{"id":1163392,"date":"2021-12-28T01:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T06:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1163392"},"modified":"2021-12-28T01:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T06:35:16","slug":"reuters-quotes-palestinian-terrorists-alongside-prominent-world-leaders-in-reaction-piece-to-desmond-tutu-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reuters-quotes-palestinian-terrorists-alongside-prominent-world-leaders-in-reaction-piece-to-desmond-tutu-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuters Quotes Palestinian Terrorists Alongside Prominent World Leaders in Reaction Piece to Desmond Tutu Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freuters-quotes-palestinian-terrorists-alongside-prominent-world-leaders-in-reaction-piece-to-desmond-tutu-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1163392&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>In a report documenting major reactions to the recent passing of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Reuters international news agency gave a prominent position to a senior Hamas figure as well as an official of the terrorist-designated Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) alongside world leaders and prominent figures including President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Pope Francis, and the Dalai Lama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a piece detailing reactions to the death of South Africa\u2019s Desmond Tutu, the news agency quoted both Hamas official Basim Naim as well as PLO official Wasel Abu Yousef expressing thoughts in light of the anti-apartheid icon\u2019s death.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Factbox: Reaction to the death of South Africa&#8217;s Desmond Tutu <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DBDGwO7SDV\">https:\/\/t.co\/DBDGwO7SDV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5xwcyL2rEJ\">pic.twitter.com\/5xwcyL2rEJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1475019842357014534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The article described Naim as \u201ca senior official within the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas,\u201d and goes on to quote him telling Reuters, \u201cOur Palestinian people lost a strong supporter of their march towards freedom and independence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFather Desmond Tutu spent his entire life struggling against racism and defending human rights and especially on the Palestinian land,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Naim is the leader of the International Committee of Hamas \u2014 the radical <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/foreign-terrorist-organizations\/\"><span>U.S.-designated<\/span><\/a><span> Islamic terror group, whose <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/world\/para\/docs\/880818a.htm\"><span>charter<\/span><\/a><span> calls openly for the murder of Jews and who launched over 4,000 terror rockets at Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in May.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As of Monday afternoon, after an update to the Reuters piece, the Hamas official\u2019s quote was absent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Breitbart News reached out to Reuters for comment and was told Naim, as well as at least one other figure, was removed because the piece was \u201csimply getting too long\u201d and that \u201cfactbox\u201d pieces such as these are generally updated without detailing such updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOne comment from a Palestinian organization is probably enough given that Tutu was from South Africa and not directly linked to Palestine,\u201d the Reuters editor explained, assuring that Naim\u2019s removal did not reflect a retraction on the paper\u2019s part but a means to make space for more well-known people and groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite Naim\u2019s removal, the other Palestinian terrorist \u2014 senior PLF official Wasel Abu Yousef \u2014 remained.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Abu Yousef, described as a member of the executive committee of the PLO, is quoted as praising Tutu\u2019s support for Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFather Desmond Tutu was one of the biggest supporters of the Palestinian cause. He had always advocated the rights of the Palestinians to gain their freedom and rejected Israeli occupation and apartheid,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Abu Yousef is the head of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/foreign-terrorist-organizations\/\"><span>terrorist-designated<\/span><\/a><span> Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), infamous for the 1985 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/on-this-day-achille-lauro-hijacking-resulting-in-klinghoffer-murder-681368\"><span>hijacking<\/span><\/a><span> of an Italian cruise ship and murder of an elderly wheelchair-bound American Jew named Leon Klinghoffer.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18816730\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-454492114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18816730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-454492114.jpg\" alt=\"A masked Palestinian militant of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), holds-up his rifle on September 2, 2014 in Gaza city during a rally to celebrate a week after the Egypt-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Israel announced on September 1, 2014 it will expropriate 400 hectares (988 acres) of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, angering the Palestinians and alarming Israeli peace campaigners. (Mahmud Hams\/AFP via Getty Images\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A masked Palestinian militant of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), holds up his rifle on September 2, 2014, in Gaza city during a rally to celebrate a week after the Egypt-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (Mahmud Hams\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The group was also responsible for a <\/span><span>thwarted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/irp.fas.org\/threat\/terror_90\/mideast.html\"><span>attack<\/span><\/a><span> on an Israeli beach near Tel Aviv in 1990, which sought to kill dozens of tourists and civilians.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Abu Yousef also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/special\/mapping_palestinian_politics\/wasel_abu_yousef\/\"><span>represents<\/span><\/a><span> the Council of National and Islamic Forces in Palestine, itself <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/bds-umbrella-group-linked-to-palestinian-terrorist-organizations\"><span>comprised<\/span><\/a><span> of several US-designated terrorist groups.