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A Petition to the U.N. on Hamas’s Crimes
By Jamie GlazovFrontPageMagazine.com Friday, January 16, 2009
Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Brigitte Gabriel, one of the leading terrorism experts in the world. She has addressed the Australian Prime Minister, members of The British Parliament/House of Commons, members of the United States Congress, The Joint Forces Staff College, The US Special Operations Command, the FBI and many others. She is the author of the Latest New York Times Best Seller, They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It. Why we must defeat radical Islam and how we can do it. She is also the founder of ACT! for America.
FP: Brigitte Gabriel, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
Gabriel: My pleasure Jamie.
FP: Your organization has launched a petition to the U.N. calling for an investigation into Hamas’s crimes against children. Tell us more about the petition and why you launched it.
Gabriel: Something simply had to be done to bring attention to what Hamas is doing. Hamas is a religiously driven radical Islamic organization. Westerners simply do not understand, and I believe have a hard time believing, how far radical Muslims are willing to go to accomplish their objectives. That’s why so many in the West tend to dismiss the evil of Islamofascism and Islamists’ depth of hatred towards the Jews and their commitment to destroy Israel at any cost -- including sacrificing their own children to achieve their goal.
Even the Nazis did not turn their own children into human bombs, and then rejoice at their deaths as well the deaths of their victims. We are committed to disseminating such important videos and promoting this petition, to awaken as many Americans as possible to a reality they simply cannot fathom. Second, we want to call upon the UN to take a more even-handed approach to the Muslim-Israeli conflict. If enough people sign the petition from around the world this will pressure Sec.-Gen Ban Ki-moon to respond.
FP: Hamas’ exploitation and abuse of children isn’t really that unusual when it comes to the Muslim world, is it?
Gabriel: It is not unusual at all, especially in the Middle East. I have said repeatedly and wrote in my books that Muslims are fed hatred through their mother's milk. I was raised in the Middle East and have seen first hand how Muslims teach hatred to their children.
People in America had a hard time believing me and others who spoke like me, who came out of the Middle East a few years ago. Now it is evident in indisputable videos that this is the reality Westerners have buried their heads in the sand about and avoided to believe for a long time.
Today Islamic radical Madrassas are springing up around the world funded by the Saudis that teach such hateful education based on Koranic principles. In America alone we have 230 registered Islamic Madrassas operating in America and teaching an average of 50,000 American Muslim students per year. I dedicate a whole chapter in my new book They Must Be Stopped to Madrassas in America and abroad. It is about the rise of a new IslamoNazi army. It shouldn’t surprise us when Muslim parents, who take seriously the Islamic doctrines of conquest and subjugation of infidels, and especially of Jews, train their children this way.
FP: Give us an example of how Hamas uses children for public relations purposes.
Gabriel: The Palestinians in general have perfected the art of using civilians as human shields for the last thirty years because they know and understand how the West thinks and how the media works and what drives ratings. I personally was used as a human shield by them during the war in Lebanon. The Palestinians used to park their rocket launchers in front of my bomb shelter where my family hid with three other families including 9 children. I was the oldest. They used to shell Israel and then drive away knowing that when Israel responds to the target, we would get hit, hopefully die, and we would make great pictures on the evening news representing dead civilians while Israel would be vilified. Here we are 30 years later and nothing has changed. They have just gotten better at it and the Western press has continued to buy this cruel Palestinian charade.
FP: I am so sorry about this personal experience of yours. Our hearts go out to the victims, and our thoughts are also with you, Brigitte, for all that you, your family and all your loved ones have experienced.
There are Americans who are tempted to think that Hamas is Israel’s problem and doesn’t affect us. What do you say to that?
Gabriel: Thank you Jamie.
Of all the Islamic militant groups in the U.S., Hamas has developed the most sophisticated American network. According to Intelligence reports they have cells in the top 31 cities in America including New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Ft Lauderdale, and Miami.
Hamas is right here in many of our towns and cities. Hamas's charter states clearly that their goal is the destruction of the State of Israel. They also discuss their enemies around the world who they believe should be destroyed. In article 22 of the Hamas charter, Hamas identifies what they consider front groups for advancing the Zionist agenda of world Hegemony: "Such organizations are: The Freemasons, Rotary clubs, Lions Clubs, B'nai B'rith and the like. All of them are destructive espionage organizations." I wonder how many of our readers who are members of the Rotary Club or the Lions Clubs know they are mentioned in the Hamas charter, Hamas the largest terror infrastructure on American soil.
