Choosing what to hear, what to see and what to say.

The Norwegian doctor Erik Fosse was back in Gaza almost a week ago. His college Mads Gilbert was not allowed to cross the border by Israeli authorities.
The two were the first foreign doctors to enter Gaza during the war last December and January and as such became spokesmen to the world concerning the situation in Gaza. Their description of what was going on was heavily colored by their personal political standpoint which is far (and further than far ) to the left and “signal red” by dye.
The base of their understanding concerning the conflict between the Moslem and the Western world is that “Israel is to blame” and that “America is the source of most evil”.
Whoever listens to them should at least know that before they uncritically accept their reports.
Magdi Allam used to belong to the same side in politics. He was born into a Moslem family and raised in Egypt but left for Italy in 1972 where he studied and ended up as one of Italy’s most famous journalists. He used to work for the communist newspaper “Il Manifesto” and continued to the center-left leaning paper “La Repubblica.” He was outspoken as a supporter of the Palestinian issue, an admirer of Yassir Arafat, supported Moslem immigration as well as the building of Mosques in Europe and used every opportunity to speak and write against Israel.
But, this has changed. From 2002 on he went through a major change of mind concerning the issues which had been his main focus for more than 25 years. He all of a sudden got an understanding of what the leading Moslems are after and it has caused him to pull the breaks. He is now the deputy director of one of Italy’s oldest newspapers called “Corriere della Sera” and has written a book called “Viva Israele” or “Long live Israel.
He accused Italy and the West of ignoring the dangers of an imminent "Islamization" of the society, and a possible Jihad (Islamic holy war) in Europe.
He’s criticizing Hamas and is saying that "the origin of the ideology of hatred, violence and death is the discrimination against Israel”
"I thought it was a big mistake to allow a terror organization to participate in elections. Condoleezza Rice and Tony Blair deluded themselves in believing that Hamas' very participation in the government would turn the group into a pragmatic political power. Instead, it turned out that Hamas will never recognize Israel's right to exist, will not relinquish terror and will not honor international agreements signed by the Palestinian Authority. Hamas wants absolute rule in order to impose sharia and to revive the international Islamic caliphate. As it pushes for absolute rule, it does not hesitate to massacre its Palestinian brothers in Gaza. It will try to do the same thing in the West Bank."

It is interesting that he sees what others refuse to see. Most people die with the opinions they had and the conclusions they made at a young age. Very few are brave enough to dare admit that what they used to believe is actually wrong. It takes courage to do so; especially when it causes danger to ones life. Magdi Allam never needed police protection before he changed opinion. Now he is surrounded by security guards around the clock.

What he said about Hamas is right. Last Saturday 6 people were killed as Abu Mazen’s security force came to arrest a couple of Hamas terrorists in the town of Qalqilyah. Three of the killed were policemen and the other three were the two terrorists and the house keeper where they were hiding. The case is considered the bloodiest intra-Palestinian incident in the West Bank in years and there is fear that the conflict within the Palestinian society will spread to other towns in the area. Hamas, of course, has promised revenge although it was the two terrorists who opened fire and shot policemen first.

How come that I cannot find this to have been reported in any media abroad ????

Elin Elkouby