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War on Terror

Terrorists back down


By Ryan Jones
October 30, 2005

Just days after vowing to ?open the gates of hell? upon Israel, ?Palestinian? terror groups Sunday agreed to a new temporary ceasefire aimed at halting withering Israeli reprisals in Gaza.

Last week Gaza-based terrorists renewed rocket and mortar fire on nearby Israeli towns in the Negev region, prompting the IDF to carry out several successful targeted killings of wanted terror chiefs, as well as knock out electricity in parts of Gaza and crater access roads used by the terrorists.

Israeli forces dropped leaflets throughout Gaza warnings locals the air and artillery strikes would continue until Hamas and Islamic Jihad had ceased firing their homegrown Kassam rockets and mortar shells.

On Sunday, the Palestinian Authority, with considerable assistance from Egypt, convinced Hamas and Islamic Jihad to curb their current aggression as it was resulting in damage to the ?Palestinian cause.?

No mention was made of the moral or contractual violations such attacks represented.

Representatives of the Middle East Quartet ? comprised of the US, Europe, UN and Russia ? were immediately notified of the terrorists' agreement in an effort to reduce international pressure on PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas to finally disarm the killers.

The wording of the agreement as presented by the Israeli media did not seem to prohibit attacks against Jews originating in Judea and Samaria.

Meanwhile, the deal and the diplomatic traction Abbas intends to gain from it will allow Hamas and Islamic Jihad to remain armed for future acts of terror against Israel's Jews.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials were quoted by Ynet as saying they would only abide by the truce so long as Israel did not take any further action against them including, apparently, preemptive efforts to prevent future attacks by targeting the terrorists now planning them.

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