think is more significant?
1) A senior Hamas leader wants to move the Jews of Israel to Canada and establish one (extremist) Islamic state in the middle east; or
2) A senior Hamas leader is critical of Canadian policy towards the Hamas government and wants Canadians to get rid of the Conservative government.
Interesting news priorities chez Globe...Succumbing to flattery?
I suppose the Globe, in its stupendous self-importance, considers HAMAS ("Islamic Resistance Movement") an interlocuteur valable for influencing the Canadian people's attitude regarding the Canadian government.
Mark
Ottawa
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070122.whamas22/BNStory/International/home
Later in the interview, he suggested that there should be a single Islamic state stretching across the Middle East, adding that there was plenty of space in Canada to establish a Jewish homeland.
"He" is Palestinian foreign minister, and founding member of Hamas, Mahmoud Zahar. This is the first paragraph of the story written by Mark MacKinnon:
Canada risks making itself an enemy of the Palestinian people and of the broader Islamist movement by boycotting Hamas and openly siding with Israel, Palestinian foreign minister Mahmoud Zahar said Sunday after he was shunned [emphasis added] by visiting Foreign Minister Peter MacKay.
Why is simply carrying out the government's policy of not having direct contact with Hamas described with the perjorative "shunned"? Then there's this gem in the second paragraph:
...Mr. Zahar alternated between saying he was anxious to open a dialogue with Canada and saying he looked forward to the moment that Canadians voted the "extremist" [emphasis added] Conservative government out of office.
Now which would you think is more significant?
1) A senior Hamas leader wants to move the Jews of Israel to Canada and establish one (extremist) Islamic state in the middle east; or
2) A senior Hamas leader is critical of Canadian policy towards the Hamas government and wants Canadians to get rid of the Conservative government.
Interesting news priorities chez Globe...Succumbing to flattery?
During an hour-long interview that he [Mr. Zahar] said was a replacement for the meeting Mr. MacKay denied him...
I suppose the Globe, in its stupendous self-importance, considers HAMAS ("Islamic Resistance Movement") an interlocuteur valable for influencing the Canadian people's attitude regarding the Canadian government.
Mark
Ottawa