Sheik Abdallah Abu Jarbu' Attacks President-Elect Obama in a Hamas TV Friday Sermon: We Must First Check Whether His Heart Is Black or White

Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon, delivered by Sheik Abdallah Abu Jarbu’, and aired on the Hamas Al-Aqsa TV on November 7, 2008.

Sheik Abdallah Abu Jarbu’: Barack Obama has won. Is he good or bad for the Arabs? Before you talk about this or that, you should know that no American leader has ever won their elections, unless he pledged his loyalty to the Jews in advance. Obama went to the Wailing Wall, put on their skullcap, shed tears just like they do, and lamented their sorrow, but he did not mention the Palestinian people at all. He talked about the suffering of the Jews and about the Holocaust, but he did not even mention the people of Beit Hanoun, who were killed while sleeping in their homes.

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Before you talk about a black leader reaching such a high post, I say that you must first check whether his heart is black or white. His heart cried over the suffering of the Jews, but did not cry over our suffering.