Friday, September 22, 2017

Hamassholes prosecute journalist for her honesty

A Palestinian journalist was prosecuted Monday by Hamas after she exposed corruption in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian affairs correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh.

In June of last year, Hajer Harb reported that Hamas and the PA (Palestinian Authority, not Parents Association) extorted Palestinians who sought medical care in Israel, Europe and other countries in the Arab World.

The Hamassholes and PA, along with doctors who went along with the extortion, demanded bribes from Palestinian patients seeking permits for better medical treatment because the camel urine tasted horrible and wasn't curing anything--Mohammad was wrong about that, like he was wrong about the wings of flies. (He said one wing of a fly causes disease and the other wing cures it. Mohammad was clearly no physician.)

Anyway, Harb's report charged that those who didn't pay the bribes were "left to die in understaffed and under-equipped Palestinian hospitals.

Which calls to mind the notion that Israeli hospitals treat Muslim Palestinians, even from the other side of the wall. But Palestinian Muslims don't treat Israeli Jews and believe it's their religious duty to kill them wherever they find them.

So who are the barbarians?

The PA and Hamasshole leaders were terribly pissed with the investigative report exposing what some Palestinians called the "mafia of destruction," and those in the Italian mafia are pissed at having their name ripped off.

After Harb's piece was published, an official Hamasshole called her for an interrogation whereby she refused to reveal her sources without a court order.

Harb recalled:
The prosecution told me that I was facing the following charges: impersonation of another person (they claim I did not reveal my real identity during the investigative report); slandering the Ministry of Health, publishing inaccurate and incorrect information and working with 'foreign parties' (by preparing a report for a London-based television station under the pretext that the media organization is not registered with the Press Office in the Gaza Strip).
Harb herself required a permit to seek medical treatment for cancer in Jordan, but human rights groups intervened on her behalf and she didn't need to bribe anyone for a permit, said Toameh.

While abroad, she was sentenced by a Hamas "court" to six months in prison and fined 1,000 shekels ($250). If she returns to Gaza, she will be arrested and incarcerated.

Some critics have condemned Hamassholes for trying to silence a journalist, but Antifa isn't one of them.

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) denounced Harb's verdict and called it a "very serious precedent against media freedoms." They wrote: "MADA, wishing a speedy recovery for our colleague [Harb], strongly condemns this decision, which lacks fair trial procedures."

Gee, big surprise--a Palestinian decision that's unfair.

Palestinian political analyst Jihad Harb (no relation) said the verdict was an effort to both silence journalists and protect the corrupt practices of Hamas government in Gaza. He noted that Hamas targets those who expose corruption, not those involved in perpetrating it.

Abu Toameh wrote: 
"The court verdict passed on Hajer Harb, and the ongoing punitive measures against Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, serve as yet another reminder that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have no respect for freedom of expression and media freedoms. Hamas and the PA may be at war with each other, but they both agree that the media is an enemy that needs to be defeated, to prevent the world from learning about corruption and repression."
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a nonprofit organization, condemned the treatment of journalists by Hamas and the PA. They said their tactics led to a "chilling effect" on freedom of expression in the Palestinian territories.

"Both Palestinian governments, operating independently, have apparently arrived at similar methods of harassment, intimidation and physical abuse of anyone who dares criticize them," said Sari Bashi, HRW's Israel/Palestinian director.

So next time you hear anti-Zionist, Palestinian news, take it with a grain of Kosher salt.


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