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Palestinians: West Bank Killings Threaten Peace Talks
[An Nahar] The Paleostinians on Thursday accused Israel of a "dangerous escalation" after the army killed two people in the West Bank, calling the violence a deliberate attempt to scupper peace talks."This dangerous Israeli escalation aims to thwart American and international efforts to move forward with the grinding of the peace processor, and leads the negotiations to a dead end," presidential front man Nabil Abu Rudeina said in a statement published by the official WAFA news agency. His remarks were made after two Paleostinians were killed in festivities sparked by separate arrest raids by the Israeli army in the northern West Bank. Late Wednesday, troops rubbed out a member of the radical Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... and maimed several others in a confrontation in Jenin refugee camp, sources on both sides said. The army said troops had gone in "to arrest a suspect" but opened fire after being attacked with gunfire, homemade grenades and bombs. Several Paleostinians were maimed and one died on the way to hospital, an army statement said. In a second incident shortly before dawn in Qalqilya, a Paleostinian security official was rubbed out during an exchange of fire with Israeli troops who attempted to ambush him, a second army statement said. They accused him of firing at troops "on numerous occasions" in recent weeks. Paleostinian security sources identified him as an intelligence officer and said he was on his way home when he was ambushed by the army. Both men were laid to rest in their home cities on Thursday morning. Posted by: Fred 2013-12-20 |
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