U.S. Asked To Support Palestinian Authority HQ in Jerusalem
Palestinian leaders asked the U.S. to support a demand that the Palestinian Authority be allowed to open official representative institutions in eastern sections of Jerusalem, including a sanctioned headquarters in Israel’s capital.
WorldNetDaily is reporting that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is studying the request, which comes ahead of a U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian summit scheduled next week in Annapolis.
The opening of PA offices in Jerusalem would serve as a major statement that the city would become the capital of a future Palestinian state.
Until now, the Palestinian Authority has been barred from conducting any kind of political activity inside Jerusalem. Until 2001 the PA did have an office in east Jerusalem called Orient House. Following a series of suicide bombings, Israeli security forces discovered that the PA was using Orient House to plan and carry out terrorist attacks.
Israeli Prime Minister Ahud Olmert is expected to announce Israel’s vision for a Palestinian state that will encompass most of the West Bank.
Hamas leaders, including the group’s chief in Gaza, repeatedly have vowed to take over the West Bank if Israel withdraws from the strategic territory. Hamas in June seized the Gaza Strip, overrunning all U.S.-backed compounds of Abbas’ Fatah organization.
If Iran waits long enough they won’t have to wipe Israel off the map, because Israel may just give the entire country away to the terrorists. I really can’t believe that Olmert is gonna cave to any demands made by the thugs in the Palestinian Authority.
The second that Israel pulls out of the West Bank, Hamas is going to take it over and use it to launch attacks. This is all a big sham, because both Fatah and Hamas are terrorist killers who will never be interested in peace.
It’s outrageous that Israel just keeps giving away their land once piece at a time. The Holy Land and the birth place of Jesus is pretty much a giant terrorist training camp, and once again the Jews are being oppressed.
-Chris Jones
Arafat Rally Turns Violent, Hamas Fires On Crowd
Hamas security forces opened fire Monday at a rally by the rival Fatah movement commemorating Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Six people were killed in the bloodiest day of intra-Palestinian fighting since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June.
Some 250,000 Fatah supporters joined Monday’s rally in a major square of Gaza City, carrying pictures of Arafat, yellow Fatah flags and wearing trademark black-and-white Arab headdresses. It was the biggest outpouring of support for Fatah since Hamas’ violent takeover of the territory.
The crowd scattered as masked Hamas security men ran through the city streets, firing weapons. Two hours later, hundreds of Hamas gunmen controlled the protest site and were arresting protesters as they tried to flee.
Hamas officials accused Fatah of provoking the violence. Since taking over Gaza, Hamas has rounded up Fatah supporters, confiscated weapons and barred many large public gatherings.
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