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    Palestinian envoy to Canada recalled

    By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press | AP – Mon, Oct 24, 2011

    TORONTO (AP) — The Palestinian Authority recalled their envoy to Canada this month for posting a link on twitter that included an anti-Semitic video.

    Linda Sobeh Ali posted a tweet this month with a link to a YouTube video featuring an emotionally distressed Palestinian girl shouting a poem in Arabic titled "I am Palestinian."

    The English subtitles on the video include a passage where millions are called upon "destroy the Jews."

    Joseph Lavoie, a spokesman for Canada's foreign affairs minister, said Monday it was a serious enough matter for the Palestinian Authority that they recalled Sobeh Ali.

    "This video is completely unacceptable and offensive as it calls for the death of Jews," Lavoie said.

    Riad Malki, the Palestinian Authority's foreign minister, speaking in Ramallah, said the envoy posted the link thinking it was a "normal national poem."

    "We asked her to leave Canada because we didn't want to create any problems," he said.

    According to Malki, the "Jewish lobby and Jewish institutions" in Canada complained to the Canadian government. The envoy "went back to the poem and there was something wrong with the translation." The phrase translated in the English subtitles as "destroy the Jews" was actually "to kill the soul of Zionism."

    Shimon Fogel, chief executive officer of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said they drew the video and tweet to the attention of the Canada's foreign affairs department.

    Fogul said both translations are offensive and unacceptable and noted Sobeh Ali sent out a version where the English translation called for "death of Jews."

    "Frankly, it was very distressing. We had worked closely with her previously in an effort to bring PA President, Mahmoud Abbas to Canada to meet with Jewish leaders," Fogel said in an email to The Associated Press. "I never expected her to effectively endorse such anti-Jewish vitriol."

    Fogel said he found it "doubly offensive" that a certain lobby would be blamed for her recall and said she hasn't owned up to her terrible error in judgment.

    ____

    Associated Press Writer Mohammed Daraghmeh in Ramallah, West Bank contributed to this report.

     
    • Omega
      Omega  •  7 mths ago
      Par for the course.
    • Toucan
      Toucan  •  Berkeley, United States  •  7 mths ago
      "Riad Malki, the Palestinian Authority's foreign minister, speaking in Ramallah, said the envoy posted the link thinking it was a 'normal national poem.'"

      He's right. It is a normal national poem.
      • Monty
        Monty 7 mths ago
        Sounds normal to me.. Religious people are normally stupid..
      • Bubof 5
        Bubof 5 7 mths ago
        actually, monty, it's you that is abnormally stupid.
      • Sgt S. Pepper
        Sgt S. Pepper 7 mths ago
        Hatred of a people has to be taught and the Palestinian authority teaches hatred to their children in almost every discernible method that they can. Therefore, this poem would appear normal to them.
    • NB
      NB  •  7 mths ago
      In the diplomatic world this INADMISABLE - Goes to show the real feelings of Palestinians towards Israel.
      It is not a matter of semantics, is true hate considered "normal" by the Palestinians.
      • ANONYMOUS
        ANONYMOUS 7 mths ago
        What the Jews think about Gentiles
        (Non-Jews),
        THE REST OF THE WORLD!

        This article appeared in the magazine “Free At Last” under the title
        American Law, Fact, Fraud,
        and Insidious Insiders

