Jailed Hamas official decries abduction of BBC journalist
PA Chairman Abbas: Alan Johnston still alive despite claims by previously unknown Palestinian group.
By Avi IssacharoffJailed Hamas official Sheikh Hassan Yusef on Friday called for the immediate release of British journalist Alan Johnston who was abducted by unknown gunmen in Gaza over a month ago.
Yusef, who is one of the prisoners Hamas wants in return for captured Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, said the abduction was "morally wrong."
Also on Friday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas told Dutch television station RTL-4 that Johnston's captors did not have political motives but rather wanted "personal demands" met in exchange for the journalist.
Haniyeh did not offer any details about what these demands might entail and said the British government had made clear to the Palestinian Authority that it should not use force to free Johnston because it could endanger his life.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that intelligence services have confirmed that kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston is alive.
"Yes, I believe he is still alive," Abbas told reporters in Stockholm. "Our intelligence services have confirmed to me that he's alive.
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My sources The Sunday Herald, The Guardian Fox News have all reported this. Fox news ceased when the chief of AIPAC asked thenm to stop because and I quote "It is killing us" The five Israelis arrested on 9/11 videoing the attacks on the WTC were arrested, two were later found to be Mossad agents, non passed a lie detector test when asked if they had foreknowledge of the attack. One of those Paul Kurzberg refused to take a lie detector test for ten weeks because as he says he used to work for Israeli intelligence in another country. The truth hurts. Accusing me of using websites of doubtful origin simply proves my point. Israel although not participants in the attacks, certainly had knowledge they were going to happen and did not contact the relevant authorities. The five arrested were interviewed on Israeli telly by the way. I've got more found a wealth of information on Black News check it out
MAYBE U SHOULD GO AND LIVE WITH YOUR BROTHERS IN GAZA OR THE WEST BANK! INSTEAD YOU DECIDE TO LIVE AMONG PEOPLE THAT YOU SEEM TO HATE!!
Last week the Turkish Hamas, Hizbullah lovers totured Christian Turks and a German citizen in the most despicable ways and then killed them in cold blood. This is the movement that you call the greatest of our times. It is shameful that there are people who can support such acts and organizations that perform them.
Mossad agents videoing ? Quote one respectsable site source for that statement. Netanyahu wondred out loud on the implications of Arab murderers flying hijacked US planes into American buildings and said this COULD be to Israels benefit. Public opinion and all that. You really are slipping quoting hate sites as fact,almost vebatim.
I heard that Palestinian kidnappers are demanding US$10 million for Alan alive. If not paid, his family will only receive his head. End of story
Although I must say that Arafat was no beauty. According to Orianna Fallacci who interviewed Arafat, he smelled awful and spat food particles out of his unkept mouth when excited. In short, she felt sick after interviewing that filthy child-killer.
Your words of truth should be known by heart and learned in all schools (quote): "Judging by the available info (or more precisely, the lack of it), it seems quite likely that AJ was killed in the early stages of this story, maybe by mistake. Maybe he foolishly refused to convert to Islam, and the freedom fighters holding him were a bit overzealous. The resistance fighters are now a bit embarassed about how to tell the world, so they prefer to keep silent. What can we, progressive Haaretz readers, do to help: make it clear to all who listen that it is all Israel`s fault and responsibility" Now we see that "freedom fighters" cannot be blamed. Indeed, - "AJ was killed in the early stages of this story, maybe by mistake"; - "Maybe he foolishly refused to convert to Islam" We couldn't imagine that such natural possibility exists. Now you clarified everithing! Ask Dutch to share with you her excellent medication. She is much better now. VIPER too is successfully using it.
Judging by the available info (or more precisely, the lack of it), it seems quite likely that AJ was killed in the early stages of this story, maybe by mistake. Maybe he foolishly refused to convert to Islam, and the freedom fighters holding him were a bit overzealous. The resistance fighters are now a bit embarassed about how to tell the world, so they prefer to keep silent. What can we, progressive Haaretz readers, do to help: make it clear to all who listen that it is all Israel's fault and responsibility.
