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| | By Observer Staff, Oct 4, 2006.<blockquote> | | By Observer Staff, Oct 4, 2006.<blockquote> |
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| − | Condi.. Rice has returned to the Middle East, and under the headings of Muhammed cartoons, sexism, and racism, it should be remembered that 2 months ago a Palestinian paper printed an ugly cartoon mocking Rice’s (grotesque) statement that the Lebanon war marked the “birth pangs” of a new Middle East. The cartoon showed Rice pregnant with an armed monkey. And no, nobody here burned down an embassy to protest it, did we?.. But the Palestinians also could learn something from our Secretary of State about multiculturalism.</blockquote></ref> was out in the open, when former U.S. Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]], has been the subject of some viciously racial personal attacks, including an anti-black racist 'monkey' Cartoon in Palestinian Authority's controlled Press Al Quds. From The New York Times:<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/10/washington/10rice.html New York Times,"Rice’s Hurdles on Middle East Begin at Home]", by Helena Cooper, August 10, 2006</ref> | + | Condi.. Rice has returned to the Middle East, and under the headings of Muhammed cartoons, sexism, and racism, it should be remembered that 2 months ago a Palestinian paper printed an ugly cartoon mocking Rice’s (grotesque) statement that the Lebanon war marked the “birth pangs” of a new Middle East. The cartoon showed Rice pregnant with an armed monkey. And no, nobody here burned down an embassy to protest it, did we?.. But the Palestinians also could learn something from our Secretary of State about multiculturalism.</blockquote></ref> was out in the open, when former U.S. Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]], has been the subject of some viciously racial personal attacks. |
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| | + | In July, 2006, media outlets controlled by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party the past few days have been using racist rhetoric in their reports, referring to the American representative as the "black woman," "raven," "colored dark skinned black lady" and "black spinster."<ref>Aaron Klein, "[https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284271,00.html Rice labeled 'black spinster']", YNet, July 31, 2006. |
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| | + | Palestinian media use racist terms including 'colored dark skin lady'. |
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| | + | While US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been in the Middle East meeting regional alongside Israel's military campaign in Lebanon, media outlets controlled by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party the past few days have been using racist rhetoric in their reports, referring to the American representative as the "black woman," "raven," "colored dark skinned black lady" and "black spinster." |
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| | + | The Palestinian media coverage follows an article last week in which WND reported senior Fatah members staged an anti-American protest outside the main government building in Ramallah while Abbas met with Rice. Most media coverage of last Wednesday's Ramallah protests claimed ralliers were affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad.</blockquote></ref> |
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| | + | In Aug 2006, an anti-black racist 'monkey' Cartoon in Palestinian Authority's controlled Press Al Quds. |
| | + | From The New York Times:<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/10/washington/10rice.html New York Times,"Rice’s Hurdles on Middle East Begin at Home]", by Helena Cooper, August 10, 2006</ref> |
| | "Her comment that the Israel-Lebanon war represented the “birth pangs of a new Middle East”— coming at a time when television stations were showing images of dead Lebanese children — sparked ridicule and even racist cartoons. A Palestinian newspaper, Al Quds," which "depicted Ms. Rice as pregnant with an armed monkey, and a caption that read, “Rice speaks about the birth of a new Middle East." | | "Her comment that the Israel-Lebanon war represented the “birth pangs of a new Middle East”— coming at a time when television stations were showing images of dead Lebanese children — sparked ridicule and even racist cartoons. A Palestinian newspaper, Al Quds," which "depicted Ms. Rice as pregnant with an armed monkey, and a caption that read, “Rice speaks about the birth of a new Middle East." |
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