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| PFLP official: Israel should not dictate calm |
| 2011-01-16 |
| [Ma'an] Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine official Kayed Al-Ghoul said Saturday that calm in the Paleostinian territories was an internal issue that should not be dictated by Israel. Al-Ghoul said the implementation and timing of periods of calm should serve Paleostinian resistance to the occupation, and ease Paleostinians' suffering. Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, recently held a series of talks with factions in the Gazoo Strip, urging them to stop firing projectiles into Israel and comply with an unofficial ceasefire. The meetings followed weeks of rising tension along the border with Israel. Gazoo Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday met with security commanders in Gazoo and called on armed Paleostinian factions to refrain from actions that could endanger Gazoo, instructions interpreted as a call to join Hamas' two-year ceasefire with Israel. The Gazoo-based premier said his decision was an effort to prevent Israel from "taking advantage" of the pretext cited by its army for firing on Gazoo following rocket attacks. Al-Ghoul, a PFLP central committee member, told Ma'an Radio that it was wrong to deal with the occupation by acquiescing to Israeli demands. "Several years ago calm was presented as an Israeli demand. Some claim that they are distancing Paleostinians from a new Israeli attack. We say this is the wrong way to deal with occupation." The PFLP official said a ceasefire with Israel should facilitate the withdrawal of occupying forces from the Paleostinian territories. Otherwise, Israel was using the calm to enforce its position as occupier, he said. Al-Ghoul said that for several years, PFLP had affirmed that calling for calm should not be a response to Israeli threats. He called for a united leadership of resistance to be formed to discuss the ceasefire and decide on actions according the interests of Paleostinians. "Submitting to Israeli threats means that we will always be under this pressure." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I think others with the same Arabic name prefer to spell it "Gul". |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2011-01-16 15:31 |
| #5 Al-Franken-Stein? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-01-16 15:07 |
| #4 And now a comment from Al-Franken. sorry:-) |
| Posted by: Skunky Glin**** 2011-01-16 13:01 |
| #3 ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-16 12:11 |
| #2 Next week I'm gonna find a quote by al-Zombi. |
| Posted by: Fred 2011-01-16 10:08 |
| #1 Al-Ghoul? Really? Fred's making that sh*t up. Ima call hijinx on that one |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-16 08:13 |