comment by Jerry Gordon

On the eve of the Jewish holiday of Purim, Thursday, Obama’s spinmeisters sent out another damage control email this time to the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) condemning his Pastor’s church bulletin for reprinting an article by the political head of Hamas, Marzook. The reprint in the church bulletin contained vicious elements of the heinous anti-Semitic Hamas Charter. Marzook even deemed the Palestinian terror group’s Charter equivalent to the US Declaration of Independence. What’s a leading Democratic Presidential contender to do, but, deny, deny, deny. He denied being present when the Trinity United Church of Christ bulletin was issued. He termed the bulletin reprint “outrageously wrong”. His message to the JTA contained a timely suck up to American Jews celebrating the joyous holiday of Purim that commemorates Queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai’s safeguarding their people, with the permission of the King of Persia, Ahasherus. Jews in ancient Persia and more than 127 provinces rose up to kill their enemies unleashed by the Agagite Haman, a descendant of the hated Biblical enemy, Amalek. Jews when they read the megillah of Esther shake a noisemaker called a grogger at the mere mention of the name of the hated Haman. Perhaps they ought to shake it at the mere mention of the name Obama, too. After all his email was classic Purim shpiel-a riotous joke.

Says ‘I certainly wasn’t in church’ when defense
of terror appeared on ‘Pastor’s Page’ of bulletin

World Net Daily, March 22, 2008

Once again, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama is distancing himself from a statement made by his Chicago church and defending himself by saying he wasn’t present when the statement was made.

This time, Obama is reacting to a WND report of the church’s decision to reprint a manifesto by a Hamas spokesman that defended terrorism as legitimate resistance, refused to recognize the right of Israel to exist and compared the terror group’s official charter – which calls for the murder of Jews – to America’s Declaration of Independence.

The Hamas piece was published on the “Pastor’s Page” of the Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter reserved for Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose anti-American, anti-Israel remarks landed Obama in hot water, prompting the presidential candidate to deliver a major race speech earlier this week.

Hamas, responsible for scores of shootings, suicide bombings and rocket launchings against civilian population centers, is listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department.

In his July 22, 2007, church newsletter, Wright reprinted an article by Mousa Abu Marzook, identified in the publication as a “deputy of the political bureau of Hamas.” A photo image of the piece was captured and posted today by the business blog BizzyBlog, which first brought attention to it. The Hamas article was first published by the Los Angeles Times, garnering the newspaper much criticism.

Late Thursday, following WND’s story, Obama e-mailed a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency criticizing Hamas and noting that he was not in church the day the bulletin was distributed.

“I have already condemned my former pastor’s views on Israel in the strongest possible terms, and I certainly wasn’t in church when that outrageously wrong Los Angeles Times piece was re-printed in the bulletin,” Obama said.

“Hamas is a terrorist organization, responsible for the deaths of many innocents, and dedicated to Israel’s destruction, as evidenced by their bombarding of Sderot in recent months. I support requiring Hamas to meet the international community’s conditions of recognizing Israel, renouncing violence, and abiding by past agreements before they are treated as a legitimate actor,” he said

WND has quoted Israeli security officials who express “concern” about Robert Malley, an adviser to Obama who has advocated negotiations with Hamas and providing international assistance to the terrorist group. (Continue Reading this Story)