‘We’ll shake Tel Aviv’

TEL AVIV - Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists will strike in Tel Aviv should Israel continue to arrest terror suspects in the West Bank town of Tul Karem, a senior figure in the terror group warned during a conversation with Ynet Saturday. “For several months now Israel has been abusing villagers around Tul Karem, while blatantly violating the calm,” Abu Udai said. “We are giving Israel several days to end the activity, and if it doesn’t, our suicide bombers will shake the heart of Israel and Tel Aviv.” Meanwhile, Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shalah warned that should Israel follow through with its threats to act against Islamic Jihad leaders or other Palestinian terrorists, the fragile, relative lull in violence that has prevailed in recent months would draw to an end. In an interview with Lebanese newspaper al-Safir over the weekend, Shalah said Israel’s threats do not scare his group and added he is convinced the lull in violence is currently in a state of “clinical death.” “We are waiting for the new Israeli folly that will return us, all the organizations and the Palestinian Authority, to the rubric of resistance and struggle,” he said. Shalah added his group decided to back the lull due to a desire to maintain Palestinian unity. “However, we said the calm should not come for free, and we conditioned it on the enemy ending all forms of aggression against the Palestinian people and freeing Palestinian prisoners,” he said. “But since the calm (took root,) the enemy is acting as if nothing happened.” Shalah also charged 10 Islamic Jihad members were recently killed and more than 300 were arrested by Israel. “We were committed to the calm, but we cannot sit idly by in the face of the dangerous Israeli escalation,” he said. Abbas: We’ll eliminate anarchy Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas admitted there is a state of security anarchy in the PA, but expressed his hope that security authorities would be able to end the chaos. “We are asking Allah to allow us to eliminate this situation with wisdom and determination,” he said. In a meeting with Gaza council heads, Abbas said his recent meeting with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was difficult, but added that he was “determined to continue the dialogue and meetings with the Israeli side.” “We’re not demanding more than the Palestinian rights, which are the release of 10,000 prisoners, an end to (West Bank) security fence construction, end of construction in the settlements, and an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian communities,” he said. “Even if we failed to make progress this time around and couldn’t get important things,” Abbas added, “we must continue the efforts…and talk with the Israeli side in order to realize the Palestinian demands.”

‘We’ll shake Tel Aviv’

Senior al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades figure says group to hit Tel Aviv if Israel continues to arrest terror suspects in West Bank town of Tul Karem. Islamic Jihad also threatens to end lull should Israel target terrorists