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“Israel Has No Peace Partner in Abbas, Netanyahu Says”
By Julie Stahl
CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief
November 06, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is not a partner for peace and is not capable of fighting terrorism, Israeli opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu said, as plans for a U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian conference seemed to be taking shape.
Netanyahu, a former prime minister who might hold the job again, warned that Israel was making a mistake in negotiating with Abbas.
“We have a partner for words, but not for deeds, certainly not for fighting terrorism, and to my regret, no partner for a real peace,” Netanyahu said in a radio interview on Tuesday.
Netanyahu, leader of the rightwing Likud party, said that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was not being realistic when he claimed that Abbas (Abu Mazen) was a partner for peace and committed to fighting terrorism.
“Not only are they not fighting Hamas, Abu Mazen is incapable even of taking control of Fatah, his own people, who tried to assassinate the prime minister of Israel a few months ago,” Netanyahu said. He was referring to an alleged plot by members of Abbas’ Fatah faction to assassinate Olmert earlier this year.
According to Netanyahu, Hamas, under the sponsorship of Iran, would take over any territory that Israel cedes to the Palestinian Authority because the P.A. is not strong enough to control it. Olmert “is making peace with a virtual partner, in a virtual reality,” he said.”
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“Jihadist training ground?”
By Willis Witter
November 7, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “LAHORE, Pakistan — A recitation of the Koran’s first chapter by 15-year-old student Muhammad Asher carries a melodic, almost hypnotic rhythm, as his voice rises and falls in the cadence of classical Arabic.
Muhammad is a star student at the Arabia Taeem-ul-Quran madrassa in Lahore because in three years, he managed to memorize the entire Koran, hundreds of pages in an ancient language that is rarely spoken and that neither he nor nearly 100 fellow students can understand.
Asked whether he could imagine himself attending a jihadist training camp one day, he replied: “It is my wish to do that, to defend Islam by the grace of God.””