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Jailed Fatah lawmaker: Attack on Gaza is 'genocide'
Ma'an -- A senior Fatah lawmaker issued a statement from his Israeli prison cell on Saturday condemning Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip as "genocide."
Ohfergawdsakes, why hasn't this mook been muzzled?
Jamal At-Tirawi, the speaker of Fatah parliamentarian bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), said "This aggression, using one of the most advanced military arsenals in the world against an area under the attacker's occupation, is a war crime and genocide."

"The crippling siege of the Gaza Strip over more than a year and a half, along with closure of crossing points with Arab countries, is not less harmful than military aggression going on now," he added.

At-Tirawi also reiterated the resentment of the Arab public at their governments for not taking more effective action to aid the people of Gaza. He said: "We expected Arab foreign ministers who met in Cairo to come up with a decision that matches the pulse of the streets in Arab countries who showed extreme solidarity with Gaza and Palestine. Unfortunately, they cancelled an Arab League summit which was scheduled to be held soon in order to adopt a joint Arab stance towards Israeli aggression on Gaza and to demand immediately lifting the crippling siege."

At-Tirawi applauded calls by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas' leader Khalid Mash'al for unity.

Posted by: Fred 2009-01-04
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