"What is the difference between blowing up a bus in Tel Aviv and taking over Palestinian land?" Dahlan asked.
De doden zijn niet meer tot leven te wekken, maar een nederzetting kan weer worden ontruimd. Een nederzetting is bovendien niet per definitie schadelijk voor de Palestijnen; dit hangt sterk af van waar hij wordt gebouwd en of land van Palestijnen is geconfisceerd. Veel land op de Westoever is ongebruikt en ligt niet in de weg van (mogelijke) uitbreidingsplannen van Palestijnse steden. Het hangt daarnaast ook af van de mensen die in de nederzetting gaan wonen: zijn dit fanatieke religieuze kolonisten of mensen met gematigde ideeën die graag met hun Palestijnse buren willen samenwerken? Dus terwijl een zelfmoordaanslag per definitie een drama is en onvoorstelbaar leed voor de slachtoffers en hun nabestaanden en vrienden inhoudt, ligt dat bij een nederzetting heel anders. Ook zaaien zelfmoordaanslagen angst en paniek en terreur bij de bevolking, en leiden ze ertoe dat mensen niet meer normaal de straat op durven.
De Palestijnen hebben ontegenzeggelijk te lijden onder het conflict, met name onder de maatregelen die Israel neemt om aanslagen en ander Palestijns geweld te voorkomen. Geweld dat er al was lang voor de bezetting.
The Fatah man also warned that riots in Jerusalem will not subside as long as Israel's prime minister "keeps sending settlers to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque."
Deze 'kolonisten' zijn Joden wiens heiligste plaatsen op de Tempelberg liggen - daar waar de moslims de Rotskoepel en Al Aqsa Moskee hebben gebouwd. Je zou met net zoveel recht kunnen zeggen dat de Arabieren daar de kolonisten zijn.
Dergelijke opruiiende taal van het 'gematigde' Fatahleiderschap brengt de vrede in elk geval niet dichterbij.
RP
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'Settlement activity comparable to bus bombings in Tel Aviv'
By Haaretz Service
By Haaretz Service
Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan on Sunday compared Palestinian suicide bombings to Israel's establishment of settlements on Palestinian land, Israel Radio reported.
"What is the difference between blowing up a bus in Tel Aviv and taking over Palestinian land?" Dahlan asked.
Dahlan warned against a "loss of control" on the Palestinian street, in light of recent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian rioters in Jerusalem, but added that the Palestinians were not interested in a protracted conflict with Israel.
The Fatah man also warned that riots in Jerusalem will not subside as long as Israel's prime minister "keeps sending settlers to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque."
Meanwhile Sunday, Israel lifted the restrictions it had imposed on entry to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, following a period of heightened tensions at the holy site, which houses the Jewish Western Wall and the Muslim Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In light of sporadic clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in the area, and calls by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs to "protect the Al-Aqsa Mosque" in recent days, Israel restricted the entry of Muslim men under the age of 50, and prohibited Jews from entering the mosque compound altogether.
On Saturday, the Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported that Israel had agreed to allow some 400 Muslims, who barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the recent riots, to leave the compound without being arrested.
The compromise between Israel and the Palestinians was brokered by Jordan's ambassador to Israel, the news agency reported.
The Fatah official in the West Bank charged with Jerusalem affairs, Khatem Abed al-Kadr, said that Israeli authorities had provided guarantees that the Palestinians would not be arrested. However, "the danger to the Al-Aqsa Mosque has not passed," he said, calling on Israel's Arabs and the residents of East Jerusalem to maintain a constant presence at the mosque.
On Friday, stone-throwing Arab rioters wounded eleven Border Policemen in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ra'as al-Amud, as tensions in the capital flared yet again.
Four of the policemen were taken to hospital for treatment and the others were treated at the scene. Officers arrested two Palestinians for hurling stones.
On Thursday, Hamas declared a "day of rage" and called on its supporters to come out and demonstrate at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday.
Leading religious figures in the Muslim world, such as Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi, dubbed Friday "protect Al-Aqsa day." Joining the call to "protect" the mosque were Palestinian politicians and religious figures, who have been trying to convince the lethargic public in Gaza to come out and demonstrate.
"What is the difference between blowing up a bus in Tel Aviv and taking over Palestinian land?" Dahlan asked.
Dahlan warned against a "loss of control" on the Palestinian street, in light of recent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian rioters in Jerusalem, but added that the Palestinians were not interested in a protracted conflict with Israel.
The Fatah man also warned that riots in Jerusalem will not subside as long as Israel's prime minister "keeps sending settlers to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque."
Meanwhile Sunday, Israel lifted the restrictions it had imposed on entry to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, following a period of heightened tensions at the holy site, which houses the Jewish Western Wall and the Muslim Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In light of sporadic clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in the area, and calls by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs to "protect the Al-Aqsa Mosque" in recent days, Israel restricted the entry of Muslim men under the age of 50, and prohibited Jews from entering the mosque compound altogether.
On Saturday, the Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported that Israel had agreed to allow some 400 Muslims, who barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the recent riots, to leave the compound without being arrested.
The compromise between Israel and the Palestinians was brokered by Jordan's ambassador to Israel, the news agency reported.
The Fatah official in the West Bank charged with Jerusalem affairs, Khatem Abed al-Kadr, said that Israeli authorities had provided guarantees that the Palestinians would not be arrested. However, "the danger to the Al-Aqsa Mosque has not passed," he said, calling on Israel's Arabs and the residents of East Jerusalem to maintain a constant presence at the mosque.
On Friday, stone-throwing Arab rioters wounded eleven Border Policemen in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ra'as al-Amud, as tensions in the capital flared yet again.
Four of the policemen were taken to hospital for treatment and the others were treated at the scene. Officers arrested two Palestinians for hurling stones.
On Thursday, Hamas declared a "day of rage" and called on its supporters to come out and demonstrate at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday.
Leading religious figures in the Muslim world, such as Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi, dubbed Friday "protect Al-Aqsa day." Joining the call to "protect" the mosque were Palestinian politicians and religious figures, who have been trying to convince the lethargic public in Gaza to come out and demonstrate.
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