No URL here. My e-pal David Singer is a lawyer and international affairs analyst in Sydney Australia.
The universal international condemnation of the anti-Islamic film “Innocence of Muslims” – whilst defending at the same time the freedom of individuals to express those abhorrent views – has come in response to the anger and violence that has broken out in many Moslem populations around the world and cost the lives of the American Ambassador to Libya – J Christopher Stevens – and three other members at the Embassy in Benghazi on September 11.
Such reactions need to be compared with the continuing failure to condemn, repudiate, and disassociate from the official policies of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Hamas when it comes to extreme vilification and denigration of Jews.
These vile statements do not emanate from individuals – but from organizations that seek to assume leadership roles in any future Palestinian Arab State.
The original PLO Charter in 1964 – contained the following provisions in Articles 7 and 18:
“Jews of Palestinian origin are considered Palestinians if they are willing to live peacefully and loyally in Palestine”
“The claims of historic and spiritual ties, ties between Jews and Palestine are not in agreement with the facts of history or with the true basis of sound statehood. Judaism because it is a divine religion is not a nationality with independent existence. Furthermore the Jews are not one people with an independent personality because they are citizens of the countries to which they belong.”
In 1968 these statements were revised and the following provisions appeared as part of Articles 6 and 20 in the newly adopted PLO Charter:
” The Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the beginning of the Zionist invasion will be considered Palestinians”
” Judaism, being a religion, is not an independent nationality. Nor do Jews constitute a single nation with an identity of its own; they are citizens of the states to which they belong.”
In 1974 the PLO was appointed as the sole spokesman for the Palestinian Arabs – and its leader – Yasser Arafat – was welcomed to the United Nations with an olive branch in one hand and a gun in the other.
