From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 14, 2014
Hamas leaders criticized for lavish comfort while Gaza burns
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael Radio’s Gal Berger reports on Twitter that some Arab voices are expressing anger at Hamas leaders, especially those living overseas who are urging and ordering continued rocket fire on Israel without suffering the consequences of Israeli strikes being felt by ordinary Gazans.
This tweet reads: “A website affiliated with Hamas was hacked and pictures were uploaded showing Khaled Mashaal sprinkling olive oil” — with the unspoken implication: “while Gaza burns.”
Berger quotes a caption accompanying the photo: “This is the true face of Hamas’s leadership.”
פרצו לאחד מאתרי האינטרנט המקורבים לחמאס ושתלו שם תמונות של משעל מזליף שמן זית: "אלה הם פניה האמיתיים של הנהגת חמאס" pic.twitter.com/mX8fdJU7tT
— Gal Berger גל ברגר (@galberger) July 14, 2014
In this tweet, Berger quotes an Egyptian journalist, Ahmed Moussa, bitterly complaining about the relative comfort in which Mashaal and Hamas’s former prime minister Ismail Haniyeh are weathering the conflict.
“Here — this is their jihad,” Moussa writes, according to Berger.
העיתונאי המצרי אחמד מוסא תוקף את ראשי חמאס ח'אלד משעל ואיסמאעיל הנייה: "הנה-זה הג'יהאד שלהם"http://t.co/B6hAXwX2Gu pic.twitter.com/B2JpJthNws
— Gal Berger גל ברגר (@galberger) July 14, 2014
Moussa continues, speaking about Mashaal: “Sits in a luxurious hotel in Qatar and slathers olive oil. If he’s a man, let him come to Gaza and join Haniyeh in hiding.”
העיתונאי המצרי אחמד VS ח'אלד משעל: "יושב במלון מפואר בקטר ושם שמן זית. אם הוא גבר-שיבוא לעזה ויצטרף להנייה למסתור" pic.twitter.com/3iLrXGBwEI
— Gal Berger גל ברגר (@galberger) July 14, 2014
The Egyptian television clip from which the criticism is taken is here:
The Times of Israel Community.