Palestine Solidarity Movement: Hamas unworthy of recognition

The Palestine Solidarity Movement, a decentralized network of individuals and organizations for Palestinian human rights, hereby declares that the Hamas government is unworthy of recognition by any civilized government because of its tolerance and facilitation of ongoing violation of Palestinian human rights. The Palestine Solidarity Movement therefore urges all governments to cut off all funding to the illegal terrorist entity that is currently oppressing the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian Authority and Hamas condone and even encourage brutalization, oppression, and murder of gay people because of their sexual orientation. A Google search on “Palestinian” and “gay” will confirm this. It is therefore the Palestine Solidarity Movement’s official position that Hamas is not a legitimate government but is instead an armed gang of thugs and criminals.

The illegitimate and illegal Hamas regime is also engaged in the oppression of Arab Christians as described here:

http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=44202&eng=y “The general plan of Hamas also includes the imposition of a special tax, called al-jeziya, upon all of the non-Muslim residents in the Palestinian territories. This tax revives the one applied through all of Islamic history to the dhimmi, the second-class Jewish and Christian citizens. In an interview with Karby Legget, published in the December 23-26 edition of “The Wall Street Journal,” Masalmeh, the leader of the Hamas contingent at the municipal council of Bethlehem, confirmed: “We in Hamas intend to implement this tax someday. We say it openly – we welcome everyone to Palestine but only if they agree to live under our rules.””

The Palestinian Authority has proven itself unwilling or unable to protect the basic human rights of women under its jurisdiction.

http://www.merip.org/mer/mer206/ruggi.htm “Every year, hundreds of women and girls are murdered in the Middle East by male family members. The honor killing-the execution of a female family member for perceived misuse of her sexuality- is a thorny social and political issue. Palestinian activists campaigning for equality find it difficult to stop the killings altogether. Legitimacy for such murders stems from a complex code of honor ingrained in the consciousness of some sectors of Palestinian society.”

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35663 “A Palestinian girl who was raped and impregnated by her two brothers was later murdered by her own mother – even though her daughter was the crime’s innocent victim – in another of the disturbingly common, if vastly underreported, instances of “honor killings.” The mother will be sentenced in two weeks, but a harsh penalty is not expected.”

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001793273_honorkilling17.html


“ABU QASH, West Bank — Raped by her brothers and impregnated, Rofayda Qaoud refused to commit suicide, her mother recalls, even after she bought the 17-year-old a razor with which to slit her wrists. So Amira Abu Hanhan Qaoud says she did what she believes any good Palestinian parent would: restored her family’s “honor” through murder.”

In summary, the Palestinian Authority, which is now run by the illegal and illegitimate Hamas terrorist regime, has proven itself unwilling and unable to protect the basic human rights of Palestinians under its jurisdiction. It has in fact proven itself a criminally willing accomplice to the brutalization of gay people and the active oppression of Christian Arabs. The Palestine Solidarity Movement accordingly denounces this illegitimate regime in the harshest terms and calls upon all civilized nations to deny it diplomatic recognition and financial assistance.

The Palestine Solidarity Movement is a decentralized network of individuals and organizations for Palestinian human rights. For you or your organization to become part of the PSM, it must agree to all five of the following Points of Unity

1. An end to all forms of terroristic violence as a means of achieving geopolitical goals

2. Equal protection under the law for all Palestinians living under Palestinian Authority rule


3. Right of all Palestinians to engage in industry, agriculture, and trade without fear of violence

4. Opposition to all forms of oppression (Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Femicide, “Honor Killing,” and Dhimmitude)

5. Right of all Palestinian children to educations as opposed to indoctrination as terrorists and suicide bombers