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		A Palestinian man weeping over the deaths of his family members in IDF shelling in the Gaza town of Beit Hanun on Wednesday. (Reuters)

Last update - 01:50 09/11/2006

Hamas, Al-Aqsa call for resumed attacks, Abbas asks for restraint

By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and Agencies

Senior Hamas members called on Wednesday on the organization's military wing to resume suicide terror attacks in Israel after an Israel Defense Forces shelling in northern Gaza killed 19 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Khaled Meshal, the head of Hamas' political bureau, said, at a press conference in Damascus, that the temporary halt to such attacks in Israel had come to an end.

Hamas' military wing was free to act and choose its response in keeping with the developments in the field, Meshal said.

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"All Palestinian groups are urged to activate resistance despite the difficult situation on the ground. Our confidence in our military wing to respond is great," Meshal said.

Islamic Jihad, which never accepted the cease-fire brokered by Abbas and
Egypt, vowed to carry out suicide bombings in response to the Beit Hanun strike.

For his part, Nizar Rayan, a senior Hamas official in Gaza, said during a
protest rally against the shelling in Beit Hanun that "the military wing, Iz al-Din al-Qassam, must strike wherever it can and in every one of the
Zionists' cities."

Leaflets distributed yesterday in Gaza, and attributed to Fatah's Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades organization, also called for the resumption of terror
attacks in Israel.

At his press conference in the Syrian capital, Meshal also urged the Arab
states to speak out against what he defined as Israel's crimes, and called for the establishment of an international court to investigate the incidents.

Meshal added that the United States also bore responsibility for the killings, in light of its support for Israel Hamas' military wing also decried Washington's "political and financial support" for Israel, and appeared to call on Muslims to attack U.S. targets, urging them "to teach the American enemy harsh lessons".

Speaking a few hours earlier at a press conference in Gaza, Palestinian
Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas harshly slammed the Israeli shelling. Abbas, however, called on the Palestinian factions to refrain from carrying out terror attacks and urged them to cease the Qassam rocket fire, so as not to give Israel an excuse to continue with its actions. Through its actions, Abbas said, Israel was repeatedly undermining the chances for peace.

Meanwhile, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas announced on Wednesday in the wake of the Beit Hanun killings that he was freezing talks to forge a unity government in the PA. Haniyeh had been slated to meet yesterday afternoon with Abbas for further discussions on the matter.

Haniyeh clarified later in the day that he expected negotiations with Abbas' Fatah faction to resume within days. An Abbas aide said a deal could be imminent.

"Our aim in suspending the dialogue was to concentrate on what happened in Beit Hanun," Haniyeh said. "I want to assure our people that we will resume the dialogue over the formation of the unity government within days."

"We are so close to forming a new government," commented Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a senior Abbas aide. "We hope we will be able to finish very soon. The most important thing now is that there be real world pressure on Israel to stop these massacres."

In a show of solidarity, Haniyeh and Abbas paid a joint visit to a hospital in Gaza to see and speak with the wounded from the Beit Hanun incident.

Mustafa al-Barghouti, who is acting as a mediator between the two PA leaders, said the talks on the unity government would continue despite "the bloodbath in Beit Hanun," adding that Israel's objective was to undermine the possibility of establishing the new government

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1.	Hamas should calm down and go for Israel`s jugular	10:09	\|	Clickfool	08/11/06

2.	What goes around comes around	10:11	\|	John	08/11/06

3.	Reap What You Sow	10:16	\|	Paulo	08/11/06

4.	Circular	10:19	\|	Matt	08/11/06

5.	Hamas should restrain and show the world.....	10:24	\|	Swiss	08/11/06

6.	CFOOL It is so obvious.Why is it the Pals do not listen to you?	10:27	\|	PETER SM	08/11/06

7.	PAULO.You sure Hamas and the Pals only want "end of occupation"	10:32	\|	PETER SM	08/11/06

8.	After that latest terror attack by Israeli artillery	10:35	\|	John	08/11/06

9.	Clickfool	10:43	\|	brett	08/11/06

10.	Hamas says no to Unity Govt	10:53	\|	Gina	08/11/06

11.	For Peter SM # 6	11:09	\|	Clickfool	08/11/06

12.	For Brett # 9	11:12	\|	Clickfool	08/11/06

13.	The right to exist forgone	11:33	\|	David	08/11/06

14.	Israel out of the UN	11:45	\|	kevin	08/11/06

15.	clickfool I agree	11:53	\|	janice	08/11/06

16.	certainly the palestinians deserve better advisors than clickfool	11:54	\|	concerned israeli	08/11/06

