So, when did the love affair between Britain and Hamas begin?
It certainly wasn't back in 2005, when Islamic terrorists strolled onto London tube trains and then proceeded to blow both themselves and those around them into little pieces. No. The Brits were livid and terrified in equal measure - hardly a sympathetic audience for any Islamic extremist group.
And yet.
Fast forward to 2009 and what do we have? Mass rallies, marching through central London, bearing banners declaring that all Israelis, Jews and 'zionists' are 'murderers'. Young Muslim and non Muslim men, their faces masked, their voices rough with hate, declaring affiliation to Hamas as they set about smashing up nearby shops and hurling rocks at the police.
And hundreds of thousands of ordinary British people, screaming their loathing of Israel for daring to react to the relentless missile attacks by terrorist group Hamas. This has been the scene in cities across the UK as the British swear their allegiance to Hamas.
It beggars belief.
As for the British media, with the possible exceptions of the Daily Express, The Times, and The Sun, most of the newspapers have been gleefully casting Israel as the villain of the piece. No mention of the thousands of dead Israelis, courtesy of all the Hamas suicide bombers and rockets over the past eight years. No harrowing images of Israeli mothers weeping over the corpses of their children. No shots of Israeli homes lying in ruins after suffering missile assaults.
Instead, we Brits have been fed a steady diet of partisan and at times, downright deceitful 'journalism'.
So is it any wonder that the British public is short on sympathy for Israel right now? Even so, their bloodcurdling cries of 'We Are All Hamas Now' are still enough to make British Jews look at one another uneasily and ensure they have an up to date passport at home...
And of course, honourable mention must go to the BBC, which has not once pointed out that Israel's actions were in *response* to the Hamas attacks. Incredibly, even Al Jazeera has been more even handed in its coverage, for at least it offered a platform to an Israeli army spokesman who wanted to set the record straight and convey the fact that Israel is not at war with the Palestinians - it just has to stop Hamas.
Most Brits seem to think that Hamas is some small, badly organised, underfunded little band of Palestinian men, dedicated to 'freeing palestine'. This romanticised image defines Hamas as 'freedom fighters' and Israelis as 'oppressors'. And woe betide anyone who tries to explain that this view ignores basic, objective fact.
For let's be crystal clear:
Hamas is a big, highly organised offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood; a radical Islamic organisation that shares much in common with Al Queda. Hamas doesn't want to 'free palestine'. It just wants to destroy Israel. The official Hamas Charter openly says this, as do many Hamas leaders, in their charming little videos on how to destroy the 'jewish enemy and bathe the region in jewish blood'.
And Hamas has money. Forget what the BBC keep claiming about these 'homemade rockets'. It's bull, frankly. Hamas receives millions a year from Iran and Syria. More: much of the financial aid that pours into Gaza gets diverted to Hamas and thus to terrorism.
Hamas leaders teach and preach Jihad. They urge all young Palestinians, from the age of five upwards, to become a 'shahid', or 'martyr for allah'. They boast about using innocents as human shields and they celebrate when Americans, Brits and indeed anyone in the West dies as a result of terrorism.
But don't take my word for it. You don't need to. Here is Hamas cheerfully conveying what it believes in and what it desires:
Hamas: religious duty to kill Jews
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsvqcp4aWF8
Hamas: Islam must commit genocide on all Jews:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YKeAVBYAbn0&feature=related
Remember: the Palestinians voted Hamas into power in free and democratically held elections. And they knew what Hamas stood for when they did so.
Just like Brits know full well what Hamas stands for. And just like the Palestinians, they don't give a damn.
Seems like British dislike of Jews is stronger than their fear of Islamic extremists.
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