After 8 Months... Obama Finally Apologizes For Hamas Article

Tom Blumer scores again.

Bizzyblog has the latest on the pro-Hamas article that was published last year in Rev. Jeremiah Wright's section of the Trinity church newsletter.

The pro-Hamas article was published in Obama's church newsletter on July 22, 2007.

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Tom notes that Obama is still silent about all of the other controversial articles from those church bulletins.

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Obama finally condemned the pro-Hamas article--- TODAY!...

That only took 8 months and a few wiffs that this story might make its way into the mainstream media.

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In the July 22, 2007, Trinity United Church of Christ bulletin, Jeremiah Wright reprinted a pro-Hamas article by Mousa Abu Marzook, identified in the newsletter as a "deputy of the political bureau of Hamas." Marzook is a senior member of Hamas living in Syria.

JTA Breaking News reported Thursday:
In an issue dated July 22, 2007, in a section titled "Pastor's Page," the church reprinted an article by Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzook in which he justifies Hamas' withholding of recognition of Israel's right to exist. The article originally appeared as an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. The church's pastor, Jeremiah Wright, who retired this year, has already stirred controversy for the U.S. senator campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination with earlier statements likening Israel to colonialists and blaming attacks on the United States in part on its support for Israel.

"I have already condemned my former pastor's views on Israel in the strongest possible terms, and I certainly wasn’t in church when that outrageously wrong Los Angeles Times piece was re-printed in the bulletin," Obama said in a statement emailed to JTA late Thursday, and referring to critics who noted that Obama had been in church when Wright had made controversial statements.

"Hamas is a terrorist organization, responsible for the deaths of many innocents, and dedicated to Israel's destruction, as evidenced by their bombarding of Sderot in recent months. I support requiring Hamas to meet the international community's conditions of recognizing Israel, renouncing violence, and abiding by past agreements before they are treated as a legitimate actor."

Hat Tip LarwynPreviously: Obama's Church Newsletter Published Hamas Manifesto