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Among other instances where he has declared direct support for terror against Israelis, Abu Yousef <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memri.org\/reports\/fatah-commemorates-female-terrorist-dalal-al-mughrabi-palestine-red-crescent-center-ramallah\"><span>praised<\/span><\/a><span> terrorist Dalal al-Mughrabi who was responsible for the notorious 1978 Coastal Road massacre, which <\/span><i><span>TIME<\/span><\/i><span> magazine <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/subscriber\/article\/0,33009,919454,00.html\"><span>described<\/span><\/a><span> as \u201cthe worst terrorist attack in Israel\u2019s history.\u201d Thirty-eight Israelis (including 13 children) died in the attack, and another 76 were left wounded.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The gruesome attack saw Palestinian terrorists mass-murder the occupants of a chartered bus after hijacking it on Israel\u2019s coastal highway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some took to social media to criticize Reuters for giving recognition and prominence to terrorists by one of the largest news agencies in the world by including them among world leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI actually think is great that<\/span> <span>@Reuters<\/span><span> founded fitting to quote Hamas &amp; PLO on<\/span> <span>#Tutu<\/span><span>\u2019s passing,\u201d quipped international human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky. \u201cJust underscores he was an antisemite, in bed with jihadists and terrorists!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I actually think is great that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Reuters<\/a> founded fitting to quote Hamas &amp; PLO on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tutu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tutu<\/a>\u2019s passing. Just underscores he was an antisemite, in bed with jihadists and terrorists! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PLKgrQS08P\">https:\/\/t.co\/PLKgrQS08P<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bpWk4KJ1h3\">pic.twitter.com\/bpWk4KJ1h3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ostrov_A\/status\/1475068135527043074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s something seriously messed up that Reuters thinks a Hamas terrorist leader warrants a quote on the death of Archbishop Tutu,\u201d wrote Simon Plosker, managing editor at UNWatch.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s something seriously messed up that Reuters thinks a Hamas terrorist leader warrants a quote on the death of Archbishop Tutu. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/glseTfoZAR\">https:\/\/t.co\/glseTfoZAR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Plosker (@SimonPlosker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonPlosker\/status\/1475031523330084864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Wtf is wrong with<\/span> <span>@Reuters<\/span><span> that they\u2019re quoting Hamas leadership?\u201d asked another user. \u201cThey couldn\u2019t get a quote from someone that isn\u2019t a leader of a violent antisemitic genocidal terrorist organization?\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s fitting because the antisemitism but do better,\u201d the user added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wtf is wrong with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Reuters<\/a> that they\u2019re quoting Hamas leadership? They couldn\u2019t get a quote from someone that isn\u2019t a leader of a violent antisemitic genocidal terrorist organization? It\u2019s fitting because the antisemitism but do better. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFPOcZOt8M\">https:\/\/t.co\/hFPOcZOt8M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chanukah Zombie (@ChanukahZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChanukahZ\/status\/1475115596018823173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The Reuters piece lists, among others, the reactions of U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, the UK\u2019s Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Britain\u2019s Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall are also quoted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other leading figures include South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, as well as John Steenhuisen, leader of the South African opposition party The Democratic Alliance, and former Mozambique President Samora Machel.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It also features messages from the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nelson Mandela\u2019s widow Graca Machel, and Tutu\u2019s daughter Mpho Tutu Van Furth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The piece also conveyed statements from the Vatican, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba, the World Council of Churches, and Tibet\u2019s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The remaining figures and groups quoted are: the Nelson Mandela Foundation, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UNAIDS, EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tutu, an Anglican cleric who broke racial barriers and helped lead the anti-apartheid movement, eventually winning the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1994, passed away Sunday in Cape Town at the age of 90.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tutu\u2019s lasting legacy to South Africa and the world is the principle that oppressed people should equally obey principles of justice and human rights in their struggle.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, it was a principle he was to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2021\/12\/26\/archbishop-desmond-tutu-1931-2021-great-flawed-moral-voice-of-anti-apartheid-struggle\/\"><span>abandon<\/span><\/a><span> in his later support for the Palestinians against Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a report documenting major reactions to the recent passing of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Reuters international news agency gave a prominent position to a senior Hamas figure &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1163392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1163392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1163392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1163392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}