When you watch the demonstrations now organized across America in support of the "poor Palestinians" in Ft. Lauderdale, Washington DC, New York, LA, etc. keep in mind that what you are watching are Hamas members and sympathizers screaming on the streets in our own country. These are the same people who would commit terrorist operations against us in a flash if they have the chance.
Let's also not forget that our government just won its most important case against the Holy land Foundation Charity in Texas which was a front for Hamas and its fund raising arm. The Holy Land Foundation and its top members were convicted on a 108 separate charges for its support for Hamas to the tune of tens of millions of dollars raised from Muslims in America and sent to the Middle East to finance terrorist operations.
FP: How can average citizens have any influence to stop this teaching of hatred?
Gabriel: I believe we have sat on the side lines for a long time watching our tax dollars going to support the Palestinian people without strings attached -- allowing them to use our aid to build schools that teach hatred and killing. I am sure most Americans will not tolerate having their money going to support such education. We can pressure our government as well as the UN, after all we provide over a quarter of the UN total budget, to do something about this.
We also better understand why appeasement of such evil will never lead to peace, but only serves to embolden the radical Islamists whose ultimate goal is to impose their doctrines on the rest of us, by any means possible.
FP: And so the petition.
Gabriel: Yes, I appeal to all peoples’ conscience to please sign our petition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. And please forward it to everyone you know. Regardless of the response we ultimately receive from Mr. Ki-moon, the very act of our promoting the petition and people signing it will draw much-needed attention to the real root of the conflict in the Middle East, which is the doctrine of hate that drive radical Islamists.
FP: Thank you Brigitte,
Gabriel: Thank you Jamie. I always appreciate speaking with you.
Jamie Glazov is Frontpage Magazine's managing editor. He holds a Ph.D. in History with a specialty in U.S. and Canadian foreign policy. He edited and wrote the introduction to David Horowitz’s Left Illusions. He is also the co-editor (with David Horowitz) of The Hate America Left and the author of Canadian Policy Toward Khrushchev’s Soviet Union (McGill-Queens University Press, 2002) and 15 Tips on How to be a Good Leftist. To see his previous symposiums, interviews and articles Click Here. Email him at jglazov@rogers.com.
A Petition to the U.N. on Hamas’s Crimes
By Jamie GlazovFrontPageMagazine.com Friday, January 16, 2009
Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Brigitte Gabriel, one of the leading terrorism experts in the world. She has addressed the Australian Prime Minister, members of The British Parliament/House of Commons, members of the United States Congress, The Joint Forces Staff College, The US Special Operations Command, the FBI and many others. She is the author of the Latest New York Times Best Seller, They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It. Why we must defeat radical Islam and how we can do it. She is also the founder of ACT! for America.
FP: Brigitte Gabriel, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
Gabriel: My pleasure Jamie.
FP: Your organization has launched a petition to the U.N. calling for an investigation into Hamas’s crimes against children. Tell us more about the petition and why you launched it.
Gabriel: Something simply had to be done to bring attention to what Hamas is doing. Hamas is a religiously driven radical Islamic organization. Westerners simply do not understand, and I believe have a hard time believing, how far radical Muslims are willing to go to accomplish their objectives. That’s why so many in the West tend to dismiss the evil of Islamofascism and Islamists’ depth of hatred towards the Jews and their commitment to destroy Israel at any cost -- including sacrificing their own children to achieve their goal.
Even the Nazis did not turn their own children into human bombs, and then rejoice at their deaths as well the deaths of their victims. We are committed to disseminating such important videos and promoting this petition, to awaken as many Americans as possible to a reality they simply cannot fathom. Second, we want to call upon the UN to take a more even-handed approach to the Muslim-Israeli conflict. If enough people sign the petition from around the world this will pressure Sec.-Gen Ban Ki-moon to respond.
FP: Hamas’ exploitation and abuse of children isn’t really that unusual when it comes to the Muslim world, is it?
Gabriel: It is not unusual at all, especially in the Middle East. I have said repeatedly and wrote in my books that Muslims are fed hatred through their mother's milk. I was raised in the Middle East and have seen first hand how Muslims teach hatred to their children.
People in America had a hard time believing me and others who spoke like me, who came out of the Middle East a few years ago. Now it is evident in indisputable videos that this is the reality Westerners have buried their heads in the sand about and avoided to believe for a long time.
