Bin laden makes appearance in Johannesburg summit

[sharonbn]

Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist, has become a propaganda tool in Johannesburg summit. The summit deals with issues of the environment, ecology and welfare but has become a stage for confrontations between Jews and Muslims.

In a demonstration for the release of Tanzim leader Maruan Baragutti, several South African Muslims wore shirts featuring the portrait of Bin Laden. Along side the terrorist, the face of American president Bush is seen with a red X painted over.

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Peleg Reshef, head of the South African Jewish student organization said he also saw Muslim demonstrators wearing shirts with the name “Al Quaida” .

Israeli officials who attend the summit, said it is regrettable that a year after the terror attack on American targets, Osama Bin Laden has become a figure of admiration and identification.

Palestinian and Israeli students continue their propaganda efforts during the summit.

The article appeared on Ynet.
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2083773,00.html
The pictures from the demonstration was taken by Israeli students.

[elke]

Wise move, wearing Bin Laden shirts at an international conference!

What's next? Hitler shirts? Pol Pot shirts? Stalin shirts?

[ayesha]

maybe use those shirts as target posts?? aim, fire!

[Mediocrates]

I have to say I became very depressed when I heard about this conference. All I kept repeating to myself was "Is this another Durban? Will people really starve themselves to stop Jews from living? Will people really ignore their plight to go off the rails with their anti American gabble? Aren't these the people you want help from?

All of the Western pre coverage has been very downbeat. It all has the same phrases "Low expectations", "No agenda", "Limited action plan", "No immediate course of action", "Western nations are not signing on".

I guess that's when the economist in me really thinks about it being "The dismal science" - when you ask people for a solution they are silent and when you ask them what they think they throw rocks at you.

[sharonbn]

Originally posted by ayesha
maybe use those shirts as target posts?? aim, fire!

you mean while people still wear them?

[ayesha]

Originally posted by sharonbn

you mean while people still wear them?

[Iori Yagami]

And today, the same protesters tried to interfere a KKL (Keren Kayemet Le-Israel) lecture... One of the "protesters", the attourney of Maruan Barghoutti, has called one of the members of the Israeli PR delegation a "little nazi"...

[minusthejihad]

From what I read, it was Barghoutti's wife starting the heckling. Way to hijack an environmental conference. Isn't the world's media enough? It makes me sick how many terror apologists can yell "massacre, massacre" until their throats bleed, even after they are proved to be lying. They've gotten too used to attention, and now that it has quieted down a bit, they go to the nearest event, just looking for media gatherings. Foul.

[Blodhemn]

who cares? the more they do this, the less anyone is going to pay attention to them in the future.

soon enough arab represenatives are going to be boycotted from every international summit.


why makes fools of them when they do it so well themselves?

[Mediocrates]

Originally posted by Blodhemn
who cares? the more they do this, the less anyone is going to pay attention to them in the future.

soon enough arab represenatives are going to be boycotted from every international summit.


why makes fools of them when they do it so well themselves?

I hope so but it is turning into a spectator sport~~ I suppose though if I were a mid level technocrat of a poor starving country I would be mightily pissed that nothing in world gets done anymore at these events because of these people.

[ibrodsky]

It should also be mentioned that the delegates at this conference are being feted in obscene luxury, with one banquet after another, as they consider the plight of the poor and malnourished.

[Vic]

Originally posted by sharonbn
In a demonstration for the release of Tanzim leader Maruan Baragutti, several South African Muslims wore shirts featuring the portrait of Bin Laden. Along side the terrorist, the face of American president Bush is seen with a red X painted over.

Sounds like a specific consumer culture we have missed so far: http://www.israelforum.com/board/sho...=9783#post9783

As for Barghouti - isn't he being "sold" as a fighter for peace and freedom - don't you dare to call him a terrorist? Aren't his supporters somewhat befuddled?