Hamas: Anyone firing rockets from Gaza at Israel is a rebel
Top Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar says Islamist group agreed to truce with Israel following Gaza war and violations of the truce could result in anarchy.
By Haaretz Service Tags: Israel news Gaza HamasA top Hamas official warned Saturday against what he said were the consequences of breaking ranks with Hamas policy toward Israel. Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said that anyone who fires rockets from Gaza into Israel is a "rebel."
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Mahmoud Zahar. |
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In an interview with the Arabic language daily Al Hayat, quoted by Israel's Channel 10 Saturday, Zahar explained that Hamas vowed to adhere to a cease-fire agreement reached with Israel following Israel's assault on the Strip in late 2008.
"Did we agree to the truce in order to stick to it, or to violate it?," Zahar said. "Do they expect us to give a round of applause to people who rebel against their organization?" he asked, referring to so-called rebels firing rockets in violation of the truce.
Referring to Hamas' stance toward the launches, Zahar said that allowing "to open the gates of defiance could lead to anarchy."
The Hamas strongman also denied claims that Syria and Iran had been disrupting attempts to reach reconciliation between Hamas and the rival Fatah, which rules the West Bank, saying such reports were "irrational."
Zahar also denied claims that Hamas had been systematically and brutally violating human rights in the territory, instead blaming Fatah for "turning to Israel and committing crimes against the Palestinian people."
On Thursday, Zahar warned Israel against launching a large- scale offensive against the Gaza Strip, saying the Islamist group seriously considered "Israel's threats to launch another war on Gaza, but we frankly say if Israel tries to enter Gaza, it will cost it a lot and it won't be able to achieve its goals."
Israel had accused Hamas movement, which has been ruling the Gaza Strip since June 2007, of trying to get more arms and weapons to the salient to use in carrying out attacks against Israeli territory.
"It is the right of Hamas to have all kinds of weapons to defend itself," Zahar said. "If Israel carries out another war in the future, it should think thousand of times before carrying out a war."
He said that Israel "exaggerates that armed organizations have various kinds of weapons to find an excuse to strike again on the Gaza Strip."
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One day they will realize that they were wrong to not stop their terrorist attacks when they were under Fateh regime. the Palestinian authority asked them many time to stop their strikes, but they refused to do so arguing that resistance should never stop. Now, they ask the "rebel" they were one day to do what they did not!! when you have the authority you have to change your ideas & acts, it's what Fatah did, Hamas have to denounce terrorism and do so, but i'm not sure they will be sincere, as a moderate muslim i know some fanatic extremists who dreams to destroy israel. it's the role of us : arabs and muslims to control those groups : to re-educate them or at least re-educate the next generation that we can live in peace with israel
but anyone in touch with reality knows his mind is not in agreement with his tongue. He conceals the burning hatred of Israel and is trying to improve their image to either harm Israel's image in relation by winning over the world's tools of Islam, such as Europe, or is trying to play good dog so the blockade will be lifted... his words are obviously not consistent with the truth, such as about human rights, so there's more reason to doubt the value of his words, but most people who are the least bit knowledgeable about the subject would see that he's lying even without the proof of that inconsistency. His words are a burqa on a bear covered in explosives and weapons. He wants to scare away another attack and make himself appear less of a minion of hell, but I'm sure he believes his threats against Israel. Because he knows the entire region and beyond are planning on the same thing as he is, but he knows Israel could take Gaza down.
i honestly dont see what is to be gained by spouting such crap. if hamas truly wanted to deal with this matter they would do so in a blink.
I feel that Israel could probably get both Hamas and Hezbollah away from both Syria and Iran if they wanted to. Why? Reverse Psychology. For some reason, many times people will trust the neighbors which are their complete opposites rather than their own relatives. Happens all the time. Complete strangers sometimes treat you better. Just an idea.
You can tell because his lips are moving.
When there is love deep inside the heart and it is suppressed, it builds up and up, until it must manifest itself and one becomes a rebel. A rebel is one who can not help it, but must protest against the injustice and the suffering, the symbolic projectiles are kisses of the Palestinian people on their lost land, to say, we have not forgotten you. Rebellion in it's purest form.
Maybe when these terrorists stop there brainwashing and killing of innocent palestinian children and women by hiding behind them in war maybe when these cowards stop telling themselves that allah wants them to blow up school buses palestine had a chance to claim independence with jerusalem as there capital with NO JEWS in jerusalem and all the west bank gaza golan... instead they chose war blood and terror and they lost lost and lost now they are in a civil war crying for sympathy while hamas sends hopeless palestinian teenagers to israel with suicide vests on palestine chose terror over peace a long time ago and I pray for ask those innocent children
I worship fairness; it's a part of balance. I would assume then that Hamas would accept the death of those rebels at Israeli hands, as a service. No one needs loose cannons.
Hamas is opposed to terrorism and wouldn't hurt a fly. (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more...) Translation into English: Hamas will kill infidels anywhere and forever - especially if it can fool those infidels into thinking that Hamas et al really wants peace...
