Hamas figure: Fight the Jews 'til last of them leaves Palestine

Last update - 11:58 21/05/2007  

Hamas figure: Fight the Jews 'til last of them leaves Palestine

By Haaretz Service
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/861984.html

A senior Hamas figure in Gaza was quoted Monday as urging Palestinian factions to "continue to fight the Jews until the last of them is gone from Palestine."

In an interview with Hamas Television quoted on Israel Radio, Nizar Riyan, a leading member of the Islamic group's political wing, said:

"It is a definite decision within the organization that Israel will be removed from the map, to be replaced by a Palestinian state."

Riyan was also quoted as urging armed Palestinian factions to "Shell Ashkelon until its residents clear out, as did the residents of Sderot."