A friend writes the following to me from Perth: On the bizarre front, somebody placed a death notice in yesterdays West Australian. It read: Shanab (Ismail Abu) Sincere sympathy to family, friends, and Hamas. Freedom fighter. Hamas Support Group WA Somebody tried to place a similar notice Shanab (Ismail Abu) Sincere sympathy to innocent Israeli [...]
And yet more lies from the ISM mailing list: ..four days ago an Apache assassinated Ismail Abu Shanab, a Hamas non-militant professor and spokesperson. They say he was assassinated for his speaking ability.I suspect “they” are palestinians. For the record, he was assassinated for his speaking ability, which enabled him to plan and direct terrorist [...]
This account from the ISM mailing list: Andrew Muncie from Scotland and Andreas Koninek from Sweden, two peace activists with the International Solidarity Movement, were deported early Wednesday evening. The two men were taken into custody on the 17th August after they chained themselves to a house which the Israeli military had scheduled for demolition. [...]
