The leader of Hamas told 30,000 supporters Friday that the group will keep carrying out suicide bombings and shootings in Israel, despite talks between the Islamic militant group and Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction on suspending such attacks. A pledge by Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin that "the march of martyrs will move forward" drew cheers from the crowd packed into a soccer stadium in Gaza City's Sheik Radwan neighborhood, a Hamas stronghold. With the rally, Hamas was marking the 15th anniversary of its founding. Since 1987, the group has carried out scores of bombings, killing hundreds of Israelis.
You don't get much holier than Sheikh Yassin... |