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Members of the Hamas Executive force standing in line at their headquarters in the Gaza Strip last week. (Reuters)
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Hamas: Palestinians have right to oppose occupation by all means
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent
tags: Hamas, Syria, Israel 

"Palestinians have the right to oppose Israeli occupation by all means available," Hamas said Saturday, following media reports of a thwarted suicide attack set for Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur. (For more, click here to watch Haaretz.com TV)

Hamas' spokesman in Gaza, Fawzi Barhoum, said he did not have any specific information on the attempted attack. "As long as the Zionist aggressor maintains its hostile actions, all organizations have the right to retaliate for those actions in whatever way they have available to them," he said.

"We must put in place a balance of retaliation for Israel's violent actions. This is not a new policy, but a clear stance that Hamas has opted to take. It concerns the right of every Palestinian to defend his or herself by any possible means," Barhoum concluded.
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Palestinian Authority officials said that the Nihad Shkirat (whose arrest last week led security forces to explosives in Tel Aviv) acted as head of Iz al-Din al-Qassam, Hamas' military wing, in Nablus. The officials said the attack was meant to disrupt plans for the November peace summit in Washington, D.C.

The man who told security forces where to find the explosives belt was Hamas operative Mahdi Ashur, who was arrested on Friday, after Shkirat, officials in the defense establishment told Haaretz. The sources added that after his arrest, Ashur was persuaded to lead security forces to the house near Jaffa Street, in the southern part of the city, where the explosives belt had been stashed.

Days before the explosives belt was found, the Hamas government in Gaza called for Israel to reach a cease-fire in Gaza. A possible explanation for this can be found in the split within Hamas between the organization's leadership in Gaza and its leaders in exile in Damascus.

Those in the Syrian capital are reportedly opposed to the efforts by Hamas' prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, to reach a cease-fire with Israel. So, Palestinian sources say, the leadership in Damascus is attempting to carry out suicide attacks in Israel.

Palestinian sources say Haniyeh met last week with leaders from various "resistance organizations" in Gaza, and asked them to stop firing Qassam rockets at Israel, but they reportedly refused to cease their attacks.