Because they provide Isreal a basis for its operations against Hamas.
muslims always deceive others saying they are not firing rokets but some rebels are doing it... So hamas is a rebel group...they think they are very clever coming out with all this rubbish...Hamas is a terror group and should never be involved in talks ,
OOOPS, and I thought that they killed them all...
Maybe when these terrorists stop there brainwashing and killing of innocent palestinian children and women by hiding behind them in war maybe when these cowards stop telling themselves that allah wants them to blow up school buses palestine had a chance to claim independence with jerusalem as there capital with NO JEWS in jerusalem and all the west bank gaza golan... instead they chose war blood and terror and they lost lost and lost now they are in a civil war crying for sympathy while hamas sends hopeless palestinian teenagers to israel with suicide vests on palestine chose terror over peace a long time ago and I pray for ask those innocent children
THE SAME TATTLEMENT, AGAIN, AND THUS YET {ANOTHER}: SETTLEMENT: TESTING {A} TRUCE 2 KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS TRUELY TRUE!
Arafat was infamous for decrying terrorist attacks in Israel, while furtively supporting them. Hamas is nop different and can't be trusted.
Does anyone else want Mahmoud Zahar to say "Arrgh! Avast ye matey! I be the Pirate King!" just once?
... that Hamas only rules Gaza with an iron hand. But it is not responsible for anything that goes on there. Particularly rocket fire. At least he sounds like he might have learned something from Cast Lead.
If Hamas is responsible for everything that goes on there, surely you agree Israel is responsible for everything a settler does?
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ A non-biast view of the Israeli/Palestinian struggle. Of course Israel & the ADL opposes such blatant Truths but facts are facts and if the UN jolds any legitimate office then they have an OBLIGATION to enforce Sanctions as they forcibly did with IRAQ. "Belligerent occupation is governed by The Hague Regulations of 1907, as well as by the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, and the customary laws of belligerent occupation. Security Council Resolution 1322 (2000), paragraph 3 continued: “Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to abide scrupulously by its legal obligations and its responsibilities under the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in a Time of War of 12 August 1949;...” Again, the Security Council vote was 14 to 0, becoming obligatory international law." If any readers hold a true concern for the progression of Human community then click the link above & visit ifamericansknew!org and read read read and then Act. It is in your best interests to do so. Peace and love to all.
Clearly Hamas spells 'rebel' as "Islamic Jihad." Islamic Jihad was making noise recently and I take this 'warning' to IJ by Hamas as a clear message to Israel. When IJ fires, you fire, we will stand down.
Arafat also denounced terror in front of cameras.....and directed the attacks behind them.
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said that anyone who fires rockets from Gaza into Israel is a "rebel." not even firing Micky Mouse fireworks against israel.
but what about addressing what comes after this? What do you, the extremist Islamic organizations who are perceived as a global threat, plan for the future? Why don't you adhere to the Quartet's three conditions and so by complying the PA includes you indirectly in diplomatic negotiations for a final peace agreement? Your organizations only came significantly into being two decades ago. (Partly Israel's fault by not dealing with the PLO for a peace agreement btw). It's understood that it's never too late coming into the diplomatic arena instead of warfare, so why continue advocating destruction instead of inclusiveness, peace and acceptance the Jewish people's right for a homeland? It's really not that complicated because the Israelis have already articulated the Palestinians' right for a homeland as well.
You say that the Israelis have already articulated the Palestinian's right to a homeland but every action by Israel makes those words a lie. Israel now controls alt least 62% of the West Bank with its illegal settlements and bi-pass roads. Given that Israel is continuing to build these illegal settlements it seems to be more than hypocritical for Israel to talk about a Palestinian state when their every action shows that their words are hollow. Lets not forget that in 1988 Arafat and the PLO recognized Israel and got nothing for that recognition but more settlements, more checkpoints, more occupation. Since it was quite apparent that Israel wanted land more than recognition and gave the Palestinians nothing but more grief many Palestinians turned to Hamas and more radical groups. I place the blame for the rise of those groups directly at the feet of Israel.
though and forgot to leave this out? By The Way Where's Gilad?
Invade us again and you will hear from our sympathisers and protesters in London,Paris, New York. We have new banners ready such as "Israhell out of Gaza" and others. Do you hear us or do we really have to scream louder??
Maybe "farmers" with rockets! Trying to destroy Israel.
Israel shoots farmers BESAUSE you shoot rockets at our children. You stop the rockets, we stop everytjhing else......its that simple
Maybe you have not read of the 92 year old farmer in Gaza who with his 15 year old grandson and grandson's friend were murdered by the IDF as they went to their fields. Perhaps you are unaware of the grandmother who was also murdered as she ran after her young grandchild who had wandered into the area in Gaza forbidden by the IDF to Palestinians. You can likely find these atrocities in Haaretz or on the internet if you really wanted to find out. None of the people had "rockets" but they were murdered in cold blood.
