Posted by
InchDeep on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:58:37 PM
From NRO. Make this one go viral on the net people. All you need to know about Obama.
BARACK OBAMA
Palestinians in Gaza Are Phonebanking for Barack Obama
Phil Klein calls our attention to an al-Jazeera news report that sounds like a parody, but is genuine: A report on Palestinians in Gaza who are phonebanking in support of Barack Obama's campaign.
I transcribed the most jaw-dropping parts:
REPORTER:
It may be hard to believe, but working in this tiny Internet cafe in
Gaza City may just be one of Barack Obama's biggest fans.
Before
every U.S. primary, 23-year-old Ibrahim Abu Jayyab gathers 17 of his
friends to try and rally support for Obama's campaign in the U.S.
So why does a young Palestinian living in Gaza spend so much of his time and money on an election thousands of miles away?
ABU
JAYYAB: [translated] It all started at the time of the U.S. primaries.
After studying Obama's electoral campaign manifesto, I thought, 'this
is a man that is capable of change inside America.' As for potential
change in the Middle East, he can also do that. I think he can bring
peace to the area, or at least this is what we hope.
REPORTER:
And the game plan? Ibrahim and his friends call random numbers in the
U.S. before every primary to deliver one simple message:
ABU JAYYAB: [in English] Elect Senator Obama. I will change. I will achieve... the justice in the Middle East.
The
rest of the report is about Bush failing to achieve peace in the Middle
East, the U.S. "unwillingness to apply pressure on Israel over illegal
settlements," a professor who says his students are following the
election but
A potttery maker says, "unless you support Israel, you won't get in the White House."
The
report concludes by showing graffiti in Gaza depicting a monstrous
Bush, lips dripping with blood, clutching the world and drinking blood
through a straw from a pile of skulls. The caption is, "Good bye Mr.
Bush, we wont' miss you."
The reporter's voice over of the graffiti: "There does to be one thing people here agree on."
05/13 02:54 PM
