By Stan Goodenough
Jan 05, 2007
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas), freshly returned from making the Hajj to Saudi Arabia, Thursday urged both his Hamas terrorists and PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah terrorists to stop shooting at each other and save their bullets for use against the Jews.
“Let's top this bloodshed and rivalry. Let's tackle our problems through dialogue, not weapons. These weapons should be directed only against the Israeli enemy,” he said.
His appeal came after two bloody days of infighting that saw Palestinian Arabs slaughter 13 of their own people and wound at least 20 more.
Children were among the casualties of the savage strife, which saw Hamas gunmen Thursday riddle and repeatedly stab the body of a Fatah security official, killing his two daughters at the same time.
According to a report in The Jerusalem Post, while this violence was raging, “Palestinian” women protested in the streets crying: “Spare the bullets, shame, shame.”
Unsurprisingly Abbas – feted by the world as a “moderate” – has not denounced Haniyeh’s proposal that their people join forces to kill Israelis instead of fighting each other.
His silence is expected to encourage a new outbreak of terrorism against Israel.