The founder of Hamas said Monday it would consider halting suicide attacks on Israelis if Israel withdrew from West Bank cities and took other measures. "Basically what I would say to the occupation army is to leave ... the Palestinian cities in all the West Bank that were occupied ...," Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin told reporters in the Gaza Strip. "And stop your aggression, demolishing homes. Release prisoners and stop assassinations. Once the occupation and all those measures against our people stop, we are ready to totally study stopping martyrdom operations, in a positive way."
'Nother words, "do everything we want, release all the crazed killers from the calaboose, and then we'll think about stopping our assault on you." I think this statement was made before Shehadeh departed this vale of tears, so the offer's probably on hold until Hamas "exacts bloody revenge." |