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| Haniyeh Could Be on Israeli Hit List |
| 2007-05-21 |
| An Israeli minister warned that even Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh could be targeted by his country. Israeli Minister Ze’ev Boim said Israel must strike at Hamas leaders “with all our might.” I'm guessing Haniyeh is hostage for Abbas' life... “There’s a list of them from the first of them to the very last,” Boim told Israel Radio. “Now, with Hamas saying openly that it is the one who is firing the Qassam rockets, we must strike at Hamas. There are people there who are launching them, there are their commanders there in the armed wing, and there is the political echelon, there is a prime minister.” Yesterday, the Cabinet decided to step up strikes against Gaza fighters involved in rocket attacks against southern Israel. A Cabinet statement said there would be a diplomatic effort launched aimed at resolving the tensions. The statement said Israel would “permit its defense establishment to intensify operational steps aimed at reducing rocket fire” and target those in Hamas and Islamic Jihad deemed responsible. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert earlier threatened tougher action if intensified Palestinian rocket fire on Israeli border communities did not cease. Channel 2 TV reported that Israel’s Security Cabinet approved targeting Hamas militant leaders and sending Israeli commandos into Gaza to hit rocket squads. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Haven't the Palestinians essentially lied their way out of even remotely plausible deniability? The shell game of |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-21 18:31 |
| #3 I wonder if Hamas has already printed up the new posters with Khaled between Rantisi and Yassin? Just remember to save some room for Issy... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-05-21 09:52 |
| #2 In an interview with Army Radio on Monday, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter called for the assassination of Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who lives in exile in the Syrian capital of Damascus. "Khaled Mashaal isn't immune, not in Damascus and not anywhere else. I'm convinced that at the first opportunity, we will bid him farewell," Dichter said. A Dichter aide told The Associated Press that he was expressing his personal opinion, not government policy. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-05-21 07:44 |
| #1 He should be moved up to Public Target #1. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-21 00:24 |