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Hamas unveils rocket statue in Gaza City

Mar 11, 2014 11:34 am By Robert Spencer

rocketstatueThis statue vividly illustrates the idolatry of murder and bloodshed that dominates Hamas and Gaza. As Hamas has said, “Killing Jews is worship that draws us closer to Allah.” But remember: the real problem is “Islamophobia”!

“Hamas unveils rocket statue in Gaza City,” from AFP, March 11

Gaza City – Hamas unveiled a rocket-shaped statue on Monday showcasing its capacity to strike arch-enemy Israel, as the Jewish state boasted its own haul of captured weapons it claims were bound for Gaza.

“Hamas managed to take the battle to the heart of the Zionist entity [Israel] after developing its rocket system, succeeding where many Arab armies had failed,” said a leader of Hamas armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, flanked by masked fighters at the statue’s unveiling.

The monument in Gaza City features a life-size model of a large M75 rocket, named in honour of Qassam Brigades founding member Ibrahim al-Maqadma – who was assassinated by Israel in 2003 – and alluding to its range of 75km.

M75 rockets fired from Gaza during the last major war with Israel in November 2012 struck areas around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, almost 70km away.

The unveiling of the black-and-red rocket that points skywards on a stone pedestal came as Israel was showcasing a shipment of arms it claims to have captured on its way from Iran to Gaza.

Israel’s military says it found 40 long-range M-302 rockets aboard the Panamanian-flagged Klos-C it intercepted in the Red Sea last week, as well as 181 122mm mortar shells and approximately 400 000 7.62-calibre rounds.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the seizure of the ship not only foiled the delivery of lethal weapons to Gaza but served to “expose the true face of Iran, which was behind it”.

Iran has flatly denied any involvement with the shipment, but Netanyahu accused the Islamic republic of “brazenly lying”.

Israel says the captured M-302 rockets have a range of 160km, and could therefore strike anywhere inside Israel if fired from Gaza.

A Hamas official at the Gaza City ceremony told AFP, on condition of anonymity, that in any future confrontation with the Jewish state, cities in the far north would be targeted.

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  1. Philip says

    Mar 11, 2014 at 11:50 am

    Is it a rocket? Looks like a d**k with the dark body and red tip.

  2. Jay Boo says

    Mar 11, 2014 at 11:57 am

    “Killing Jews is worship that draws us closer to Allah.”
    ——————————–

    Hamas as Allah’s personal police force.
    How touching that they serve Allah so unselfishly.
    So noble a gift from the religion of sleaze.
    Dogma Deputies dancing out their willful delusion for public display.
    The ‘Barney Fifes’ of Islamic blasphemy on the loose with a loaded gun.

    • bikeboy says

      Mar 11, 2014 at 12:58 pm

      A nobel religion that they want us to be part of. A religion of Peace. A religion of sickness.

  3. mortimer says

    Mar 11, 2014 at 12:51 pm

    ALLAH LOVES KAFIR BLOOD…but any blood will do.

    ‘Allah’ is actually a combination of the Arabian god of war ‘Qos’ and the god of wine, madness and ecstasy ‘Dhushara’ (Dionysos in Greek).

    Allah gets drunk on blood and so do his worshippers. Blood is the only thing worshippers of Allah truly love.

  4. Champ says

    Mar 11, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    “Killing Jews is worship that draws us closer to Allah.”

    allah is NOT the God of the Bible …

    And this is devil worship complete with blood sacrifices, so this evil form “worship” brings them closer to satan.

  5. Walter Sieruk says

    Mar 11, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    The capture of the weapons headed for the jihadists in Gaza send by Iran is yet further proof that Rouhani was lying when he made the disingenuous claim the he is for reform in Iran because he is a “moderate.” It’s just the same old Islamic terror game under the cover of the word “reform.” As explained by Ayelet Sayyon who the the director of the Iran desk at the Middle East Media Research Project. Who stated “Just because Iran has a new president that hasn’t changed their goals. ..Their agenda hasn’t changed, the only thing that has changed is the image that they are trying to present to the world.’

  6. Jerry says

    Mar 11, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    In their struggle against idolatry the prostrate themselves five time a day in the direction of shrine, in Mecca, conatining a stone – a meteorite, which was originally a shrine to a multitude of man made idols, and all that in pursuit of the “Truth” as invented by a self proclaimed “Prophet” – a psychopathic desert warlord, caravan robber, murderer, rapist and paedophile.

  7. Walter Sieruk says

    Mar 11, 2014 at 3:04 pm

    The statue that the members of Hamas had constructed and set up only exposes their violent and murderous mindset. It also exposes the deadly way of thinking that the Quran may have on many people. So much that they join an deadly Islamic terror such as Hamas. For example the Quran teaches in Sura 47:4 “When you encounter the nonbelieves strike off their heads until you make a great slaughter among them…” A rocket can sure make a greater “slaughter among them” then a sword can. Furthermore, it may be of some interest that I looked up in Quranic verse in a Quran that was printed before September 11, 2001 and that was how it read. Later I look ed up this same Quranic verse in a Quran that was printed after 9/11 a Quran that a Muslim gave a friend of mine and this verse was turn into sounding rather peaceful. The type of “Quran” has changes in in it and was meant to be given to the naive American Public. This really seems like a cover up if there ever was one. What a smokescreen.

  8. Judi says

    Mar 11, 2014 at 4:07 pm

    Why oh why didn’t Israel finish these savages off when they had the chance in 2012? Will it take another Cast Lead operation to do the job once and for all?
    If, so bring it on, the sooner the better!

  9. richard Sherman says

    Mar 11, 2014 at 10:27 pm

    Killing Jews is foundational to Islam and being a Muslim just as killing Jews was foundational to National Socialism.. there is no difference…The only Muslim who does not spend every moment of his or her life planning to kill Jews is a dead Muslim.

    • bikeboy says

      Mar 11, 2014 at 10:57 pm

      And yet, while they openly admit it they have so many fooled. People believe what they want, not what is.

  10. MikeRyan says

    Mar 12, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    This is just more proof of the existence of the twisted and morally corrupt death cult facing the Israelis daily. There can be no “peace” with such perverted denizens of the “religion of peace.”

    Over the years, I have morphed from being a deluded “peace” supporter to understanding that one solution might just be one-way tickets to Egypt for a few Gazans.

  11. gravenimage says

    Mar 12, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    Hamas unveils rocket statue in Gaza City

    This statue vividly illustrates the idolatry of murder and bloodshed that dominates Hamas and Gaza.
    ……………………………………..

    Yes—finding what a people would erect a statue to tells a lot about them, just as does seeing whom they regard as heroes.

    In both cases, savagery is revered in Gaza. *Ugh*.

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