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Israel-Palestine
Palestinian Authority greenlights terror ops
2005-08-25
Big surprise, huh?

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and members of various Palestinian terror groups this week decided at a meeting "resistance" against Israel would continue and would be coordinated at the national level until the Jewish state evacuates "all territories," WND has learned.

Earlier this week, it was reported Qurei held a private conference in Damascus with leaders of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. According to media reports, the parties reached an agreement under which the PA would not attempt to disarm the terror groups in spite of recent U.S. and Israeli calls for the groups to be dismantled after the Gaza evacuation.

But security sources close to the meeting told WND agreements reached at the conference went one step further – it was concluded the Palestinians would continue to use "resistance" against Israel until the Jewish state leaves "all occupied territories" – code for the destruction of Israel. The resistance, the sources said, is to be coordinated between the Palestinian groups and based on the foundations of Palestinian unity. Which means the PA is a legitimate target for Israel.

Qurei also allegedly discussed other ways of cooperating with the terror groups after Israel's Gaza evacuation is completed, and stressed that the focus of the Palestinian struggle must be turned to the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem

Since Mahmoud Abbas assumed control of the Palestinian government following the death last year of PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, the P.A. has been careful to use taqiya not to publicly endorse terrorism.

Shalah stressed the PA had agreed not to disarm his group "as long as Palestinian land was occupied."

At a press conference held after the meeting, Musa Abu Marzuq, a member of Hamas' political office, stated, "The real battle with Israel was on the West Bank. ... We hope there will be no disagreement with the Palestinian Authority regarding the weapon of resistance, because as long as the occupation exists the weapon must exist."

The same day Hamas, Islamic Jihad and local terror groups including the Democratic Front and the Jerusalem Battalions held competing parades in which each claimed their violence drove Israel out of the Gaza Strip. Yep. True or not, that's what they will all say. So, since terror works, they will use it more.

Several thousand Palestinians attended a Hamas rally in Gaza and a separate victory procession in Nablus in which Hamas flags and models of the Temple Mount were waved, and mock tanks, rockets and even houses of Jewish settlers were displayed.

Afterward, the Battalions held a press conference in which a spokesman stressed his group's determination to "do whatever it took" to liberate the "rest of our land," including kidnapping Israelis and committing "resistance attacks."

I'm to the point of using whatever is necessary to kill the terrorist leaders, completely disregarding collateral casualties. If you kill 100,000 women and children to exterminate Hamas, I have no objection.
Posted by:Jackal

#8  I think Israel should Dis-Arm, Dis-Leg, Dis-Body and Di-Head them.
Posted by: Ulereger Clavigum6227   2005-08-25 12:51  

#7  Move up the Arty. Conter-battery fire to commence in 3...2...1...
Posted by: mojo   2005-08-25 11:15  

#6  Qurei held a private conference in Damascus with leaders of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Why are we not in Damascus now?
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-08-25 11:04  

#5  No more frendlies in Gaza. The Israeli's won't even have to aim. Just like the Palis never have...
Posted by: tu3031   2005-08-25 11:02  

#4  Go ahead guys, keep up with the terror tactics. Patience has its limits, in case you haven't heard.

I hope y'all pay DEARLY.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-08-25 10:45  

#3  Time to restrict Abbas to his office for the duration of his term like they did with Arafish.
Posted by: BH   2005-08-25 10:14  

#2  i'll be glad when Israel wipes their asses from the face of the earth
Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864   2005-08-25 09:39  

#1  I don't remember the change to red.
Posted by: Poison Reverse   2005-08-25 09:35  

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