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Palestinians Slam U.S. Reported Proposal As âAbsurdâ
Palestinian resistance groups on Wednesday, August 6, rebuffed a reported U.S. proposal for releasing all of their detained members in Israeli jails in return for disbanding their armed wings. The proposal, published by the Saudi-owned Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper a day earlier, was dismissed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad as ârude and absurdâ.
| "Absurd" I can understand, kinda. "Rude"? Did we fart? |
âThe American demand is so rude and radical, as we are now fighting only for our land that has been captured since 1948,â said Abdel-Aziz Rantissi, a Hamas leader, highlighting widely-believed views that occupation is a lead to anti-Israel attacks. Vowing to keep fighting on till âour homeland is liberatedâ, Rantissi offered a reciprocal initiative, whereby âwe will stop hunting for Israelis in return for allowing them to get out of our homeland safelyâ.
| Next time they try to kill this guys, they should send guys on foot. And use a barbecue fork. |
For Adnan Asfouri, the Hamas leader in Nablus, the American proposal âposes a threat to the Palestinians and all of Arab peoples, as it is an extension of other proposals for ending the Arab power in the region and the beginning of the end for Arab armiesâ. Life in Palestinian territories is an exception among all world areas, and âwe could have been living normally unless there is an occupation,â said Asfouri.
| "We'd know all about cause and effect and all those things if it weren't for them Jews. Our kids'd know how to read and write instead of exploding if it weren't for them Jews..." |
Abdullah Al-Shami, an Islamic Jihad leader, slammed Washingtonâs reported proposal as âso absurdâ. âThe U.S. administration should cut a long road short by pressing for an end to occupation of Palestinian territories,â in order to end resistance attacks, said Shami.
| I hope that when the road map is good and failed we press for an end to the occupation of Paleostinian territories by Paleostinians. |
Asharq Al-Awsat reported that the United States would present Israel with the proposal and, if agreed upon, would ask Arab countries âto pressure the Palestinians into accepting itâ.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-08-07 |
