Jerusalem – Hamas, Islamic Jihad Call For Palestinians To Step Up ‘Resistance’ Against Israel

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    A Palestinian protester sets off fire-works towards Israeli security forces during clashes in east Jerusalem October 30, 2014. ReutersJerusalem – Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Thursday called on Palestinians to step up their “resistance” against Israel following the assassination attempt on the life of Yehuda Glick and the temporary closure of the Temple Mount.

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    Islamic Jihad announced that the assailant, Mu’taz Hijazi, who was killed by Israeli security forces hours after the assassination attempt, was one of its members.

    The group said that the “Jerusalem intifada” will continue and praised Hijazi for carrying out his “sacred duty to defend the Aqsa Mosque.”

    The group said that Israeli measures in Jerusalem would not dissuade the Palestinians from “pursuing the “path of resistance and jihad.”

    Ziad al-Nakhaleh, deputy head of Islamic Jihad, said that attempt on the life of Glick “affirms the correctness of the option of resistance.”

    He said that the assassination attempt in Jerusalem proves that the “resistance is the most effective and strongest option to restore the land and preserve Palestinian rights.”

    Hamas, for its part, called for a “day of mobilization” on Friday in protest against the closure of the Temple Mount. It also called on Palestinians to avenge the killing of Hijazi and other Palestinians killed by the IDF and police.

    The movement also called for demonstrations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday.

    Hamas’ armed wing, Izaddin al-Qassam, welcomed the shooting of Glick and said that Jerusalem will be the trigger for “the battle of liberation.”

    Abu Obaida, spokesman for the Qassam, said in a statement: “We salute the sacred hands that pulled the trigger of dignity and fired the bullets of revenge toward the Zionist criminal who desecrated the blessed Aqsa Mosque.”

    Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post


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    9 years ago

    Any protest that involves any form of violence should be met with deadly force. Yes, stone throwers should be shot dead. Until they discover that Israel will not allow violence, they will never stop. And there is no one at the UN with the morals to see any of their behavior as criminal.

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    9 years ago

    I blame Benny Alon and his Rosh Yeshiva at Kever Rachel for indoctrinating people such as Yehuda Glick with the idea that the Arabs should be kicked off the Temple Mount. Before the arrival of Moshiach Jews are not supposed to go up there because we do not know the exact spot of the Holy of Holies and might trample upon it. Mr. Alon who considers himself a Rabbi apparently does not know this. And he is influencing scores of people at his Yeshiva to think just like him.