I say screw the PLO & Hamas-time to pay for your aggressions against Israel
By Amos Harel, Aluf Benn, and Dalia Shehori, Ha'aretz Corresondents and agencies
Islamic militant groups said in a statement Sunday they will halt attacks within Israel for a week if the IDF ends strikes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
A senior Israeli security official dismissed the offer and said Israel had no choice but to continue to "act in self-defense" as long as the Palestinian Authority failed to "fight terrorism and make arrests."
"We are giving the enemy a period to stop its assassinations, destruction, killings and bombardments," said a statement by the military wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad and two groups affiliated with Fatah. "In return, we will stop our martyrdom attacks and armed attacks within the borders of the occupied land of 1948 during this period (what nonsense), which will begin as of midnight December 10 until the end of the month of Ramadan."
Sharon, Peres, Ben-Eliezer approve continued attacks on PA
The 'inner cabinet' troika of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer approved Sunday evening the continuation of IDF attacks in Palestinian controlled areas in the West bank and Gaza Strip in response to the wave of Palestinian terror attacks.
Security officials told the ministers that the Palestinian Authority is still not acting to foil terror attacks and that it has not yet begun interrogating terror suspects it had arrested.
Sharon threatened Sunday morning that Israel could step up military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in retaliation for a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. Speaking to reporters shortly after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in the northern city of Haifa, Sharon said: "We have not finished our operations. In light of what is happening, we may have to step up our activities."
By Amos Harel, Aluf Benn, and Dalia Shehori, Ha'aretz Corresondents and agencies
Islamic militant groups said in a statement Sunday they will halt attacks within Israel for a week if the IDF ends strikes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
A senior Israeli security official dismissed the offer and said Israel had no choice but to continue to "act in self-defense" as long as the Palestinian Authority failed to "fight terrorism and make arrests."
"We are giving the enemy a period to stop its assassinations, destruction, killings and bombardments," said a statement by the military wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad and two groups affiliated with Fatah. "In return, we will stop our martyrdom attacks and armed attacks within the borders of the occupied land of 1948 during this period (what nonsense), which will begin as of midnight December 10 until the end of the month of Ramadan."
Sharon, Peres, Ben-Eliezer approve continued attacks on PA
The 'inner cabinet' troika of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer approved Sunday evening the continuation of IDF attacks in Palestinian controlled areas in the West bank and Gaza Strip in response to the wave of Palestinian terror attacks.
Security officials told the ministers that the Palestinian Authority is still not acting to foil terror attacks and that it has not yet begun interrogating terror suspects it had arrested.
Sharon threatened Sunday morning that Israel could step up military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in retaliation for a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. Speaking to reporters shortly after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in the northern city of Haifa, Sharon said: "We have not finished our operations. In light of what is happening, we may have to step up our activities."
