Pretty arrogant of you, dude, to buttume that you have any clue as to what I could learn from. I learned one thing, though. What an buttumer you are. And the fact that you would have a blatent lie fabricated by Hamas front group as your signature say a lot about who you are. Columnist Geyer Uses Sharon Quote Fabricated by Pro-Hamas Group May 20, 2002 In a recent column ("Now Isn't the Time for Bush League Moves"), nationally-syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer included bogus and inflammatory allegations against Prime Minister Sharon and Israel's supporters in America. Boston City Councilcity of boston banner image mayor city calendar e-services contact residents businesses visitors Gavel City Council To learn more about a City Councilor please select a name from the right navigational menu... First, she writes, "In fact, it American support for Israel's actions led Prime Minister Sharon to tell his Cabinet recently, "I control America.'" CAMERA conducted extensive Nexis and Internet searches, and found that no mainstream news organization reported as true the fabricated quotation. The hoax originated from an October 3, 2001 press release from the pro-Hamas group, the Islamic buttociation for Palestine. It said, "An acrimonious argument erupted during the Israeli cabinet weekly session last week between Ariel Sharon and his foreign Minister Shimon Peres during which Sharon reportedly yelled at Peres, saying "don't worry about American pressure, we control America.'" Notably, in the same press release, a direct quotation changed from "we control America" to "we the Jewish people control America." IAP writes, "According to the Israeli Hebrew radio, Col sic Yisrael Wednesday, Peres warned Sharon that refusing to heed incessant American requests for a cease-fire with the Palestinians would endanger Israeli interests and turn the US against us. At this point, a furious Sharon reportedly turned toward Peres, saying "...I want to tell you something clear, don't worry about American pressure on Israel, we the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it.'" According to the IAP press release, the statement was reported on Kol Yisrael. However, CAMERA's calls to Kol Yisrael confirmed that no such broadcast exists. Geyer's second problematic claim is: "Look at U.S. television: One minute, you see pro-Israeli ads saying the Arabs are all dogs..." We could find no evidence that any such ad ever appeared on U.S. television. Since the Sharon "quotation" and the "Arabs are dogs ad" are preposterous on their face, one would have expected Geyer (and editors who publish her column) to verify their accuracy before including such inflammatory statements in her column. Geyer's column, which is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, is known to have appeared in the Chicago Tribune and the San Diego Union Tribune.
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