Recently Israel shot and killed two farmers near the Gaza border. One of them was in his 80's. No rockets were found. Stop believing your own PR and realise that not every Gazan is a terrorist...
And if a farmer who wants to work his land comes near the fence, we will shoot him whether or not he is a farmer or not, and say it's his fault for coming too near the fence in his own country while trying to make a living?
Anyone trying to terrorize Israel will pay for there mistakes dearly!
Anyone trying to terrorize Israel will pay for there mistakes dearly!
Israel only REACTS to terror and thats what your heroes of Islam understand.
Do you think that anyone in the ME has frightened Israel yet? Please look at the history of Israel and its enemies, many of whom are now allies against the Iranian influence in the region,
When Israel started its existence by driving out hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, what was that reacting to?
Israel must trust the Turks and we should make use of Turkish influence, peace is just may come to Israel
How can Israel trust a country when they spit in thier face
Israel must trust the Turks and we should make use of Turkish influence, peace is just may come to Israel?
Israel spit in Turkey's face...
At some point in time, Great Britain began negotiations with the IRA which resulted in peace. Some point in time, members of the Haganah and the David Stearn Gang (responsible for civilian deaths) were allowed to join the ranks of the fledgling Israel. When is Israel going to afford the Gazans the same opportunity? When will they (Israel), stop the endless land grab, as the occupier, and allow a nation of peoples the same right which they (Israel) fought for and once-upon-a-time terrorized for (Haganah and Stern Gang). Why is only Israel sanctioned by a God to do things, while other groups aren't; or is this just a hypocritical self-interpretation of "God's chosen people...?"
The uk still occupies the poor northern Ireland! Give the freedome fighters of the IRA there land back NOW!!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the IRA never had the destruction of Great Britain and its takeover by the Irish as part of its plans. Have you ever read the Hamas Covenant? You should. It declares specifically that it rejects any and all negotiations with Israel and that its objective is an Islamic Sharia state "from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea." It also declares that it is the duty of any Muslim anywhere in the world to kill Jews wherever they find them. Bottom line: you support having a dialogue with an organization that has declared genocide of all Jews as its primary objective. Where's the comparison to the IRA and Great Britain now?
you ask when? when? when?
The IRA never had any designs on "eliminating" the UK.
Maybe when these terrorists stop there brainwashing and killing of innocent palestinian children and women by hiding behind them in war maybe when these cowards stop telling themselves that allah wants them to blow up school buses palestine had a chance to claim independence with jerusalem as there capital with NO JEWS in jerusalem and all the west bank gaza golan... instead they chose war blood and terror and they lost lost and lost now they are in a civil war crying for sympathy while hamas sends hopeless palestinian teenagers to israel with suicide vests on palestine chose terror over peace a long time ago and I pray for ask those innocent children
Equating Occupied Ireland (Ulster) with the myth of Palestine only obscures the reality off the Middle East. Israel is always first at the negotiating table - even when pigs like Arafat are planning more terror. Or, more precisely, using the facade of 'negotiations' as a smoke screen to prepare to murder Jews in greater numbers. The only thing the Pals and Ireland have in common is anti-Semitism.
And in the end, Northern Ireland remained British. IRA was defeated militarily and surrendered. Brits gave up nothing. Warfare continues in the ME precisely because the "Palestinians" in the W. Bank under PLO rule refuse to recognize the rights of a Jewish neighbor, Israel, who has accepted the Jewish-State-Arab-State formula for the last 63 years. And the Gaza rocketocracy rejects any peace deal with Israel. War continues because Israel agreed to a Palestinian Arab state alongside them, but did not get anything in return. If the IRA had vowed to keep fighting until they "liberated" London, I guarantee you there would have been no "peace" from the Brits. The irony in your silly analogy is that the Brits created this entire conflict by trying to use force to defy the UN Partition, invaded with itsTrans-Jordan and King Farouk puppet armies, and stole the lands that were to become the Arab State (they tried to steal the Jewish State, too, but were defeated) - why there was no Arab state in 1948, and where all those refugees came from. Brits wanted it all for their "Commonwealth" colonial scheme.
Ok, the IRA can have Gaza.
And remember it's HAMAS that refuses to accept the existence of Israel. So, in your analogy, it would be like the IRA refusing to recognize the existence of England, which was never the case. Otherwise, I agree. Israel should recognize the Hamas run dictatorship of the State of Gaza.
The UK guarantees the people of Northern Ireland that any time they vote for inclusion in "Southern Ireland" they will leave. If the people of NI want to stay united with England, who are you to tell them they can't?
the "rebels" are doing what hamas wants to do. But not have the balls to do. Because they still have a fresh memory what happends if you attack Israel!
then there would be no need to stop them, would there?
and did absolutely NOTHING to stop Hamas - and you have the audacity to ask what Hamas is doing to stop these rebels? What magical powers do you attribute to Hamas that would provide it the ability stop small splinter groups in Gaza when the whole of the IDF was unable to stop their parent group?