Militants (Terrorists) rebuff call to end attacks on Israel

Reuters | 6/20/02

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GAZA, June 20 (Reuters) - Two Palestinian militant groups 
rebuffed on Thursday an appeal by Yasser Arafat to cease 
violence against Israeli civilians and said such attacks would 
continue as long as Israel kept killing Palestinian civilians. 
 Representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which have 
carried out many of the suicide bombings in the Palestinian 
uprising against Israeli occupation, said they considered their 
attacks to be acts of self-defence under Israeli occupation. 
    "We are in a process of legitimate self-defence. Israel is 
the one that kills innocent children and women. This war has 
been imposed on us by Israel," Nafez Azzam, a senior Islamic 
Jihad leader, said after the Palestinian president made his 
appeal following bombings that killed 25 Israelis in Jerusalem. 
    "Why should Israel be allowed to strike us in Nablus and 
Qalqiliya (in the West Bank) while we are denied the right to 
strike them in Tel Aviv and Haifa?" said senior Hamas leader 
Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi. "You cannot ask someone who is being 
slaughtered day and night to tie his hands and not to defend 
himself." 
    Israeli forces say they have targeted only militants in the 
21-month-old uprising. 

20 JUN 2002 12:46:24 Militants rebuff call to end attacks on Israel

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[mhking]

"You cannot ask someone who is being slaughtered day and night to tie his hands and not to defend himself."

All I see are innocent Israeli's being slaughtered in bombing after bombing. Hmmmm.

"The names have been changed to protect --?"

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"Why should Israel be allowed to strike us in Nablus and Qalqiliya (in the West Bank) while we are denied the right to strike them in Tel Aviv and Haifa?"

Because you are the AGGRESSOR! Israel will not attack you if you stop attacking them. Therefore, if you do not cease attacks, you, and your related terrorism groups should be destroyed.

[Post Toasties]

I think this piece ought to be retitled:

Militants (Terrorists) Pledge to Assist Israel in New Policy of Taking West Bank Land

I used to believe the Pallies had room temperature IQ's. Now I'm thinking more shoe size.