Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Abbas Encourages Students to be Martyrs

From Arutz Sheva - Israel National News: 18:42 Sep 04, '05 / 30 Av 5765 By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu ...

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) spoke to Gaza students and praised martyrs, including suicide terrorists, who die 'according to a national order.'

'They receive their reward in the Garden Of Eden,' Abbas told the students returning to school. He reminded them that martyrs and suicide terrorists 'brought about the withdrawal from Gaza.' His comments came only three months after he told the American ABC television network that suicide bombings are a matter of the past.

The PA chairman, who is trying to gain popularity from Hamas terrorist supporters, also told the Jerusalem Arab Al-Quds newspaper that Israel still is occupying Gaza.

...He reiterated the possibility of forming a coalition with Hamas after the planned PA legislative elections in January, despite dissatisfaction within the American government, which has added Hamas to the list of terrorist organizations forbidden to receive assistance from the United States. A PA coalition government including Hamas would bring into question whether the PA could continue to receive American aid.

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