        “Galatians, 4:16: Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”–

        “We…continue to be amazed with the ease by which Christian Americans have fallen into our hands…naïve Americans…we have TAUGHT them to SUBMIT to our every demand…Americans have not had a presidential choice since 1932. Roosevelt was our man; every president since Roosevelt has been our man. We…have put issue upon issue to theAmerican people. Then we PROMOTE BOTH SIDES of the issue as confusion reigns.
        “With their eyes fixed on the issues, they fail to see who is BEHIND EVERY scene. We…toy with the American public as a cat toys with a mouse. The blood of the masses will flow as we wait for our day of WORLD victory…The naïve politicians inWASHINGTON are gullible. Most of them are not too bright…the powerful…lobbyists influenced…years ago (federal funds to aid Israel) and there is no one strong enough to stop it…some of that money is returned to the United States and spent on Zionist propaganda…through B’nai Brith…Conference of Jewish Organizations… World Jewish Congress…tax free so long as we are smart enough to get away with it…
        “ANTI-SEMITISM does NOT signify opposition to Semitism. THERE IS NO SUCH THING. It is an expression we…use effectively as a SMEARWORD …used to brand…anyone who brings criticism against (us)…We use it against HATE-mongers… (we) do so. That’s all there is to it.
        “…I’d say more than 90% (of us) know what is really happening to our people. We have COMMUNICATION unequalled…It is an established rule to destroy all members of pre-existing government…the Police, State Police, Army officers and their families and relatives…In Russia, there are TWO distinct GOVERNMENTS – one visible and the other invisible…The INVISIBLE rulers in the communist countries have a world CONTROL over the propaganda and the governments in free countries. The cultural and intellectual influence of Judaism is felt throughout the entire world…MONEY is more important than morality.
        “We can accomplish anything with money… Israel can now win in any encounter…It will also be the base for World Government Headquarters. We CONTROL EVERY MEDIA of expression…newspaper , magazines, radio, television…even your music! We CENSOR…before long we will have COMPLETE CONTROL of your thinking…
        “The richest plum…(we) took over the publication of ALL SCHOOL MATERIALS…could MOLD public opinion to suit OUR PURPOSES. The people are only stupid pigs that grunt and squeal the chants we give them…truth or lies. There is no silent majority…only thing that exists is an UNTHINKING majority and unthinking they will remain…their ESCAPE from our rigorous service is the opiate of our ENTERTAINMENT industry. We have castrated society through FEAR and INTIMIDATION. Its manhood exists only in combination with a feminine…appearance… being so neutered, the populace has become DOCILE and EASILY RULED…their thoughts…only with the present toil and the next meal…You have become addicted to our MEDICINE through which we have become your absolute masters.
        “We pretty much CONTROL the U.N…There will be a forced class warfare here in the United States and many will be liquidated…I’m not boasting…I’m giving you the facts! It is TOO LATE for your Christian followers to put up a DEFENCE …Long, long ago we HAD to become the AGGRESSORS…that is undoubtedly one of our great PURPOSES in life…
        “Religion…our CONTROL of the textbook industry…news media…able to hold ourselves up as AUTHORITIES…our rabbis now hold professorships in supposed Christian theological seminaries. We are amazed by the Christian’s stupidity …Judaism is not only the teaching of the synagogue, but also the doctrine of every Christian Church in America . Through our propaganda the church has become our most avid supporter…their
      • Phil
        Phil 7 mths ago
        Get some new material all ready. Jews and gentiles work, play, and live together peacefully all over the world. Can you say that much for muslims?
      • NB
        NB 7 mths ago
        Jews and gentiles play together, muslims don't play with nobody unless you are another muslim from his own line of religious tendency ( sunis and shiites are enemies ). Very dificult people even with their own religion.
    • Bulldog
      Bulldog  •  Detroit, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Ooops! The truth got out and now they are backpeddling?
    • lamplighter
      lamplighter  •  Mount Prospect, United States  •  7 mths ago
      it is normal for these people to call for the destruction of Jews. they feed theri children hate every day.
      • Monty
        Monty 7 mths ago
        As do the Jews - let's not forget that. Wouldn't want it to sound one-sided..
      • Daniel
        Daniel 7 mths ago
        It IS one-sided you MORON, the Jews want nothing but to be left ALONE, but you haters have to have a reason to hate. Israel has NOT started ANY of the Wars against her...the Arabs have...and bitch and moan when they LOSE again and again.
      • Bubof 5
        Bubof 5 7 mths ago
        monty, you ignorant ass...jews do not teach hate to their children. grow the hell up!
    • Bubof 5
      Bubof 5  •  Troy, United States  •  7 mths ago
      G-d bless Canada!
    • Gary Owen
      Gary Owen  •  7 mths ago
      She showed the True feelings of the Palestinians, claim Piety while calling for Murder. To expect better from her is silly.
    • V.V.V
      V.V.V  •  7 mths ago
      stop muslim immigration in US
      • sven
        sven 7 mths ago
        Stop Jewish immigration to US Also STOP the occupation of Palestine NOW!!!
      • sven
        sven 7 mths ago
        There will be no peace between Palestine and their occupants until the Jews withdraw back to 1948 borders!!!
    • Tariq
      Tariq  •  7 mths ago
      it is normal for these people to call for the destruction of Jews. they feed theri children hate every day.
    • Sam
      Sam  •  7 mths ago
      Does anyone really think she is going to be replaced by anyone any different? She got caught. When she gets home she will hailed as a hero.
    • Silent_Builder
      Silent_Builder  •  Dubai, United Arab Emirates  •  7 mths ago
      If you discuss general matters with any Palestenian decend canadian; you feel no belonging or contribution to this country of any kind..for them its just a cash cow, easy living and top schools for their children...and it is a place they hate!...they have no gratitude nor loyalty..the soft hearted vegetarian Canadian Govt. is either stupid or stupid..
    • Rubberbandman
      Rubberbandman  •  New York, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Sad, but not surprising that a normal Palestinian poem calls for the destruction of the Jews. Most groups involved in a "peace process" have nationalist poems calling for the death of those that they negotiate with. Sounds like they should trust each other...

