 Militants vowed on Thursday to avenge what they called Israel's "murder" of Yasser Arafat. Top Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal — who presides over the faction's entrenched power base in the Gaza Strip from Syria — led the way in calling for revenge. "I accuse Israel of having poisoned the blood of Abu Ammar (Arafat)," he told Arab satellite television Al-Jazeera. "By killing Arafat today, Israel has killed the peace process. It has killed he who created with it this process," added Meshaal, himself the target of an assassination bid by Israeli agents in 1997.
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Similarly, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades urged militants to avenge Arafat's "assassination." "Zionist Israel and the government of (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon are responsible for the assassination of our leader by putting him under siege," the group said. |
