NationStates Jolt Archive


New Hamas security chief vows to fight Israel

Habeeb It
22-04-2006, 02:55
GAZA (Reuters) - A militant leader appointed to a senior security position in the Hamas-led Palestinian government said on Friday he would not abandon the fight against Israel which has long sought to kill him.

Jamal Abu Samhadana, high on Israel's most wanted list as leader of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), was appointed on Thursday to supervise the Interior Ministry and set up a new police force from militants to crack down on anarchy and chaos.

"Factions and security services should unite in one trench against the daily Israeli aggression against our people," Abu Samhadana told Reuters in an interview.

Israeli officials said Abu Samhadana was still in the army's sights despite his senior appointment in the government led by the Islamist Hamas movement.

The militant group, which is sworn to Israel's destruction, took office last month after winning a Palestinian parliamentary election in January which gave it control of the government.

Israel, which has killed dozens of militants in air strikes, has tried unsuccessfully to kill Abu Samhadana several times.

"We will continue to pursue him. He is a terrorist and the fact that he has received a senior role in the Palestinian Authority does not make him immune," said a senior Israeli official who declined to be identified.

The 43-year-old leader of a faction that has carried out bomb and rocket attacks against Israel since a Palestinian uprising began in 2000 said his first order of business would be amalgamating militants in the security forces.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-04-21T102138Z_01_L21305_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-MILITANT.xml


Peace in our time....
Kreitzmoorland
22-04-2006, 03:24
How can you vow to fight against someone in whose complete power you remain? Hamas is pushing a war they simply cannot win.
Dobbsworld
22-04-2006, 03:25
QUIT SPAMMING, man. How many times do you need to be told this?
Habeeb It
22-04-2006, 03:27
QUIT SPAMMING, man. How many times do you need to be told this?

You may argue about the issue if you like.
Utracia
22-04-2006, 03:29
I'd say this is not surprisng news and may get old after awhile but hardly spam. Hamas decides to posture like Iran is doing and Israel will not tolerate it. Bush may not attack Iran but if Hamas threatens Israel in any seriousness I'd say it is a guarentee that Israel will attack.