Nach Gaza (2)
Wie es nach dem israelischen Rückzug für die Extremisten im Gazastreifen weitergeht, schreibt die Jerusalem Post (unter Berufung auf die arabische “al-Sharq al-Awsat”):
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared on Wednesday that the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank marked the beginning of the end of the Zionist dream in Palestine.
“The resistance and the steadfastness of our people forced the Zionists to withdraw,” he boasted. “The resistance is capable of ending the Israeli occupation and achieving all our rights. The armed struggle is the only strategy that Hamas possesses.”
Dass sich die “Israeli occupation” in den Augen der Hamas nicht nur auf die Westbank und Ostjerusalem beschränkt, wird schnell deutlich:
Mahmoud Zahar, Hamas’s overall leader in the Gaza Strip, said in an interview published on Wednesday that his movement will move its activities to the West Bank after the disengagement.
Asked about Hamas’s future plans, Zahar said: “Neither the liberation of the Gaza Strip, nor the liberation of the West Bank or even Jerusalem will suffice us. Hamas will pursue the armed struggle until the liberation of all our lands. We don’t recognize the state of Israel or its right to hold onto one inch of Palestine. Palestine is an Islamic land belonging to all the Muslims.“
Zahar said the disengagement would boost morale in the Arab and Muslim world and positively influence the [anti-US] campaign in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Unterdessen geben die “Popular Resistance Committees”, eine Vereinigung verschiedener paramilitärischer Gruppierungen im Gazastreifen, bekannt, dass sie Techniken zum Raketenbau in die Westbank verlagern werden. Muhammed Abdel Al, eine der Führungspersonen der Vereinigung, hat schon angekündigt:
–––“We will transfer two-thirds of our budget to the West Bank,” he said. “Our rockets have a range of 18 kilometers. This means that if we fire them from Kalkilya, they will hit the occupied city of Tal al-Rabi [Tel Aviv].”