Stop Chasing The Fantasy
Hamas: We'll take control over West Bank in autumn
Senior Islamist group leader says 'our supporters will soon be praying in the Muqata in Ramallah, after Abbas' regime falls like a leaf'
Ali Waked
Published: 10.30.07, 00:55 / Israel NewsSenior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan said Monday that the Islamist group would soon take control over the West Bank.
"In the autumn Hamas supporters will be praying in the Muqata compound in Ramallah (site of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' offices)," he said during a rally in Gaza.
"We are now praying at the Presidential compound in Gaza, just as we said we would. Abbas' regime will fall like a leaf come autumn."
Since Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza last June, the Palestinian Authority's security services have been seeking out Hamas operatives on a daily basis, especially those suspected of belonging to the group's armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
Hamas has repeatedly threatened to retaliate to any attacks against its men in the West Bank.
Rayyan continued to say that "in the fall the man who kills his own people will be exposed, and we will annihilate him just as we have annihilated others like him."
Just one more reason for Israel to skip the "peace" summit in the USA for the truth is Hamas is the future of the Palestinians and we must face that fact. Israel must prepare for war and not keep chasing the fantasy of peace with the Palestinians.
