The Palestinian Islamic Resistance group, Hamas, has reiterated its willingness to reach a ceasefire with the Zionist regime if and when the Israeli occupation army stops targeting Palestinian civilians.
| Y'see, all Paleostinians are civilians. All Israelis are combatants. Pretty simple, huh? |
Hamasâ spokesman Abdul Aziz al Rantissi told reporters in Gaza last night the movement was willing to halt attacks on Israeli civilians if Zionist troops stopped attacks on Palestinian civilians. However, Rantissi said Hamas would continue to fight the Israeli occupation army and paramilitary messianic Jewish settlers. âWe have an inherent moral and legal right to resist the occupation. Israel will not grant us our freedom free of charge. We have to struggle and prove to them that the occupation is costly.â
| "Nothing will do but Armed Struggle™!" |
Earlier, PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei indicated that he would soon hold talks with Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups in an effort to reach a national concordance on dealing with the present political deadlock. A 40-day truce between the resistance of groups collapsed, concluded in summer through Egyptian mediation, after the Israeli assassinated several political leaders affiliated with Hamas, including Ismael Abu Shanab, a moderate Isalmist political leader.
| That was directly after Hamas blew the bus. And Shanab was a member of Hamas' politburo — no doubt the "moderate" member of it. |
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