17.	put an end to EU-Israel agreement NOW	11:59	\|	juan jose	08/11/06

18.	John thanks for the information	11:59	\|	Jasmine Murphy	08/11/06

19.	*1 CLICKFOOL .	12:01	\|	Bill.	08/11/06

20.	Stop calling for destruction Jews/Israel	12:21	\|	human being	08/11/06

21.	A Little Naïve, Clicky	12:23	\|	Rowan Berkeley	08/11/06

22.	hamas ceasefire	12:25	\|	saul	08/11/06

23.	# 1,11,12 Clickfool	12:26	\|	Nora	08/11/06

24.	Targetting civilians is now kosher	12:30	\|	Ram	08/11/06

25.	TO Clickfool	12:31	\|	cesare	08/11/06

26.	@15 Juan Jose	12:35	\|	Mark B.	08/11/06

27.	Gaza shellings	12:40	\|	David	08/11/06

28.	Hamas... can`t be blamed anymore	12:43	\|	Steven	08/11/06

29.	Civilian Deaths	12:49	\|	Daniel	08/11/06

30.	# 1 Clickfool No violence, a strict economic boycott...	12:53	\|	Swiss	08/11/06

31.	Weeping civilian death : My call to Arab palestinians	12:58	\|	Phil	08/11/06

32.	Hamas Threatening Bombs	12:59	\|	Daniel	08/11/06

33.	#1: I agree	13:02	\|	Stephen Murray	08/11/06

34.	# 17 Put an end to EU support to Pal-Arabs	13:15	\|	Jouni	08/11/06

35.	My Personal Boycott Of Israel	13:27	\|	Guy From NYC	08/11/06

36.	#29 Daniel:Civilian Deaths	13:34	\|	Guy From NYC	08/11/06

37.	Well Halutz, THAT was a great military plan, wasn`t it?	13:37	\|	Johnboy	08/11/06

38.	Hamas, terror attacks and Olmert`s government	13:37	\|	Judith Lungen	08/11/06

39.	JUAN JOSE MARK B.How quiet you are with Israeli civillian deaths	13:40	\|	PETER SM	08/11/06

40.	#7 Gee PETER SM, care to point me to....	13:42	\|	Johnboy	08/11/06

41.	For patronising Rowan Berkeley # 21	13:43	\|	Clickfool	08/11/06

42.	PRIDE WITH HUMAN SHIELDS	13:45	\|	Alan	08/11/06

43.	For Nora # 23	13:47	\|	Clickfool	08/11/06

44.	So Clickfool how does Tourette`s	13:53	\|	Jasmine	08/11/06

45.	palestinians are responsible	13:54	\|	bev	08/11/06

46.	HUMAN SHIELDS	13:55	\|	david	08/11/06

47.	Pals are to blame, the always invite what they get!	13:55	\|	Dan	08/11/06

48.	Syria must be attacked, if Meshal orders attacks there	13:59	\|	Ken Jurist	08/11/06

49.	To # 3 Paulo Reap what you sow.	14:06	\|	Yossi	08/11/06

50.	Guy from NYC	14:07	\|	Gusta	08/11/06

51.	Clickfool #1: Exactly and no more talk!	14:11	\|	David James Vickery	08/11/06

52.	ISRAEL SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF THE UN	14:12	\|	Dutch	08/11/06

53.	JOHNBOY Gee,Why not point to the daily Qassems?	14:13	\|	PETER SM	08/11/06

54.	guy from NYC 35	14:16	\|	alan	08/11/06

55.	To Judith Lungen re: Olmert	14:18	\|	David James Vickery	08/11/06

56.	i doubt that is really Clickfool saying that	14:31	\|	Guy From NYC	08/11/06

57.	Click is correct: go for the jugular because	14:35	\|	S. Cimitar	08/11/06

58.	Swiss #30	14:44	\|	Survivor	08/11/06

59.	#48: Ken Jurist	14:44	\|	Stephen Murray	08/11/06

60.	Hamas today is behaving more civilised than Israel	14:45	\|	Swiss	08/11/06

61.	This is a hate fest	14:53	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	08/11/06

62.	#24 - targetting Israel civlians was always `kosher` I think	15:07	\|	redmike	08/11/06

