Whitewashing the bomb maker

Describing a recent video by Muhammed Deif (pictured), The Guardian reports that the Hamas bomb maker was “celebrating Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza and threatening to continue the fight until the liberation of the West Bank.” But don’t think Deif is moderating his views to accept Israel’s right to exist in the pre-1967 borders. The Jerusalem Post quotes the Hamas fugitive more accurately:

“I talk to you today thanking God for his support for our people’s jihad (holy war) and for the liberation of our beloved Gaza Strip,” he said. “I pray to God to assist us in liberating Jerusalem, the West Bank, Acre, Haifa, Jaffa, Safed, Nazareth, Ashkelon and the rest of Palestine.”