MEET MARWAN BARGHOUTI--THE PALESTINIAN MANDELA! Arutz Sheva has a report, not just an article, how Media Preparing Ground For Barghouti Release by what it is saying--and refusing to say.

Not surprising--once you make believe that terrorists are freedom fighters, and that Israel is South Africa. This way you can avoid the finer points:

• The ANC had a philosophy of non-violence for close to 50 years and even when it did turn to violence it was done more sporadicly and reluctantly than the PLO, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. The ANC espoused non-violence because they felt armed struggle would alienate whites--not a concern for Palestinian terrorists since their goal is to destroy Israel.
  
  
• Originally, the ANC tried negotiation, before turning to armed resistance during the early 1960s. They progressed from sabotaging property to attacking security forces and eventually even civilians. In contrast, Palestinian terrorists have have no interest in using non-violent means and the terrorist groups have consistently refused to distinguish between the military and innocent civilians.
  
  
• When there was an opportunity for peace in the 1990's, the ANC pursued it. In contrast, the Palestinians refused to take advantage of the peace proposals of President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Ehud Barak during the summer of 2000. Then the Palestinians voted Hamas into power--a group that refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist, has called for Israel's destruction and has aligned itself with the Holocaust-denying Iran and its client Hezbollah.

Technorati Tag: Marwan Barghouti and Media Bias and South Africa and Nelson Mandela.