An-Nahar newspaper's chief editor Ghassan Tueni told readers this week that the way to defeat the "mercenary" Osama Bin Laden is to declare a Palestinian state in Ramallah. Only in this way can Arabs "triumph over fear," he explained.
Tueni wrote his commentary in reaction to offers reportedly made last week by Bin Laden to reward anyone who killed a target on the Al-Qaeda hit list with gold bullion. This reward, the Lebanese editor wrote, is a new form of "paid assassination" that encourages Arabs and Muslims to kill fellow Muslims, which, according to Tueni, marks a departure from religious values, including jihad and martyrdom.
"Pity the 21st century's human race," Tueni continued, held hostage by President George Bush, who was lured by the "human monster" Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, "the torturer" US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and finally bin Laden, who believes "crime and the spilling of innocent blood is the gateway to freedom."
Another Lebanese newspaper, Al-Mustaqbal, presented a similar linkage between the Arab conflict with Israel and the conflict with America in Iraq. Islamic scholar Radwan Al-Sayed said this week, "Only the legendary resolve of the Palestinians in their struggle for their just cause will convince the international community to pressure the US and Israel." Noting that it was the US media that brought public pressure on the US administration over the alleged abuse in Abu Ghraib prison, Al-Sayed asks, "Will this same media play the same role in Palestine and reveal the Israeli atrocities to the American public? It is most unlikely."
The Al-Watan newspaper from Qatar repeated the popular canard in the Arab world that US President George Bush is a mere spokesman for the Israeli government. "[D]espite the scandal of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, appeasing Israel has become the sole desire of the White House," the editorial declared.
Tueni wrote his commentary in reaction to offers reportedly made last week by Bin Laden to reward anyone who killed a target on the Al-Qaeda hit list with gold bullion. This reward, the Lebanese editor wrote, is a new form of "paid assassination" that encourages Arabs and Muslims to kill fellow Muslims, which, according to Tueni, marks a departure from religious values, including jihad and martyrdom.
"Pity the 21st century's human race," Tueni continued, held hostage by President George Bush, who was lured by the "human monster" Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, "the torturer" US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and finally bin Laden, who believes "crime and the spilling of innocent blood is the gateway to freedom."
Another Lebanese newspaper, Al-Mustaqbal, presented a similar linkage between the Arab conflict with Israel and the conflict with America in Iraq. Islamic scholar Radwan Al-Sayed said this week, "Only the legendary resolve of the Palestinians in their struggle for their just cause will convince the international community to pressure the US and Israel." Noting that it was the US media that brought public pressure on the US administration over the alleged abuse in Abu Ghraib prison, Al-Sayed asks, "Will this same media play the same role in Palestine and reveal the Israeli atrocities to the American public? It is most unlikely."
The Al-Watan newspaper from Qatar repeated the popular canard in the Arab world that US President George Bush is a mere spokesman for the Israeli government. "[D]espite the scandal of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, appeasing Israel has become the sole desire of the White House," the editorial declared.