Israel's latest strikes on Hamas that killed two fighters in the Gaza Strip were a crime that will only fuel a cycle of retaliation, Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said yesterday. "It's another crime that will lead to more retaliation," Shaath said.
| "Wanna see me hop on my cycle of violence and ride around the same old block?" |
"Assassination leads to retaliation," Shaath said, adding that as Israel did not have the death penalty, killing a suspect without trial was "unacceptable".
| "Us Paleostinians do have the death penalty, though, so bumping them off is okay for us..." |
Shaath said the Palestinian Authority saw no alternative to the current US-backed Middle East peace plan and urged the world community to help revive the battered initiative. "Our resolve to return to peace is still there. Our commitment to end all killings and to have a real ceasefire is there," Shaath told a news conference at the end of a three-day visit to New Delhi.
| "Our arms and ammunition are still there..." |
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