Fatah Holds Hamas Responsible for Gaza Bomb Attacks
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement said it held Islamist group Hamas responsible for a wave of bomb attacks against the homes of Fatah leaders in Gaza on Friday.
"The Fatah central committee condemns the crimes which took place this morning against its leaders and lays the responsibility for these crimes upon Hamas," senior Fatah official Nasser al-Qidwa told a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Hussein al-Sheikh, another member of the Fatah leadership, said he had "no doubt of the fact that Hamas bears the responsibility for what happened to Fatah leaders in Gaza."
At least 10 explosions hit houses and cars belonging to senior Fatah members but no casualties were reported.
Hamas ousted Abbas loyalists from Gaza in 2007 and rival administrations ruled in the West Bank and Gaza.
But earlier this year Hamas and Fatah struck a reconciliation agreement leading to the formation of a government of national unity.
Hamas was quick to condemn Friday's pre-dawn attacks but Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad, in charge of his party's reconciliation team, said that "does not absolve Hamas from bearing full responsibility."
"Before last night there were signals and declarations by Hamas against Fatah and Mahmud Abbas, of which the most significant was that of a group of Hamas military officials who said they were going to torpedo planned commemorations of the death of President Yasser Arafat," he said.
It is the first time in years that a public commemoration of the iconic Palestinian leader and Fatah founder's death has been planned in Gaza.
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Quislings in Lebanon: pick out some nice luggage for your upcoming journey.
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Someone in portland maine is going to have some bad luck.
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Make no mistake, the orders to kill non-Persian aligned Arabs came from Iran. Just like the murders of Hariri, Gemayel, Tueni, Kassir, Hawi, Eid, al Hassan, Eido, Chatah, and attempted murders of Hamadeh, Murr, Chidiac, and Harb.
Assassinations of political opponents is an Iranian and Assad regime specialty.
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Stupid actions like that only serve the Israeli enemy, yeah tell Hamas that. They're the ones who just got into a 50-day war, they're ones responsible for all the cross-border attacks in this century. It was Fatah who agreed to a truce with Israel, while Hamas refuses to recognise them. It was Hamas who kicked Fatah out of Gaza in 2007. Now you're gonna say Hamas won the parliamentary elections in 2006 but it was a total sham and disgrace. Hamas brainwashes the Palestinians with the belief that one day they will reclaim all of Palestine with their rockets, and those who don't agree are either blackmailed into believing Hamas or they're considered collaborators with the Zionist enemy
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Stupid actions like that only serve the Israeli enemy, yeah tell Hamas that. They're the ones who just got into a 50-day war, they're ones responsible for all the cross-border attacks in this century. It was Fatah who agreed to a truce with Israel, while Hamas refuses to recognise them. It was Hamas who kicked Fatah out of Gaza in 2007. Now you're gonna say Hamas won the parliamentary elections in 2006 but it was a total sham and disgrace. Hamas brainwashes the Palestinians with the belief that one day they will reclaim all of Palestine with their rockets, and those who don't agree are either blackmailed into believing Hamas or they're considered collaborators with the Zionist enemy
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Yeah palestinians hear what qawmidefacto is telling you he's trained in all the tactics.
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it is the pb of the palestinians.... funny how some lebanese want to be more palestinian than the palestinians themselves and feel the need to lecture them! LOL
Wait wait, I thought all the problems of the Arab world were because of Isra2il