stephanie
09-09-2007, 07:54 PM
September 9th, 2007
From MEMRI:
Former(Democrat) U.S. senator James Abourezk to Hizbullah TV
video at this link..
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1551.htm
[Following are excerpts from an interview with former U.S. senator James Abourezk, which aired on Al-Manar TV on August 30, 2007.]
Interviewer: Mr. Abourezk, welcome to Al-Manar TV.
James Abourezk: Thank you very much.
Interviewer: It’s good to have you.
James Abourezk: Yes, I watch Al-Manar on one of the cable channels in America.
Interviewer: Good, that’s excellent. Especially [considering] the fact that Al-Manar TV was banned in the U.S. Does that really show something which is like shooting the freedom of expression?
James Abourezk: Well, freedom of expression is free for those whom the government likes. If they don’t like them, freedom of expression goes out the window, apparently…
James Abourezk: … you heard in the press.
Interviewer: Now look what’s happened in the case of Dr. Norman Finkelstein. It’s something which is, you know…
James Abourezk: It’s disastrous, disastrous. They’ve…
Interviewer: What happened to him?
James Abourezk: He lost his tenure bid. So he therefore is going to have to go somewhere else, and find a job teaching.
Interviewer: Why?
James Abourezk: Well, because they shot down his tenure. Even though his department was all for it, and the department heads were all for it, the president of that university shot it down.
Interviewer: It’s just because he was not an advocate of Israel?
James Abourezk: No, because the lobby put pressure on him - specifically, Alan Dershowitz. He’s a real snake, I have to say that…
Interviewer: You also called Hizbullah and Hamas “resistance fighters.”
James Abourezk: They are.
Interviewer: While the U.S. administration brands them as “terrorist organizations”…
James Abourezk: That was done at the request of Israel. That name was done at the request of Israel – that the United States calls them terrorist organizations.
Interviewer: On the other hand, you also declared that the original terrorist groups in the Middle East were the Jewish terrorist groups. What is this based on?
James Abourezk: It’s based on fact. In fact, the original terrorists were headed by Begin, who was the head of the Irgun, and by Shamir, another prime minister, who was the head of… one of the three members of the Stern gang’s leadership. I used to know Natan Yellin-Mor, by the way, one of the three leaders of the Stern gang, and he became a peacenik. He wanted peace in the Middle East, and he would…
Interviewer: Stern being one of the gangs of… Israeli gangs…
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From MEMRI:
Former(Democrat) U.S. senator James Abourezk to Hizbullah TV
video at this link..
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1551.htm
[Following are excerpts from an interview with former U.S. senator James Abourezk, which aired on Al-Manar TV on August 30, 2007.]
Interviewer: Mr. Abourezk, welcome to Al-Manar TV.
James Abourezk: Thank you very much.
Interviewer: It’s good to have you.
James Abourezk: Yes, I watch Al-Manar on one of the cable channels in America.
Interviewer: Good, that’s excellent. Especially [considering] the fact that Al-Manar TV was banned in the U.S. Does that really show something which is like shooting the freedom of expression?
James Abourezk: Well, freedom of expression is free for those whom the government likes. If they don’t like them, freedom of expression goes out the window, apparently…
James Abourezk: … you heard in the press.
Interviewer: Now look what’s happened in the case of Dr. Norman Finkelstein. It’s something which is, you know…
James Abourezk: It’s disastrous, disastrous. They’ve…
Interviewer: What happened to him?
James Abourezk: He lost his tenure bid. So he therefore is going to have to go somewhere else, and find a job teaching.
Interviewer: Why?
James Abourezk: Well, because they shot down his tenure. Even though his department was all for it, and the department heads were all for it, the president of that university shot it down.
Interviewer: It’s just because he was not an advocate of Israel?
James Abourezk: No, because the lobby put pressure on him - specifically, Alan Dershowitz. He’s a real snake, I have to say that…
Interviewer: You also called Hizbullah and Hamas “resistance fighters.”
James Abourezk: They are.
Interviewer: While the U.S. administration brands them as “terrorist organizations”…
James Abourezk: That was done at the request of Israel. That name was done at the request of Israel – that the United States calls them terrorist organizations.
Interviewer: On the other hand, you also declared that the original terrorist groups in the Middle East were the Jewish terrorist groups. What is this based on?
James Abourezk: It’s based on fact. In fact, the original terrorists were headed by Begin, who was the head of the Irgun, and by Shamir, another prime minister, who was the head of… one of the three members of the Stern gang’s leadership. I used to know Natan Yellin-Mor, by the way, one of the three leaders of the Stern gang, and he became a peacenik. He wanted peace in the Middle East, and he would…
Interviewer: Stern being one of the gangs of… Israeli gangs…
read the rest at their site...
http://www.sweetness-light.com