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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas calls Gaza to arms
2006-07-07
The Palestinian government has urged security forces to fight Israeli troops in Gaza after the most violent day since Israel withdrew from the territory last year. Saeed Seyam, the interior minister, declared a state of emergency on Thursday, according to a spokesman after fighting killed 17 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier.

Khalid Abu Hilal, a Hamas minister, told a news conference: "Because of the continuation of bloodshed and Israel's crimes, the minister of interior a few hours ago declared a full state of emergency in the homeland. He (Seyam) called on all Palestinian security and military services to participate in the moral, national and religious duty to defend our people ... and to confront this incursion and cowardly Zionist aggression." However, although some security forces are controlled by Hamas, most are loyal to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and his Fatah movement. And Abbas is the only person who can authorise a state of emergency.
Posted by:Fred

#6  A Palestinian is an Arab who has ancestors or immediate relatives who at some point since 1946 lived in the area currently bounded by the outer borders of Israel, the West Band and the Gaza Strip, and who is not accepted as a citizen by any other of the Arab states, regardless how many other close relatives or ancestors were/are citizens in those states.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-07-07 21:04  

#5  MSGEEK - it's an arab that lives within 50 miles of the State of Israel. It's a license to seethe, shoot off weapons, and act like a dipshit and get rewarded for it by the idiots in EUrabia. It's also a target for elimination from the gene pool, if you're an Israeli.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-07-07 20:44  

#4  What's a 'palestinian'? I ask merely for information.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-07-07 17:25  

#3  Israel should shoot anybody with a weapon. Since that includes about 90% of the adult male population, that should settle the 'palestinian' issue once and for all.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-07-07 14:27  

#2  State? did i miss something?
Posted by: sentinel   2006-07-07 06:29  

#1  Oh, I thought they were only gonna call on the UN Human Rights violators Committee to sanction Israel for defending itself.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-07-07 01:21  

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