Sources within the PA say that Hamas' military wing is acting without permission from Haniyeh, and contrary to his position.
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  1.   why is there a double standard?? 06:54  |  vik 23/09/07
  2.   occupation 07:00  |  Shmuelshachor 23/09/07
  3.   nablus raid 07:16  |  realist 23/09/07
  4.   Contrary to his position 07:17  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 23/09/07
  5.   vik 07:25  |  Vicky 23/09/07
  6.   Syria has not learned its lesson 07:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/09/07
  7.   hamas: and israel has the right to destroy you by all means 07:41  |  matt 23/09/07
  8.   right up to a point 07:42  |  Tb 23/09/07
  9.   Hamas still sponsors the targeting of civilians 07:45  |  Gina 23/09/07
  10.   #1 Vik 09:29  |  Dav 23/09/07
  11.   "All Means Available" 09:36  |  Natan 23/09/07
  12.   REMEMBER STERN AND IRGUN BEFORE CRITICING HAMAS 10:06  |  indrajaya 23/09/07
  13.   Hamas Considers Every Inch Of Israel Occupied 10:08  |  Yosemite 23/09/07
  14.   to Vik 10:13  |  indrajaya 23/09/07
  15.   Palestinians have right to oppose? 10:23  |  David Nigel Braham 23/09/07
  16.   what f,,,ing occupation? 10:29  |  yaheskel 23/09/07
  17.   WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE, FAWZY 10:30  |  indrajaya 23/09/07
  18.   israel can only stop this mayhem by targeting the leaders 10:32  |  harzion 23/09/07
  19.   They have the right to be pig headed and refuse a permanent peace 10:38  |  PETER S.M. 23/09/07
  20.   vik, You just don`t get it. 10:43  |  Natallie Durson 23/09/07
  21.   vik, the dispute isn`t moral, it`s practical 10:46  |  Rowan Berkeley 23/09/07
  22.   Re:Kutw .More then 70% of Jordan population are Palestinians 11:00  |  e.m 23/09/07
  23.   They are ready to be put in a hospital 11:21  |  Lisen 23/09/07
  24.   Hamas: Palestinians have right to oppose occupation by all means 11:24  |  Yonatan 23/09/07
  25.   vik 1 11:25  |  realism 23/09/07
  26.   Hamas` Right to Oppose Occupation 11:26  |  Walid 23/09/07
  27.   Caught red-handed, the terrorists WHINE its their "right to kill" 11:28  |  CK Tan 23/09/07
  28.   #1 vik - Nothing wrong with collective punishment 11:29  |  Yonatan 23/09/07
  29.   yes vik.... why is there a double standard? 11:39  |  ravi 23/09/07
  30.   1.Vik,you can`t pretend that the idf is not terrorising the 11:46  |  lakshmi 23/09/07
  31.   To Vik 12:03  |  RightClick 23/09/07
  32.   ravi 12:06  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 23/09/07
  33.   so they do ! but when the response comes dont cry ! 12:06  |  victor hardman 23/09/07
  34.   #7 ravi 12:07  |  Yonatan 23/09/07
  35.   #3 realism can never get any realism 12:09  |  victor hardman 23/09/07
  36.   I agree 100% with Yonatan#2 12:11  |  Mike 23/09/07
  37.   To realism #3 on right of return 12:19  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 23/09/07
  38.   "ALL MEANS AVAILABLE" 12:27  |  Natan 23/09/07
  39.   YONATAN 12:28  |  fadi 23/09/07
  40.   #3 - No, Natalie, it`s you who don`t get it 12:34  |  Yonatan 23/09/07
  41.   Vik 12:37  |  steve 23/09/07
  42.   Palestinians have right to oppose occupation 12:42  |  Sam Popack 23/09/07
  43.   By all means??? 12:49  |  Joe 23/09/07
  44.   ravi "innocents should not be targeted" 12:50  |  punjab 23/09/07
  45.   lakshmi you do not know the most basic 12:57  |  jhelum 23/09/07
  46.   Resistance, for sure.. 13:04  |  Clickfool 23/09/07
  47.   lakshmi how is it you are not humiliated 13:05  |  sonia 23/09/07
  48.   Arab Islamist-Jihadist occupation crap 13:11  |  Brod 23/09/07
  49.   Mike more Muslim deaths by Muslims Sunni vs. Shi`ite 13:18  |  Petra 23/09/07
  50.   got it wrong natalie 13:26  |  real vision 23/09/07
  51.   Israel: Israelis have right... 13:41  |  Jeffrey 23/09/07
  52.   For Peter SM, on the pig-headedness of the Palestinians # 19 14:03  |  Clickfool 23/09/07
  53.   Sam 14:21  |  Palestinian Brit 23/09/07
  54.   `What was given in 1948` PalBrit 14:27  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 23/09/07
  55.   26Walid&46Clickfool,there is some merit in your argument about 14:29  |  lakshmi 23/09/07
  56.   What hamas means by ?occupation? 14:38  |  KUTW 23/09/07
  57.   Israel has the right to resist yihad 14:39  |  KUTW 23/09/07
  58.   Hamas`s "rights" 14:46  |  S 23/09/07
  59.   CFOOL It involves not carrying out their charter 15:11  |  PETER S .M. 23/09/07
  60.   lakshmi confesses "women try and draw me in" 15:12  |  yuck 23/09/07
  61.   5Vicky 15:18  |  KUTW 23/09/07
  62.   34...yonatan... learn from experience 15:19  |  ravi 23/09/07
  63.   8. Tb: Which occupation? 15:21  |  KUTW 23/09/07
  64.   ravi(agreed)TB,Clickfool,Walid &friends,there are civilian 15:21  |  lakshmi 23/09/07
  65.   Margie of SA #4 15:24  |  G A B E 1 ALWAYS 23/09/07
  66.   32 margie... 15:26  |  ravi 23/09/07
  67.   And Israel has...... 15:27  |  Dr David I. Gross 23/09/07
  68.   Yonatan 15:32  |  Danite 23/09/07
  69.   lakshmi "this month alone 20 pals were killed" 15:40  |  whoscounting 23/09/07
  70.   Calling all Progressives!!! URGENT!!!!! 15:44  |  Danite 23/09/07
  71.   lakshmi 400000 israelis came out in protest 15:44  |  population 150m 23/09/07
  72.   26Walid 15:47  |  KUTW 23/09/07
  73.   little ravi 15:51  |  jhelum 23/09/07
  74.   12. indrajaya: What?s your proposal? 15:51  |  KUTW 23/09/07
  75.   12. indrajaya: Remember mufti Husseini 15:52  |  KUTW 23/09/07
  76.   victor hardman 35 15:55  |  realism 23/09/07
  77.   Hamas: which Palestinians? 15:56  |  KUTW 23/09/07
  78.   RESPONSE TO TERROR 15:57  |  Michael T 23/09/07
  79.   ravi "israel wont get to first base in fighting 200m arabs" 15:59  |  uselessinfo 23/09/07
  80.   david gross 67 16:02  |  realism 23/09/07
  81.