Hamas, Fatah Feud Over Attacks On Facial Hair
Right into the files of “You Can Kill Them, But Don’t Dare Humiliate Them” …
(JPost)
Hamas has resumed its policy of shaving mustaches of political opponents to humiliate them, Fatah officials said Wednesday.
Hamas resorted to this form of punishment in the past after arresting senior Fatah representatives in the Gaza Strip, the officials said.
Hamas, for its part, accused the Palestinian Authority security forces of shaving the beards of detained Hamas officials in the West Bank.
The latest victim of the mustache-shaving policy is Nafez al-Namnam, a top Fatah operative in the Strip.
Namnam, 51, is one of the commanders of Fatah’s armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, in Gaza City.
He and his son Rami were arrested by Hamas policemen shortly after the mysterious explosion that killed five Hamas men on the beach in Gaza City last Friday.
The father and son were among more than 150 Fatah members who were rounded up by Hamas in the aftermath of the bombing.
Namnam wore an unusually large mustache for more than 30 years. But while in prison, his Hamas interrogators shaved it off before finally releasing him.
The Aksa Martyrs Brigades issued a statement strongly condemning the shaving of Namnam’s mustache and threatening retaliation. It said that Namnam and his son were also tortured while in detention.
Earlier this year, another senior Fatah official, Ibrahim Abu al-Naja, also lost his mustache in the power struggle with Hamas.
Fatah officials held Hamas responsible, saying the act was designed to humiliate Abu al-Naja, who is one of the most senior leaders of Fatah in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas, however, said Abu al-Naja’s kidnappers were former Fatah security officers who were angry because the PA had not paid them their salaries.
Abu al-Naja had worn a mustache for nearly 35 years.
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He should be grateful, most of them like they glued pubic hair on their faces anyway.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:06 amStuck in a fashion rut of the Middle Ages?
Today On “The Hadji Springer Show” …
Jihadi Make-Overs!
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:09 amA good caption would be: “My son wants to know if he could have a lollipop…”
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:12 amThey all probably need a good de-lousing.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:16 amThey all probably need a good de-lousing.
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“NOT it!”
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:25 amIn other news Fatah fighters are seeking asylum. No not from other Islamic nations but from Israel.In a “What the hell Is Israel doing moment”the BBC is reporting that Israel allowed 180 Fatah members into Israel.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:25 amhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7539298.stm
What’s next? Nose and ear hairs? Teeth cleaning!?
OMG! I bet he hadn’t brushed his teeth in 35 years either.
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 amdrillanwr
“NOT it!”
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August 3rd, 2008 at 9:03 amSHAVE HIS NECK WITH A BOWIE KNIFE
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 amdrillanwr
“NOT it!”
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Back in MY day, when a dirty job, or a nasty position in child’s play, came up everyone was quick to shout “NOT it!”
Which meant the last one chiming in got the unwanted task … i.e., de-lousing above subjects …
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:31 amIt’s just like in the old days of the Kingdom of Israel:
“And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, that he has sent comforters to you? Has not David rather sent his servants to you, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?” Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. When they told it to David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed; and the king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards are grown, and then return.” (2 Samuel 10:3-5)
Not much has changed in the Middle East after all these years.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 amI get it now!!
Sorry to be so dense!!!
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 amI get it now!!
Sorry to be so dense!!!
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No problem … Probably a regional saying.
August 3rd, 2008 at 4:00 pm