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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas breaks off talks after shelling
2006-11-09
PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has said talks between his ruling Hamas party and President Mahmoud Abbas on forming a national unity government have been "suspended".
Might as well, it's not like this was going anywhere.
"The Prime Minister's office announces the suspension of discussions underway with regard to the national union government," Mr Haniyeh announced at the opening of an emergency Cabinet meeting. "The government calls on our people to unite faced with this barbaric (Israeli) attack," he added, just hours after 18 Palestinians were killed by Israeli shelling against houses in the northern Gaza Strip.

Mr Abbas had been in Gaza since late Monday in a bid to hold crunch talks with the Hamas-led Cabinet on forming a unity government after months of deadlock and failure in managing to persuade Hamas to soften its hardline stance. "We strongly condemn this terrible massacre and atrocity committed against our people in Beit Hanoun, against children, women and the elderly," Mr Abbas has said. "We call on the Security Council to meet urgenly to stop these massacres. The world must act immediately."
Posted by:Fred

#2  Nothing sez "you're starting to really p*ss me off" like a volley of well-placed 155mm shells.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-11-09 11:22  

#1  Sure thing guys. Like your unending rocket attacks don't have the least thing to do with this.

Personally, I'm glad to see Israel save their money and simply return counter-battery fire. Artillery shells are cheaper than rolling out the tanks and it gives the gun crews some practice.

It also gives the Palestinians a chance to experience a little uncertainty as to exactly where the next shell will land, just like the rockets.

This needs to happen every single time these terrorist assholes launch even a single missile.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-11-09 01:47  

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