Today Islamic radical Madrassas are springing up around the world funded by the Saudis that teach such hateful education based on Koranic principles. In America alone we have 230 registered Islamic Madrassas operating in America and teaching an average of 50,000 American Muslim students per year. I dedicate a whole chapter in my new book They Must Be Stopped to Madrassas in America and abroad. It is about the rise of a new IslamoNazi army. It shouldn’t surprise us when Muslim parents, who take seriously the Islamic doctrines of conquest and subjugation of infidels, and especially of Jews, train their children this way.
FP: Give us an example of how Hamas uses children for public relations purposes.
Gabriel: The Palestinians in general have perfected the art of using civilians as human shields for the last thirty years because they know and understand how the West thinks and how the media works and what drives ratings. I personally was used as a human shield by them during the war in Lebanon. The Palestinians used to park their rocket launchers in front of my bomb shelter where my family hid with three other families including 9 children. I was the oldest. They used to shell Israel and then drive away knowing that when Israel responds to the target, we would get hit, hopefully die, and we would make great pictures on the evening news representing dead civilians while Israel would be vilified. Here we are 30 years later and nothing has changed. They have just gotten better at it and the Western press has continued to buy this cruel Palestinian charade.
FP: I am so sorry about this personal experience of yours. Our hearts go out to the victims, and our thoughts are also with you, Brigitte, for all that you, your family and all your loved ones have experienced.
There are Americans who are tempted to think that Hamas is Israel’s problem and doesn’t affect us. What do you say to that?
Gabriel: Thank you Jamie.
Of all the Islamic militant groups in the U.S., Hamas has developed the most sophisticated American network. According to Intelligence reports they have cells in the top 31 cities in America including New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Ft Lauderdale, and Miami.
Hamas is right here in many of our towns and cities. Hamas's charter states clearly that their goal is the destruction of the State of Israel. They also discuss their enemies around the world who they believe should be destroyed. In article 22 of the Hamas charter, Hamas identifies what they consider front groups for advancing the Zionist agenda of world Hegemony: "Such organizations are: The Freemasons, Rotary clubs, Lions Clubs, B'nai B'rith and the like. All of them are destructive espionage organizations." I wonder how many of our readers who are members of the Rotary Club or the Lions Clubs know they are mentioned in the Hamas charter, Hamas the largest terror infrastructure on American soil.
When you watch the demonstrations now organized across America in support of the "poor Palestinians" in Ft. Lauderdale, Washington DC, New York, LA, etc. keep in mind that what you are watching are Hamas members and sympathizers screaming on the streets in our own country. These are the same people who would commit terrorist operations against us in a flash if they have the chance.
Let's also not forget that our government just won its most important case against the Holy land Foundation Charity in Texas which was a front for Hamas and its fund raising arm. The Holy Land Foundation and its top members were convicted on a 108 separate charges for its support for Hamas to the tune of tens of millions of dollars raised from Muslims in America and sent to the Middle East to finance terrorist operations.
FP: How can average citizens have any influence to stop this teaching of hatred?
Gabriel: I believe we have sat on the side lines for a long time watching our tax dollars going to support the Palestinian people without strings attached -- allowing them to use our aid to build schools that teach hatred and killing. I am sure most Americans will not tolerate having their money going to support such education. We can pressure our government as well as the UN, after all we provide over a quarter of the UN total budget, to do something about this.
We also better understand why appeasement of such evil will never lead to peace, but only serves to embolden the radical Islamists whose ultimate goal is to impose their doctrines on the rest of us, by any means possible.
FP: And so the petition.
Gabriel: Yes, I appeal to all peoples’ conscience to please sign our petition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. And please forward it to everyone you know. Regardless of the response we ultimately receive from Mr. Ki-moon, the very act of our promoting the petition and people signing it will draw much-needed attention to the real root of the conflict in the Middle East, which is the doctrine of hate that drive radical Islamists.
FP: Thank you Brigitte,
Gabriel: Thank you Jamie. I always appreciate speaking with you.
Jamie Glazov is Frontpage Magazine's managing editor. He holds a Ph.D. in History with a specialty in U.S. and Canadian foreign policy. He edited and wrote the introduction to David Horowitz’s Left Illusions. He is also the co-editor (with David Horowitz) of The Hate America Left and the author of Canadian Policy Toward Khrushchev’s Soviet Union (McGill-Queens University Press, 2002) and 15 Tips on How to be a Good Leftist. To see his previous symposiums, interviews and articles Click Here. Email him at jglazov@rogers.com.
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