Not Such a Great Sign

I'm a fairly big believer in the potential of the Palestinian Authority to one day deliver peace and tranquility to the Middle East in the form of a two-state solution, but the Authority's television station isn't helping matters much, this recent sermon being a case in point:

Palestine - its land and its holy places - by these new Mongols and what they are perpetrating upon this holy, blessed and pure land - killing, assassination, destruction, confiscation, Judaization, harassment and splitting the homeland - are clear proof of [unintelligible word - Ed.] hostility, of incomparable racism, and of Nazism of the 20th century. The Jews, the enemies of Allah and of His Messenger, the enemies of Allah and of His Messenger! Enemies of humanity in general, and of Palestinians in particular - they wage war against us using all kinds of crimes, and as you see - even the mosques are not spared their racism

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/02/not-such-a-great-sign/35176/