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| Hundreds of Palestinians protest against Paleo Qassam rocket attacks |
| 2003-05-20 |
| Jpost- reg req'dBy THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF In a rare demonstration Tuesday, about 600 residents of northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun blocked a main road with trash cans, rocks and burning tires in a burst of anger at gunmen who have prompted Israeli incursions by firing rockets at Israeli targets. Civilians getting tired of being The protest erupted some hours after the IDF pulled forces out of Beit Hanoun after a five-day incursion aimed at disrupting the Kassam rocket attacks. "They claim they are heroes," said Mohammed Zaaneen, 30, a farmer, of the Palestinian gunmen, as he carried rocks into the street. "They brought us only destruction and made us homeless. They used our farms, our houses and our children ... to hide." During the IDF presence in Beit Hanoun, eight Palestinians were killed in clashes, four gunmen and four teens, ages 13, 15 and 17. Three of the teens had been throwing stones at Israeli tanks when they were shot by troops. Sixty-five residents were wounded, including 20 under the age of 15, doctors said. The kids are going to learn it's not nice to throw rocks and molotov cocktails at armed and angry troops, tanks The IDF troop pullback came despite a rash of suicide bomb attacks in Israel that have killed 12 people and wounded dozens in the past few days. The pullback suggested Israel is holding off on large-scale retaliation for now I'd expect any time now though, amid international concern that new strikes would further weaken the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas is seen as instrumental in implementing the "road map" to peace plan, a three-stage prescription for ending violence and setting up a Palestinian state by 2005. However, Abbas has said he will not launch a crackdown on militias, a crucial step in the first phase, until Prime Minister Ariel Sharon accepts the plan. Sharon will never accept a plan that allows right of return, and doesn't require Paleo actions rather than |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #6 Just don't let him tend bar... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-05-20 23:52:43 |
| #5 OP: You must be fun at parties. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-20 22:33:22 |
| #4 Douglas, find a pistol and shoot 'em in the back. It ain't that hard. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-05-20 17:40:56 |
| #3 > "Maybe at some point they'll get the guts to turn on their real tormentors (the gunnies)" you try bossing around men with machine guns... |
| Posted by: Douglas 2003-05-20 14:48:43 |
| #2 "we will have peace when the arabs love their children more than they hate us" - Golda Meier (more or less) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-05-20 13:33:03 |
| #1 Wow, Paleos upset about being used as unwilling human sheilds? Maybe at some point they'll get the guts to turn on their real tormentors (the gunnies) instead of just setting up a roadblock. Together with the Ein El-Hellhole gunbattles, we've got a couple of encouraging developments today. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-05-20 11:33:33 |