Chutzpah! Sudanese Official Blames the Jews for Darfur
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Sudan: Jews behind Darfur conflict
Sudan’s defense minister, Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, has accused “24 Jewish organizations” of “fueling the conflict in Darfur” last week in an interview with a Saudi newspaper.
Hussein was interviewed during an official state-visit to the Saudi kingdom last week.
A journalist from Saudi Arabia’s Okaz newspaper asked Hussein: “Some people are talking about the penetration of Jewish organizations in Darfur and that there is no conflict there?”
“The Darfur issue is being fuelled by 24 Jewish organizations, who are making the largest amount of noise over the issue, and using the Holocaust in their campaigning,” the Sudanese defense minister replied.
Hussein added that the Darfur conflict was driven by “friction between farmers and herders and shepherds. Among the biggest problems is that of water, which is used to exploit the differences and fuel the conflict.”
“Are these Jewish groups supporting (the rebels) financially?,” the interviewer from Okaz asked Hussein.
“Yes, they provide political and material support through their control over the media and across American and British circles,” Hussein said, adding that Jewish groups were using “all means to fuel these conflicts.”
He added that Western reports of 200,000 people dying in Sudan were false, and said: “We talk about 9,000 dead as a result of either government or rebel actions.”
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Several days ago, Sudan’s Interior Minister, Zubair Bashir Taha, lashed out at Sudanese refuees who had sought asylum in Israel, and accused “Israeli authorities of encouraging the Sudanese refugees to come to their country.”
He added that his ministry was “very confused” by Sudanese citizens who came to Israel.”
The Sudan Tribune quoted a Sudanese refugee as telling al-Jazeera television: “We were surprised when we came here. We met good people, who welcomed us and gave us food. We feel that we are extremely happy. We hope that the Israeli government would find a solution for us and our children. We came here to look for a better place.”
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6 Responses to “Chutzpah! Sudanese Official Blames the Jews for Darfur”
Words fail me.
What can you say about crazy people?
Holly – Why would you even pay attention to this nonsense. There is nothing you or I or anyone can do to change the opinion of muslims that Israel is the bogeyman. In the mind of most muslims Israel and Jews are the same so the defamation continues. Perhaps a generation or two after Israel signs peace agreements with it’s neighbors, Jews will be able to shed their bogeyman suits. But for now – it’s just Life.
Yeah, I thought about posting on this one, too. A classic case of “kill the messenger”. Jewish organizations complain about an ongoing genocide, consequently they’re “fueling” the problem which, of course, everyone knows wouldn’t exist at all unless people were complaining about it.
Still, I suppose we should allow for the fact that there’s a nugget of truth hidden somewhere in the pile. Is it possible that keeping the ball up in the air actually impedes the ability of the Sudanese government to bring the situation under control? I don’t see anything about that in the article. Perhaps I’m missing something.
Make that “possibility” rather than “fact*#148;, above. Damn. I wish there were a preview.
if they keep this up they won’t get many invitations to bar mitzvahs.
Fewer gigs for Sudanese ventriloquists!