Abbas condemns bombings, says Israel provoked attacks [Attacks planned before anti-terror operation]

Haaretz ^ | 12/08/2003 15:03 | News Agencies and Haaretz Service

[yonif]

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas condemned Tuesday the morning's suicide bombings in the Israeli town of Rosh Ha'ayin and the West Bank settlement of Ariel that killed two Israelis and wounded about a dozen, but said they were provoked by Israeli raids, which he denounced.

Abbas said he had cut short his Gulf visit on Tuesday in response to the bombings, which broke a period of relative calm in Palestinian attacks against Israelis.

"I am cutting my visit short and will be back home later in the day. I condemn the two attacks against Israelis and I also condemn the recurring Israeli provocations... but the Palestinian Authority will work hard to maintain the truce and quiet," Abbas said from Qatar.

Israeli government spokesman Avi Pazner condemned the "murderous attack in an Israeli town" and said he held the Palestinian leadership responsible. "This is the result of the inaction on the part of the Palestinian Authority," he said. "They have not dismantled terrorist organizations."

Palestinian security chief, Mohammed Dahlan, said Tuesday that he will not permit truce violations and that suicide bombings harm the Palestinian interest.

However, Dahlan's spokesman said the PA is incapable of operating in the West Bank and that its security services are very weak, Israel Radio reported.

[yonif]

Israeli media quotes IDF officials saying that these attacks are unrelated and were planned before the latest IDF counter-terror sweep in the territories.

[yonif]

Remember that Hamas suicide bombing that occured after the failed targetted killing of terrorist Rantisi? The PA said the same thing and Hamas said the same thing, that this was in response to that. A week later, IDF found out that the suicide bomber was dispatched BEFORE the targetted killing ever happened.

These terrorists are excellent propaganda people which spew crap most of the media and the world buy.

[Diogenesis]

Abbas is murderer and terrorist as are ALL his supporters.

[Ronin]

Another for the "why am I not surprised" file.

[Monty22]

So basically Abbas is the same as the rest of the palis and europe.. He's 'sorry' the bombings happened, but Israel deserved them anyway.

[dennisw]

This sick lying ****** named Abbas refuses to disarm Hamas and other gangs of Paleostinian killers. Under the roadmap he is obligated to do this.

Islam is one continuous lie from Muhammed to the present. Main feature of the lie being total Jihad against their neighbors.

[dennisw]

So basically Abbas is the same as the rest of the palis and europe.. He's 'sorry' the bombings happened, but Israel deserved them anyway........


TRANSLATION: He has plausible deniability. Arafat always worked this scheme. He would ask Hamas to do bombings in order to pressure Israel while Arafat was sitting at the negotiating table.