Hamas’ suicide bombers beg to differ.
Via Human Rights Voices:
The UN Secretary-General has appointed as his top counter-terrorism official a man who says Hamas is not a terrorist organization.
Frenchmen Jean-Paul Laborde will become the Executive Director of the UN’s Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate. His official job description is to “carry out the policies of the [Security Council Counter-Terrorism] Committee, conduct expert assessments of each Member State and facilitate counter-terrorism technical assistance to countries.” His unofficial job description will be to undermine Israel and America’s abilities to act in self-defense and to stymie the war against Islamic extremists.
Here is Laborde in his own words as reported by the Philippine news agency, April 14, 2010: “Hamas is not a terrorist organization in the United Nations…we should talk to Hamas…” Laborde also said that terrorism is rooted in the failure to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In his words: “once the Israeli-Palestinian issue is resolved, the threat of terrorism will diminish.”
So Laborde is on board with the familiar UN narrative that goes like this: ‘if it weren’t for Israeli actions allegedly taken in self-defense, Palestinian terror would disappear. All the nations of the world are best-served by isolating, demonizing and neutering Israel, because Israel is at the heart of the terrorist phenomenon everywhere. Shackle Israel and terrorism around the world will dissipate.’