I was answering #2. It is not ffantasy, the chief of AIPAC spent a week running aroud American news agency asking them to stop showing this particular gem on the news networks as and I quote "It is killing us". I think that the statement by Benyamin Nethanyahu should be in the public domain so people can make a balanced judgement.
of Radovan Karadzic, they know exactly where he is, so no need to look for him.
You have now gone into the realms of fantasy, your anti-Israel bias sticks out like a sore thumb. What has your fantasy got to do,with the kidnapping of this British journalist.
WHAT WILL THE BRITS DO NOW? CHRISTMASS IS STILL 8 MONTHS AWAY FOR A GOODWILL GESTURE FROM THE HAMAS! HOW WILL THE BRITS DO A DEAL TO REALEASE ALAN WITHOUT SHOWING THE WORLD THAT THEY BOW DOWN TO MILITANTS! THE BRITS WERE LUCKY THAT THE EASTER GOODWILL THEORY COVERED THE TRUE REASON FOR THE BRIT SOLDIERS RELEASE FROM IRAN! ISRAEL MUST FIGHT WITH FORCE TO RELEASE GILAD! ISRAEL MUST NOT USE THE BRITISH AS ROLE MODELS WHEN WANTING TO RELEASE SOLDIERS! MR OLMERT NEEDS TO STOP DRINKING TEA WITH MILK!!!!!!
Why should Isreal have to negotiate with these barbarians...is not the capture of a sodlier the declaration of war....????? I don't understand why Hamas is allowed get away with capturing Gilad Shalit...Just imagine if terrorist group in Mexico kidnapped an American sodier!!!
You still don't get it?????? Netanyahu said that the attack, perpetrated by radical muslims, was good for Israel in its public relations fight to let hitherto doubters understand exactly the impact of such acts of horror. Is you inability to understand a cognitive or a pathological condition? What went WRONG with the local LEAs (I'm assuming you finished your 'O' levels)?
Today we see the TRUE FACE OF THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN HAMAS & THE BBC... Hamas kills Jews on buses, and the BBC kills jews on the TV screens... The BBC should be investigated for 20 years of anti Israeli biased 'reporting'!
to Clickfool, but so right!! I think he's found some work (or maybe he's currently a guest of HM's reasonably priced accomodation in Lewes...). But not much happening with his much vaunted english diplomacy debacle a la iran. Still, mustn't scoff. Hope AJ gets out alive all the same.
Please just kill him so we don't have to read these ridiculous stories anymore.
The answer quite simply is because you're a despicable Jew-hater. But thanks for adding to the brilliant discussion here. By the way, of course Hamas has a human face; unfortunately it's one of the ugliest human faces mankind has ever encountered. Ever see a picture of A-Zahar?
Huh? and the Mossad killed Kennedy as well.You idiot.
When Benyamin Nethanyahu says that from an Israeli perspective 9/11 was a good thing. When Mossa operatives were caught red handed videoing the action of 9/11, and subsequent inspection of the tape shows they turned up half an hour before the event NO
Today West Bank Leader of Hamas does claim the abduction of the BBC journalist was wrong. Yesterday I read that Marwan Barghouti called the BBC journalist a friend of the palestinians. A couple of days ago Palestinian Journalists demonstrated against the abduction of the BBC journalist. Such facts crearly do show in wich side BBC is. BBC is not in the Israeli side, much the contrary. BBC should have a stronger atitude towards BBC and other media that actually have been waging a relentless campaign against Israel.
So does this mean that Abbas' intelligence services are Mossad and Shin Bet ? Or does it mean that you and the other conspiracy theorists will finally stop blaming Mossad and Shin Bet for all that goes wrong with the Palestinians.
Israel has been trying to distort a movement that is one of the greatest in our times. If Jews during WWII had a movement like Hamas..maybe millions of Jewish lives would have been saved. I salute Hamas...It guarantees that Israel won't be able to exterminate and destroy the Palestinian people.