Nablus - Around 50 armed members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, President
Yasser Arafat's Fateh military wing, threatened to renew anti-Israeli attacks if Israel failed to release Palestinian prisoners as they marched through central city of Nablus in north of the West Bank last Sunday. Gunmen wore masks and had gun sex fired volleys of gunfire in the air. Messages were also voiced over loud speakers demanding an "end to Israeli aggression against our people."
| Note that when reporting on the festivities, Jerusalem Times (a Paleo weekly) describes al-Aqsa as the military wing of Fatah... |
"We will respect the hudna (truce) if the Israelis release the prisoners and pull out of the Palestinian areas," they added. Palestinian factions, including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Yasser Arafat's Fateh movement, agreed on June 29 to call a halt of at least three months to anti-Israeli operations, but attached a string of conditions including the release of all the estimated 7,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention. |