63.	Haniyaeh/Meshaal how many Israelis do ur Kassams target daily?	15:07	\|	Beverley	08/11/06

64.	Meshal,warmonger	15:08	\|	Ian	08/11/06

65.	#53 PETER SM, what DO you think the IDF is doing around the Gaza?	15:12	\|	Johnboy	08/11/06

66.	# 54 Alan You are not well informed (Gaza Beach) !	15:14	\|	Swiss	08/11/06

67.	I have a confession to make ..	15:18	\|	Clickfool	08/11/06

68.	#35 Guy From NYC	15:25	\|	George Kaplan	08/11/06

69.	FINISH MESHAL OFF IN DAMASCUS	15:25	\|	AK	08/11/06

70.	@39 PETER SM	15:32	\|	Mark B.	08/11/06

71.	Retaliation ?	15:34	\|	beverley	08/11/06

72.	world should exterminate leftist jews	15:35	\|	no leftist jews	08/11/06

73.	#1--clickfool: not a chance	15:38	\|	Paul Freedman	08/11/06

74.	Israel Should Stop the Rockets	15:50	\|	Ron	08/11/06

75.	cycle of violence	15:53	\|	Israeli	08/11/06

76.	re: Yossi #49	15:53	\|	Paulo	08/11/06

77.	re: Peter SM #39	15:57	\|	Paulo	08/11/06

78.	to clickfool,dont flatter your self asshole	16:10	\|	terrormister	08/11/06

79.	"Resume" terrorist attacks???!!!!	16:12	\|	B`Galil	08/11/06

80.	#26 mark B	16:13	\|	vs	08/11/06

81.	to#53	16:14	\|	cesare	08/11/06

82.	CLICKFOOL and all the other FOOLS	16:18	\|	VS	08/11/06

83.	Oh, Clickfool... Pal Leadership DOES NOT WANT to Destroy Israel !	16:19	\|	Klaudia	08/11/06

84.	ISRAEL-BASHERS: You condemn Israel. - Try to condemn HAMAS for..	16:26	\|	Vittorio	08/11/06

85.	Clickfool and his economic targets	16:31	\|	Barry	08/11/06

86.	Mashal-Nasrallah what is the difference between an 18 or a 16	16:45	\|	Haven	08/11/06

87.	hamas will use this so it want have to form a unity government	16:47	\|	terrornator	08/11/06

88.	Renewal? Hamas/Terrorists never stopped.	16:53	\|	David	08/11/06

89.	Rocket attacks on Israel are not serious	16:58	\|	Stephen Murray	08/11/06

90.	Clickfool the Dope!	16:59	\|	Neil	08/11/06

91.	Hamas chose war to peace	17:12	\|	A believer	08/11/06

92.	A state that believes in killing??	17:20	\|	Confused	08/11/06

93.	Israel	17:20	\|	Forrest Turner	08/11/06

94.	Israel	17:21	\|	Forrest Turner	08/11/06

95.	To #67 Paulo	17:26	\|	Yossi	08/11/06

96.	A Little Naive	17:30	\|	Forrest Turner	08/11/06

97.	Israel must get very serious about eliminating Meshal	17:33	\|	Bimmer	08/11/06

98.	OH LORD , HELP THE (CLICK)FOOL	17:35	\|	jonathan	08/11/06

99.	Clickfool the Pompous	17:38	\|	Neil	08/11/06

100.	OH LORD , HELP THE (CLICK)FOOL	17:42	\|	J. SELLA	08/11/06

101.	#77 silly comment - Dutch government would just ignore them then!	17:45	\|	redmike	08/11/06

102.	Hamas will kill more of its morons --the retaliation by Meshal	17:47	\|	Sal	08/11/06

103.	Meshal needs to blame himself	17:47	\|	Ken	08/11/06

104.	to stephen murray,rocket attacks on israel are not serious	17:55	\|	terrornator	08/11/06

