MRN Press Release

Here’s the ever-disgraceful Media Review Network’s (MRN) press release on Ariel Sharon. Read as they dispense their special brand of wisdom. And oh yes…the original was all in CAPS.

THE MEDIA REVIEW NETWORK AND THE MUSLIM JUDICIAL COUNCIL, MINDFUL OF THE TRAUMA THAT MANY ISRAELIS ARE FACING DUE TO THE SERIOUS STROKE THAT ARIEL SHARON HAS SUFFERED, CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT THIS PERSON IS A BRUTAL KILLER. SHARON'S ENTIRE POLITICAL CAREER HAS BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY HIS MILITARY ADVENTURES STRETCHING FIVE DECADES. HIS LIFE HAS BEEN CHARACTERISED BY THE OPPRESSION OF PALESTINIANS; INCLUDING HORRORS VISITED UPON THEM SUCH AS THE 1982 SABRA AND SHATILLA MASSACRES; OCCUPATION; BULLDOZING AND BOMBINGS OF CIVILIAN AREAS; TARGETED KILLINGS AND THE DREADED APARTHEID WALL. SHARON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A MODERN DAY ATTEMPT TO ANNIHILATE THE PALESTINIANS THROUGH VARIOUS POGROMS. HIS CONTEMPT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND CONVENTIONS IS DEMONSTRATED BY HIS STUBBORN REFUSAL TO IMPLEMENT COUNTLESS NUMBER OF UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS - SPECIFICALLY 181; 194 AND 242. HIS BLATANT DISREGARD FOR UN CHARTER PROVISIONS AS WELL AS THE GENEVA CONVENTION IS A FEATURE OF HIS EXTREME RIGHT-WING LEANINGS AND SYMBOLISES HIS HARD-LINE POLICIES PURSUED OVER TIME.

"A modern day attempt to annihilate the Palestinians through various Pogroms?" Oh dear...

It's always amusing to hear supporters of terrorist gangs whose objective is to murder civilians and who engage in hostilities dressed in civillian clothing complain about Israel not playing by the Geneva rules.

Remember, this is the group that the South African media rely on for the “Palestinian perspective.” By always running articles from the members of the MRN the local media only serve to legitimise their hateful and intolerant opinions. These guys are hard line HamasHoles - and the loal media can't get enough of them.

THAT HE HAS TAKEN STEPS TO UNDERMINE THE FORTHCOMING PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS BY DEMANDING THAT A KEY ROLE PLAYER AND POSSIBLY THE ONLY AUTHENTIC VOICE OF A MAJORITY OF PALESTINIANS - HAMAS - BE EXCLUDED, IS YET ANOTHER INDICATION OF HIS DICTATORIAL TENDENCIES. THE MEDIA REVIEW NETWORK AND THE MUSLIM JUDICIAL COUNCIL IS THEREFORE OF THE VIEW THAT WHETHER SHARON SURVIVES OR NOT, THE UNDEMOCRATIC POLICIES OF HIS REGIME WHICH DENIES AN INTRINSIC HUMAN RIGHTS VALUE SUCH AS THE RIGHT OF RETURN [ROR] IN ADDITION TO BLOCKING PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS OF EAST JERUSALEM FROM CASTING THEIR BALLOTS, WILL REMAIN ON TRACK.

Umm...sorry cowboys...you have already been proven wrong: East Jerusalem Palestinians will be able to vote in PLC elections

Make no mistake – they support the destruction of Israel. Completely and utterly.

UNTIL MORE SIGNALS EMERGE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE APARTHEID STATE OF ISRAEL ITSELF IS UNDERGOING A HEMORRHAGE, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PALESTINIAN INTIFADA WILL CONTINUE ITS FREEDOM STRUGGLE. * Issued By The Media Review Network and The Muslim Judicial Council Mr. Iqbal Jassat (Chairperson)- For MRN And Sheikh Ibrahim Gabriels- For MJC

Update

These propaganda peddlers still include on their front page an incorrect map of the “dreaded apartheid wall”. If the real barrier is so bad then why resort to displaying a fictitious map?

Comments

[greenmamba]

You have to admit though, their press release on Sharon has a certain sledgehammer-like subtlety.

It's fiskable at so many levels but I think the challenge to them is to disprove the claim that Arafat was at least as bad as what they say about Sharon.

[mike]

I am actually quite surprised at the amateurish nature of their press release. The capital letters, the extreme hyperbola and their tasteless metaphors expose their comments as the ramblings of political extremists. And thus it would be so easy for us to just dismiss them as beyond the pale of reasonable debate. But unfortunately as Steve has pointed out the local media regards these 2 organizations as the official voice of the South African Muslim Community. As such, there are numerous troubling aspects to their comments.

Their open support for Hamas as ‘the only authentic voice of a majority of Palestinians’. Most of the Western World has branded Hamas a terrorist organization. Its openly calls for the destruction of Israel. And its charter is littered with Nazi like anti-Semitic references to Jews. Is this the type of organization that the South African Muslim Community identify with?

True Hamas is set to make a significant showing in the next Palestinian election, but it can hardly be considered the only voice of the Palestinian people. Palestinians have one of the most pluralistic societies in the Arab World. I find it odd that local Muslims who under South African democracy have reaped the benefits of pluralism, attempt to reduce or even deny those same benefits to their Palestinian brothers.

It is also unacceptable that official Muslim organizations should call for Israel to be destroyed. The ironic thing is that such a move would violate the United Nations Charter and international law, the same law that they condemn Israel for contravening.

Moderate local Muslims must speak out against this type of extremism. If they do not, they can not complain when all Muslims are tarred with the terrorist brush.