      The day that the Palestinians love their children more then they hate Israel is the day there will be peace.
      • Toucan
        Toucan 7 mths ago
        Golda Meir
      • bjm
        bjm 7 mths ago
        The poem doesn't say it in Arabic.
      • Al
        Al 7 mths ago
        BJM ON chineese? of couse in arabic!!!
    • Daniel
      Daniel  •  Tampa, United States  •  7 mths ago
      It IS a national poem for Palestinians and Arabs...all they want is to Destroy all Jews, Israel is just in the way.
    • Majority
      Majority  •  7 mths ago
      It was a net positive for the palestinian authority to recall the envoy, showing that they understand proper diplomacy and the limits of what diplomats should do in foriegn countries.
    • perhaps
      perhaps  •  Santa Clara, United States  •  7 mths ago
      The war between the Palestinians and Jews is not primarily about land but about values, with our brothers the Palestinians tragically embracing a culture of death that glorifies martyrdom and violence and with the State of Israel embracing a culture of life and being committed to democracy and the value of every citizen, be they women, Arab, gay, or anything else.
    • Steve
      Steve  •  7 mths ago
      Nice neighbors. God bless Israel, God bless the IDF
    • Stan
      Stan  •  Denver, United States  •  7 mths ago
      arabs - where the abnormal is normal.
    • dash rendar
      dash rendar  •  Columbus, United States  •  7 mths ago
      you'd think even after the years of brainwashing of children at some point these people grow a concious and form their own thought,,,how do you continue to think it's okay to kill people for not believing in what you believe in. I dont like the color purple or blue...so anyone I see wearing those colors im going to cut your head off, and to not get in trouble for it I'll just call it "religion"
    • Lawn Ornament
      Lawn Ornament  •  Anaheim, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Of course she hasn’t owned up to her error in judgment, that’s what she believes. And to think she is supposed to be a political figure of good will. The palestinian people will find a long hard road before them with this type of attitude. Peace does not come to those who strive for violence and destruction and when your leaders are blind to reality your future is bleak.
    • John Smith
      John Smith  •  Warminster, United States  •  7 mths ago
      And the UN wants to give them statehood Just bury them in the sand and call it a good start.
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