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 | | From: | United Press International | | Subject: | Abbas slams Israeli violence | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 6:23:09 EST |
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel Tuesday of planning fresh
acts of violence against the Palestinians.
Abbas said Israeli attacks against Palestinians resumed the
very day he was sworn in as the new president, "indicating that
Israel has premeditated plans of aggression."
Abbas said the decision of the Executive Committee of the
Palestine Liberation Organization to halt attacks against Israel was
not the result of foreign pressure.
"It is actually aimed at putting order in the Palestinian
house and restoring security and safety for its citizens," he said.
Abbas said Palestinian groups that opposed the decision
should raise their objections at an Executive Committee meeting, not
outside of it.
In the meantime, Hamas expressed deep concern Tuesday over
Abbas's order to Palestinian security agencies to stop all attacks
against Israeli targets.
Hamas official Khodor Habib said any truce or cease-fire
with Israel should be linked to an end to Israeli aggression and
Israel's withdrawal from Palestinian territories recaptured after
the Palestinian uprising in September 2000.
"There will be no free-of-charge truce for the Israelis ...
There should be certain conditions," Habib said.
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