Editor of EU-funded Ma’an: “My heart… practically soars with joy whenever a Palestinian rocket falls on Tel Aviv”
This article was published after the 2014 Gaza war, in which Hamas fired thousands of rockets at Israel and Israel responded with Operation Protective Edge, which aimed at destroying Hamas' terror infrastructure and ability to launch rockets at Israel.
Op-ed by Dr. Nasser Laham, Chief Editor of the Ma'an News Agency:
“My heart, like that of all Palestinian citizens, practically soars with joy whenever a Palestinian rocket falls on Tel Aviv. Not because I am fond of killing or bombarding civilians, but because I feel there is someone defending my dignity and the dignity of my children from the extremist and hostile Zionists, who call out every day, ‘Death to Arabs.’
I love peace and strive for it, and hate destruction, bombardment and explosions. But I also hate injustice. And I will protect myself from those who call, ‘Death to Arabs’ and those who come to kill the children of Gaza.”
Note: Ma’an currently lists as “partners and funders”: The European Commission (the EU), UNDP, UNESCO, the Government of Denmark, the Government of the Netherlands, and UKaid. (http://www.maannet.org/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=7.). In the past, PMW has exposed articles published in Ma'an that were antisemitic and denied the Holocaust.
Op-ed by Dr. Nasser Laham, Chief Editor of the Ma'an News Agency:
“My heart, like that of all Palestinian citizens, practically soars with joy whenever a Palestinian rocket falls on Tel Aviv. Not because I am fond of killing or bombarding civilians, but because I feel there is someone defending my dignity and the dignity of my children from the extremist and hostile Zionists, who call out every day, ‘Death to Arabs.’
I love peace and strive for it, and hate destruction, bombardment and explosions. But I also hate injustice. And I will protect myself from those who call, ‘Death to Arabs’ and those who come to kill the children of Gaza.”
Note: Ma’an currently lists as “partners and funders”: The European Commission (the EU), UNDP, UNESCO, the Government of Denmark, the Government of the Netherlands, and UKaid. (http://www.maannet.org/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=7.). In the past, PMW has exposed articles published in Ma'an that were antisemitic and denied the Holocaust.
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