THE TELEGRAPH'S "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR OF GAZA" In an audio report from The Telegraph, a journalist tells about his tour in Gaza--courtesy of Hamas, aboard a bus with the sign "Sweety Tour". While admonishing "lets not be fooled by the normality we see now," the British reporter ignores terrorist attacks on Israel--limiting the chaos in Gaza as being the kidnapping of Alan Johnston and the civil war with Fatah, as if Israel is unaffected. The only mention of Israel is to blithely blame the economic hardships of Gaza on Israeli control, while neglecting to mention the rockets fired at Israel.

The reporter is fooled by the same normality he lectures the interviewer against--pitiful.

The actual article is more balanced, including this interesting juxtaposition:

A great deal was made of the fact the portrait of Mr Abbas still hung in the main reception room. But then a few minutes later the bus passed a vast mural of Yasser Arafat, the former Fatah leader. The mural was pockmarked with fresh-looking bullet holes.

"We believe in freedom of speech and democracy," said Ahmed Bahar, the deputy speaker of the Palestinian parliament and a senior Hamas figure.

Terrocracy in action.

Listen for yourself.

[Hat tip: Hot Air Headlines]

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