Posted on 09/14/2005 9:26:38 AM PDT by Blogger
Tens of thousands attend huge Hamas celebration in Gaza Strip; group leader al-Zahar vows to continue ‘liberation journey until Islam’s flag is raised over Jerusalem,’ says Hamas would never agree to disarm. 'Zionist enemy only understands language of force,' he says Ali Waked
Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar told tens of thousands of excited Palestinians at a Gaza Strip rally Tuesday his organization would continue to fight Israel following the withdrawal from Gaza, and vowed to liberate Haifa and Jaffa from the hands of its “Zionist occupiers,”.
“We will win in Jerusalem and in Palestine, the whole of Palestine,” al-Zahar told the cheering crowd. During the event, participants yelled out “Allahu akbar” (God is great) and chanted in support of Izz al-Din al-Qassam, Hamas’ military wing, calling on the group to continue the liberation operation and refuse to disarm.
Tuesday’s rally marked the climax of several parades and rallies held by the Islamist group in the past two days.
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The rally was led by dozens of jeeps carrying gunmen, rockets, and shells, while Islamic militant songs calling for liberating the whole of Palestine were played.
Al-Zahar, who was the keynote speaker, said the victory was achieved thanks to the blood of assassinated Hamas leaders Ahmed Yassin, Abdul Aziz Rantisi, and other martyrs.
“We know our people is expecting us to continue the liberation journey, until the flag of Islam is raised over Jerusalem,” he said.
Al-Zahar also said his group would continue to refuse calls to disarm.
“This is the weapon we used to crush the heads of the Zionist enemies. This weapon is at the service of the people and homeland…we won’t use it against anyone, but it must be in our hands because Jerusalem awaits us,” he said.
“The Zionist enemy knows no other language aside from the language of fire directed on him by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades,” he said. “We’ll continue to develop our arms industry.”
Al-Zahar’s remarks came several hours after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, in a televised speech, vowed to end the weapons anarchy in the PA.
Masses attend Hamas rally (Photo: AP)
The Hamas leader added that according to his group’s strategy, “This land should not have any Zionists in it,” and said the Palestinian people and his movement would never renounce the right of refugees to return to Palestine.
“If we cannot complete the victory, we’ll hand over the flag of the struggle to our sons, who will complete the journey,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority is planning to hold its own large-scale rally Wednesday, in the former town of Neve Dekalim. Tens of thousands of Palestinians are expected to attend that celebration.
Ping
Yep. Looks like they are willing to co-exist peacefully.
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Never have - never will. Too much Arab money supporting the PALs for that to change...
To much Saudi money in DC for that to change.
Did anyone honestly think it would be otherwise?
Well Haifa and Jaffa aren't on the "roadmap". They are outside of the "occupied territories". And, no, I didn't expect any different.
The pressure's on Abbas to reign in these kooks. I doubt he'll be able to.
There will never be peace in the Middle East, till one side no longer exists.
Surprise surprise surprise!
Well. That's a rant worthy of Howard Dean. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Islam sucks.
We need to provide MOABs to the Israelis for the next mass meeting.
I'm quite sure they have their own. But unfortunately they won't use them, they have already put in motion the seeds of their destruction. The little sheet heads are just like the dems, give them one piece and instead of being satisfied it will trigger thier relentless drive for the whole pie.
"Yep. Looks like they are willing to co-exist peacefully."
Looks like Sharon will be sending brigades of Merkava MBT's through the Gaza Strip to make the ragheads at peace permanently.
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