105.	My condolences to the P.A. citizens	18:00	\|	MI Quacker	08/11/06

106.	They choose suicide	18:01	\|	ScotGuy	08/11/06

107.	Zechariah 14:2-3	18:05	\|	Benji	08/11/06

108.	Boycott Israel	18:18	\|	The Doctor	08/11/06

109.	Errant shelling?	18:29	\|	* BEN JABO	08/11/06

110.	Silly Stephen Murray	18:30	\|	Brad	08/11/06

111.	#9 re: Clickfool - who said he had	18:31	\|	* BEN JABO	08/11/06

112.	Impose EMBARGO on Israel	18:38	\|	Hani	08/11/06

113.	To Israel: Bouquet of Suicide Bombs, with love	18:40	\|	Signed: Dead Pal	08/11/06

114.	Meshaal has an easy job.	18:42	\|	Mark	08/11/06

115.	#85 doctor...	18:43	\|	J. SELLA	08/11/06

116.	American Resentment	18:45	\|	Steve	08/11/06

117.	MESHAL, YOU AND YOUR THREATS	18:46	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	08/11/06

118.	2nd attempt	18:48	\|	Bimmer	08/11/06

119.	Civilian killed while sleeping, to which part this bebenit?	18:52	\|	Simon Mohammed	08/11/06

120.	BOYCOTT ISRAELI PRODUCTS AND GOODS... ALWAYS CHECK THE LABEL	18:53	\|	Messaoud	08/11/06

121.	#85 Doctor	18:57	\|	Doug	08/11/06

122.	Haven 74 can you tell the Doctor about sanctions	19:00	\|	Prince Abdullah	08/11/06

123.	Bottom Line	19:02	\|	Ronaldinho	08/11/06

124.	Kevin from Nottingham	19:10	\|	Ben Marx	08/11/06

125.	Kevin from Nottingham	19:13	\|	Ben Marx	08/11/06

126.	Boycott Israel - Yes!	19:17	\|	Zeje	08/11/06

127.	Israel has no right to exist	19:18	\|	Zeje	08/11/06

128.	stupid people	19:22	\|	bounce	08/11/06

129.	Isn`t this great?	19:23	\|	Zeje	08/11/06

130.	Truce with Hamas is over --Give Israel soldier back or	19:24	\|	Sal	08/11/06

131.	listen up everyone	19:36	\|	alef	08/11/06

132.	whats all the fuss about	19:41	\|	bla	08/11/06

133.	#85 the Doktor	19:47	\|	Ari ben Yisrael	08/11/06

134.	No one will give a damn	19:53	\|	Ron	08/11/06

135.	Investigation	19:56	\|	Mike	08/11/06

136.	Israel, it is time to finish the job.	20:09	\|	Cynic	08/11/06

137.	I see, it`s different when?	20:11	\|	Norm	08/11/06

138.	John, number 8	20:13	\|	Yisrael	08/11/06

139.	to zeje	20:15	\|	alef	08/11/06

140.	19 Bill	20:18	\|	Yisrael	08/11/06

141.	To Ben Marx	20:23	\|	kevin	08/11/06

142.	your a lier Zeje!	20:23	\|	terrornator	08/11/06

143.	ahmadinejad was right after all	20:25	\|	damien	08/11/06

144.	to Zeje: #98, 99 & 101	20:25	\|	Tolik	08/11/06

145.	100% sure	20:44	\|	Jack6Pack	08/11/06

146.	For Sal, frothing at the mouth in Turin # 118	20:46	\|	Clickfool	08/11/06

147.	IDF----reap what you sow	20:50	\|	Peter	08/11/06

148.	#16 Concerned israeli	20:52	\|	Salomoni	08/11/06

149.	Question for Ben Jabo # 111	21:06	\|	Clickfool	08/11/06

150.	#1, clickfool	21:13	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	08/11/06

151.	to ZEJE....	21:15	\|	Liz	08/11/06

152.	to #1 going for clickfool`s jugular	21:17	\|	Palestinian	08/11/06

153.	#133 Ari Ben Israel	21:22	\|	The Doctor	08/11/06

154.	Exterminate more of these Hamas Islamic Nazi Terrorists	21:30	\|	British academic	08/11/06

155.	Here`s a question for all those blasting Israeli policy	21:36	\|	Jacob Blues	08/11/06

156.	British Academic, I am	21:39	\|	Liz	08/11/06

157.	117 WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP APOLOGIZING FOR THE IDF KILLERS?	21:46	\|	Dutch	08/11/06

