jasonfranks

Can't find a link to an online article, but I just read this in print.

It seems that Roland Jabbour, the member of the Australian Arabic Council cited in the article I linked last time, has had  abit more to say in interviews with the Australian Jewish News. In the Age article, Jabbour says that Al-Manar should be allowed free speech to broadcast what it whatever it wants to. I still agree with him on that point.

Jabbour has gone on to say that he thinks that, "in the context of Israel's crimes," it's quite fair enough for for Al-Manar to claim that jews are descended from pigs and apes. He also says that the statement is directed to the State of Israel, not the Jewish people--even though the statement clearly says 'jews'.

Jabbour, it turns out, is also committee member of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.

Is it unfair of me to ask where the reciprocal Jewish and/or Israeli TV stations are, broadcasting similar slander about Arabs and Moslems? I don't think it's unfair for me to point out that Jews and Arabs are the same race--if we are descended from pigs and apes, then so are they.

Let's look at he broader context of Al-Manar. This TV station, which is run by Lebanese terrorists, is being broadcast into Indonesia, the second most populous Moslem nation in t\he world. Idonesia is a South Pacific Asian country, not an Arab country; and I find it highly doubtful their populace has ever been involved with trouble involving Jews or with Israel... but they sure seem to want some.

I wonder if Jabbour had the same 'free speech' position when extremists tried to kill that Danish newspaper editor who published cartoons depicting Mohammed?

-- JF