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2007-05-22 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas threatens new wave of suicide attacks against Israel

Hamas declared open war on Israel yesterday, pledging to renew suicide bombings after Israeli leaders vowed to kill senior politicians from the militant movement, including Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian Prime Minister. The tough rhetoric from both sides threatened to touch off a new war in the Middle East as Israel continued to pound Gaza in retaliation for Palestinian rocket attacks on its southern border towns, killing at least five Palestinians.

Last night, those rockets claimed their first fatality since November: an Israeli woman died in the town of Sderot when her car was struck by a rocket and burst into flames. The attack coincided with a meeting in the town between Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief, and Tzipi Livni, the Israeli Foreign Minister, though neither official was hurt.

Hamas politicians called on Palestinians to retaliate using any means necessary. Fathi Hamad, a Hamas member of parliament from Gaza, said: It is every Palestinians duty to seek vengeance. Kill the occupiers. Murder them with suicide bombings or bullets. It does not matter how.

Israeli politicians said that they would no longer differentiate between elected Hamas members of the Palestinian parliament and its militant leaders. None of them are immune, said Danny Yatom, who sits on the Israeli security cabinet. Hamas has one political and military leadership. They act as a unified body and will be targeted as such.

Khaled Meshaal, the Hamas leader-in-exile who lives in Damascus, was listed as Israels No 1 target. Mohammed Dief, Israels most-wanted man, was also cited alongside politicians such as Mr Haniya. Speaking to supporters yesterday, Mr Haniya appealed for unity against Israel.

Posted by Pappy 2007-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 GRRRRRRR!!! Do you dumbf**ks see what's happening to your cousins next door in Leb land ? Jealous ? Want some of the same action for yourselves ?

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-22 00:52|| 2007-05-22 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 These thugs simply cannot die fast enough.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-22 00:58|| 2007-05-22 00:58|| Front Page Top

#3 The Hamas death cultists are threatening more 'suicide attacks'? I was under the impression Hamas as a jihadist street gang was already engaged in rapidly meeting their moon god by their on going turf war with Fatah.

The IDF will simply clean up whomever remains from either faction.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2007-05-22 02:45|| 2007-05-22 02:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Not so easy to carry out suicide bombings now, with the West Bank wall and most of their A-team in chokey. The number dropped off dramatically in 2004, well before the "hudna", which Hamas probably agreed to to avoid losing face for being unable to carry out its previous dire revenge threats.

Note to European peackeniks and appeasers: Israelis living within the pre-67 border are also "occupiers" to Hamas.

Posted by Apostate 2007-05-22 04:34|| 2007-05-22 04:34|| Front Page Top

#5 New attacks? Scary promises? What, they are not "fully committed" now? What are they waiting for?

Israel should worry they're gonna get mad?
[chortles]

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-22 06:57|| 2007-05-22 06:57|| Front Page Top

#6 "...Hamas declared open war on Israel yesterday, pledging to renew suicide bombings"

should have said, "...pledging for the 2398th time to renew suicide bombings..."

Posted by mhw 2007-05-22 08:07|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-05-22 08:07|| Front Page Top

#7 If the Hamas start using the old Splodydope Gambit TM again, I am afraid Olmert and Peretz will have to take the finger out of their respective anuses (I mean their rectal orifices) and go berzerk on all the Hamas leadership or risk loosing their chairs faster than they would have imagined.

Posted by EoZ 2007-05-22 09:34|| 2007-05-22 09:34|| Front Page Top

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