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Stop
Killing Our Civilians First: Yassin To Israel
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Shaik Ahmed Yassin |
GAZA
STRIP, May 11 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – Leader and founder
of Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, demanded Israel to stop
assassinating Palestinian civilians, promising a tit-for-tat action on
the group’s side.
In
an interview with Qatar-based al-Jazeera Satellite Television Friday,
May 10, Shaik Ahmed Yassin stressed the right of Palestinians to resist the
Israeli occupation, noting, however, that Hamas does not want to
attack civilians or hurt them.
“We
did stop our martyr operations (bomb attacks) inside Israel for a long
time, during which Israeli crimes of assassinations and destructions
were never stopped,” Yassin charged.
Hamas
leader pointed out that his group, along with other Palestinian
resistance factions, reject political detentions carried out by the
Palestinian Authority (PA) against Palestinian resistance activists.
“Such
detentions have no justification whatsoever. The PA is responsible for
the lives of the detainees.”
Yassin
called upon the PA to release all detainees without even questioning
them. “Israeli forces can attack security centers, abduct or even
kill them. This happened in Nablus and could happen again,” added
Yassin.
“Such
detention will not stop (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon from
sweeping Palestinian territories. He (Sharon) needs no reasons for his
crimes.
Hamas
leader regretted dubbing Palestinian resistance operations as
‘terrorist crimes’, wondering how a defender of his homeland and
freedom be described as a ‘terrorist’ while Israel’s Prime
Minister’s actions are not even condemned.
In
a symposium, organized by the Islamic University in Gaza Tuesday,
April 23, 2002, Yassin called for ‘rationalizing’ bomb attacks as
a deterring weapon, not to harm the Palestinian cause on the
international level. He also stressed the Palestinian resistance, in
all its forms, against the Israeli army and settlements.
Yassin,
repeatedly, made clear that the Palestinians are not against
‘Jews’, but they are against those ‘occupying our land’.
“We
have no problems with Jews or even the Israelis for any other reason
than occupation. If those occupying our land belong to our very own
clan, they will still be our enemies and we will still resist them for
sure,” Yassin said.
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