Arab media still believes Omer Shem Tov spontaneously kissed his terrorists' foreheads ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Arab media still believes Omer Shem Tov spontaneously kissed his terrorists' foreheads

Here is how Egyptian newspaper Al-Melnoujoum described last Saturday's Hamas handover ceremony of Omer Shem Tov.

A video clip, banned by Israeli censorship, of the released Israeli soldier, Omer Shem Tov, kissing the head of the Qassam Brigades fighters during the handover ceremony as part of the seventh batch of the exchange deal, has been circulating on social media platforms. This demonstrates the resistance’s good treatment of Israeli prisoners during their detention in Gaza.

The kiss made Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, lose his mind, so he started to rage and rage, an idiomatic expression meaning that his anger became more intense and his threats and intimidation increased, and he ended up taking a retaliatory measure by suspending the release of Palestinian prisoners, on the condition that Hamas treats the prisoners with dignity.

Did Hamas instruct the Israeli soldier to kiss their heads in gratitude and appreciation for the good treatment, fear for them, and protection of their lives from the bombing of Netanyahu’s planes and drones?

Can any sane person, if Netanyahu is still sane, imagine that kissing heads is an ambush planned by Hamas to trap Israeli prisoners on their way to Tel Aviv? What kind of mind is this that governs the usurping Zionist entity?

Denial is not just a river in Egypt - it is also built into the minds of Egyptian and other Arab media.

Omer never met the terrorists on stage before that moment. They weren't the ones who held him hostage underground for 15 months. Why would be even consider kissing the foreheads of two strangers wearing masks and holding guns?

While I am finding plenty of Arabic articles crowing over the kiss, I cannot find one that reports what Shem Tov himself said about it: "Those dogs told me to do it, I had no choice."

It doesn't sound like he is very fond of them.

The video, which is obviously not censored in Israel, shows that a cameraman tell Shem Tov something, he looks at the two masked and armed terrorists next to him, twice. The cameraman tells the terrorists something, and then gets back into position. The first terrorist signals with a slight nod to Omer that he is ready and hen Omer goes through his charade.

What is striking about the article is that Egyptians, who hate Hamas with a passion as being related to the Muslim Brotherhood, suddenly are certain that Hamas is wonderful and pure.