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| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Hamas members arrested over settler attacks |
| 2010-09-09 |
| [Al Arabiya] The Paleostinian Authority has jugged several Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, members for organizing and carrying out two recent attacks on Israeli settlers, a senior official said late Tuesday, as Israel said that the West Bank will be sealed off during Jewish New Year celebrations. The Paleostinian security official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said that two groups had been jugged but did not specify exactly how many members of the Islamist movement were under arrest. The first attack on Aug. 31 claimed the lives of four settlers and the second on Sept. 1 maimed two people east of Ramallah, the official said. "Senseless slaughter" Hamas had grabbed credit for gunning down four Israelis on the West Bank and the Sept. 1 attack came the day before the first direct Israeli-Paleostinian talks for 20 months began in Washington. Hamas later claimed to have made between 150 and 550 arrests over the killings but the Paleostinian Authority said this was an exaggerated figure. U.S. President Barack B.O.Obama has branded the attack on two couples, including a pregnant woman, as "senseless slaughter," and warned about "Islamic fascisti and rejectionists who, rather than seeking peace, are going to be seeking destruction." "The message should go out to Hamas and everybody else who is taking credit for these heinous crimes that this is not going to stop us from not only ensuring a secure Israel, but also securing a longer-lasting peace in which people throughout the region can take a different course," he said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branded the killings "savagery and brutality." Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas said the September attack in Kiryat Arba, a West Bank settlement, was intended to "disrupt the political process." Hamas, which rules Gazoo, is opposed to the peace talks and is a rival of Abbas's U.S.-backed Paleostinian Authority. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Capture & release starts again. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-09-09 13:52 |