Hamas supporters, Palestinian police clash in Gaza

Reuters | 6/24/02

[kattracks]

GAZA, June 24 (Reuters) - Clashes erupted between 
Palestinian police and Hamas supporters on Monday after the 
Palestinian Authority placed Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the Islamic 
militant group's founder, under house arrest in Gaza City. 
    Witnesses said Palestinian police opened fire as the Hamas 
supporters marched towards Yassin's house after police announced 
Yassin was under house arrest. Police said the Hamas protesters 
had opened fire. 
    One man was treated in hospital for a stomach wound which he 
said was inflicted by Palestinian police gunfire.  
    "There was gunfire from the Hamas supporters. We are 
investigating the circumstances of the reported injury," a 
police official said. 
    Yassin is paralysed and partly blind and deaf. His house was 
guarded by dozens of armed supporters.      
    About 50 Palestinian police were deployed more than 150 
metres (yards) away from the house, whose door remained open as 
people filed in and out.  
    The announcement of Yassin's house arrest followed Israeli 
and international pressure on Palestinian President Yasser 
Arafat to crack down on militants waging an almost 21-month-old 
uprising against Israeli occupation.  

24 JUN 2002 08:38:23 Hamas supporters, Palestinian police clash in Gaza

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[goldstategop]

If the terrorhoids kill each other even better.

[bybybill]

One of many mistakes the Israelis have made is their efforts to destroy the only Palestian group, the cops, that could do something to stop the terrorists. While lotsa people feel that the IDF is going to stop the bombers, in the end, it will be the Palestian adults, through the police force, that can end it.

[Fzob]

the cops, that could do something to stop the terrorists.

So what has been stopping them for the last ---say 6 years?

[bybybill]

Nothing,the Israelis need to establish a border and then get out of the West Bank. If they don`t, the bombing is going to keep on happening.

[jimtorr]

There are major problems with the Palestinian police. They have, at the very least, shelter and protect bombers. Bombs and bomb-making facilities have been found in police stations.

People in police stations have used automatic weapons agains Israeli neighborhoods. A few of the folks who have shot up highways and houses have actually been policemen.

Sure, Pallie police sometimes arrest the bad guys, but invariably, a few days or weeks later the bad guy is either freed by a mob of supporters or simply is quitly realeased. They really need to prove that they intend to act.

[Fzob]

If they don`t, the bombing is going to keep on happening.

Except the guys doing the bombings aren't interested in borders. There are only interested in the elimination of Jews.

[TheOtherOne]

The Israelis need to establish a border and then get out of the West Bank. If they don`t, the bombing is going to keep on happening.

Threats don't become you.

[Cachelot]

One of many mistakes the Israelis have made is their efforts to destroy the only Palestian group, the cops

The PA police = the tanzim.

But then I suspect you know this very well. From the inside, so to speak ;).

[E Rocc]

One of many mistakes the Israelis have made is their efforts to destroy the only Palestian group, the cops, that could do something to stop the terrorists. While lotsa people feel that the IDF is going to stop the bombers, in the end, it will be the Palestian adults, through the police force, that can end it.

In the West Bank right now, anything that weakens Arafat strenghtens Hamas, and vice versa. Arafat at least says the right things (and usually acts like he means them), while Hamas is unapologetically committed to destroying Israel. If Israel is interested in peace, the proper approach for the Israelis would be targetting Hamas. If, on the other hand, their real interest is in justifying a takeover of the West Bank, then hitting Arafat makes sense.

Since the PA is easier to find and attack, its tough to say if the IDF is just being lazy or if they have a hidden agenda.

-Eric

[kinghorse]

Wowsers! Yassin? Explosive.

[bybybill]

No, I agree with Sharon

[bybybill]

I`m not threating anybody, I`m stating a fact

[Nonstatist]

Nothing,the Israelis need to establish a border and then get out of the West Bank

But why do they have to be nice to the Pallie cops in the interim?. IMO, they should put up their Wall and administer the West Bank themselves, simultaneously. After that, they could negotiate a "pullout". Sound fair?

[bybybill]

So now Sharon is a liar?