Listening to the beating taken by Iqbal Jassat on 702 today by the DA was really entertaining. Tim Modise invited Jassat onto the show this morning, to give credence to his recent barrage of attacks on DA leader Tony Leon. Here is one of the letters:
The DA under Tony Leon`s aggressive leadership has become synonymous with negativity which must have placed such a burden on his spin doctors that they resort to scraping the barrel in seeking to defame and discredit his opponents as a means to defend him. This is exactly what Martin Slabbert has done by accusing me of being associated with Holocaust deniers ("DA does not practise representivity", The Star Letters, February 10). Indeed, by resorting to name-calling, Slabbert has ignited a long overdue debate on the DA`s silence on many issues. Has anyone ever heard Leon barking about the prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib or the torture of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails? Does Slabbert really believe Leon is taken seriously about his so-called commitment to the rule of law in Zimbabwe while he is regularly exposed to Israeli apartheid on his visits there and chooses to ignore atrocities against innocent civilians by the Sharon regime? It is foolish to distract attention from these issues by referring to "links to Holocaust denial web pages" - a question of freedom of expression. Iqbal Jassat Chair: Media Review Network, Pretoria
Yet again Mr Jassat uses local issues as a pretext to push his agenda of hatred. It really amazes me that 702 get away with regularly using the MRN as a credible source of Middle East information and opinion.
Many callers discredited Jassat (who had already been discredited by the DA members on a factual basis - more on this tomorrow) by referring to the voluminous hateful Holocaust denial links (and letters) that can be found on his MRN website.
Here's a typical letter that can be found on the MRN site. You will have to ignore the first paragraph; even the most ardent of moonbats wouldn't be able to make much sense of it.
Dear Sir, Will someone please explain how it has come about that the land of Palestine, which was an established entity up to 1984, suddenly disappeared from atlases and maps and how Palestinians could have “occupied Israel” prior to 1948 when there was no such state in existence at that time? (Ed - don't worry... this makes sense to no-one)
The continual reference to the “holocaust” prompts me to asks a few simple questions which I hope your many defenders of Israel, Zionism, Jewry and the “holocaust” will answer for me.
a) If the Nazis murdered six million Jews during a period of ten years (from 1936 to 1945) then 600 000 people were, on average, killed yearly giving a daily figure of about 2000. When and where did the Nazis find the time, money and manpower to undertake this exercise?
b) Who kept a record (written or otherwise) of the number of Jews who lived in Europe and of those who were allegedly murdered? Have any authentic and reliable records been found anywhere? If no records are available (in writing) then where was the figure of six million obtained from?
c) What happened to the remains of those who were allegedly murdered? Were they buried? If so have any graves been found as in Bosnia? If they were incinerated or gassed (as alleged) then the ashes from dead bodies would surely have at least formed mounds. Were any such mounds found? If the bodies were allowed to rot then where are the Skeletons?
Before I am branded an anti- Semite I feel that I should mention that these questions have been nagging many of my friends and associates and that honest answers (verified by authentic documentary evidence) will assist in dispelling a large number of sceptical views of the atrocities allegedly committed by the Nazis who seem to have provided the Israelis and Serbs (and South Africa’s Nationalists) with invaluable lessons in oppression and genocide.
Tim implied that he knew nothing of any ulterior motives Jassat may have had; arguing that he brought Jassat onto the show to discuss the alleged selective criticism of HR abuses by the DA. A quick read of Jassat's letter shows that Tim is either lying, or he is really shtooopid. The many references to Israel are clear evidence that Jassat's underlying intention was to slam Israel. He doesn't care about the human rights abuses that the DA allegedly ignores. On that note, it was pretty funny when the DA members quoted DA press releases criticising the exact human rights abuses that Jassat charged them of ignoring!
More details on this tomorrow.
I heard the show. The way Modise cut Lorimar short was apalling. Jassat compianed that he was being discredited, but Lorimar was discrediting him by proving that his facts were wrong - he wasnt abusing his character.
Rdiculous
Posted by: Jodi | February 17, 2005 at 15:19