158.	For Ms Kohn, on declarations of war # 150	21:49	\|	Clickfool	08/11/06

159.	AK , LET`S TAKE OUT THE KILLERS IN THE IDF & IAF	21:53	\|	Dutch	08/11/06

160.	Qassam Hits Israeli School: Tomahawk Hits Pal House: Balance!	21:54	\|	Peter	08/11/06

161.	Messoud...I and my colleagues at University	22:28	\|	British academic	08/11/06

162.	Click-Terrorism?	22:31	\|	Ibn Filastin	08/11/06

163.	Running an operation in a built-up area	22:42	\|	From the sidelines	08/11/06

164.	Alef: Calls for the destruction of Israel in perspective.	22:47	\|	Ibn Filastin	08/11/06

165.	Clickfool	22:47	\|	Josh	08/11/06

166.	Here a solution	22:48	\|	Norm	08/11/06

167.	#51 DJV	22:51	\|	Josh	08/11/06

168.	#51 DJV	22:51	\|	Josh	08/11/06

169.	to click fool and his foolish idealogy	22:52	\|	terrornator	08/11/06

170.	DEAD SENTENCE TO MESHAL	22:52	\|	dave	08/11/06

171.	naive man	22:53	\|	henry	08/11/06

172.	# 154	22:54	\|	Josh Levi	08/11/06

173.	# 152	22:57	\|	Josh Levi	08/11/06

174.	Clickfool	22:59	\|	Norm	08/11/06

175.	#158, clickfool	23:00	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	08/11/06

176.	Answer for Clingfool 150	23:08	\|	Manny	08/11/06

177.	Ahmadinejad - Damien #143	23:10	\|	Bob	08/11/06

178.	Why are they so...	23:12	\|	British academic	08/11/06

179.	Click fool click fool cli clit fool cliffull fucliff fool	23:15	\|	pingloof	08/11/06

180.	Europeans, shut up	23:15	\|	sarah	08/11/06

181.	Please Clickfool feel free to move to Gaza	23:24	\|	British academic	08/11/06

182.	sad day	23:32	\|	betsy	08/11/06

183.	Its the Rockets Stupid!	23:36	\|	ATLAS	08/11/06

184.	Very Good - Swiss, #5, 30	23:44	\|	Polybios	08/11/06

185.	Purpose of Response	23:48	\|	Lester	08/11/06

186.	yeah meshal, go for it	23:53	\|	peter	08/11/06

187.	#45 bev, vancouver	00:00	\|	alan	09/11/06

188.	Gina you are one special person	00:08	\|	Omar	09/11/06

189.	to ibn falastin	00:11	\|	alef	09/11/06

190.	Swiss #30	00:15	\|	Polybios	09/11/06

191.	#178, #181 British Academic	00:22	\|	Jimmy	09/11/06

192.	#15 and what are you going to about rockets?	00:28	\|	Evan	09/11/06

193.	PAULO."Qassems rarely fatal"is that because Pals not trying to	01:16	\|	PETER. S.M	09/11/06

194.	MARK B.Remind us how many times have yousuggested boycott of Pals	01:20	\|	PETER. S.M	09/11/06

195.	JOHN BOY.What do you think Hamas is doing in Gaza or the WB	01:30	\|	PETER. S.M	09/11/06

196.	To clickfool	01:38	\|	weji	09/11/06

197.	Mission accomplished	03:53	\|	justiceseeker	09/11/06

198.	re: Peter SM #185	03:55	\|	Paulo	09/11/06

199.	re: Sarah #180	04:03	\|	Paulo	09/11/06

200.	PAUOLO.Qassems Amateur or Not.They are designed to kill Israelis.	04:42	\|	PETER SM	09/11/06

201.	secular state	04:51	\|	Sam (UK)	09/11/06

202.	There was never a ceasefire.....	05:03	\|	Avrum	09/11/06

203.	Coward Meshal	05:04	\|	Omar	09/11/06

204.	#196, Omar	05:58	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	09/11/06

205.	Stop your vile shouting and do something useful.	07:55	\|	Joel A. Levitt	09/11/06

206.	israel	12:30	\|	mark	09/11/06

207.	#120 Boycott Idiocy	16:08	\|	* BEN JABO	09/11/06

208.	#201 Sam (UK)	16:14	\|	* BEN JABO	09/11/06

209.	Dually noted, alef	01:16	\|	Ibn Filastin	16/11/06

210.	all israelis should be punished	22:28	\|	tarkan	27/08/08

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