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September 29, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=189574

Hamas Leader: Arafat Ordered Hamas Attacks Against Israel in 2000

(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - "President Arafat instructed Hamas to carry out a number of military operations in the heart of the Jewish state after he felt that his negotiations with the Israeli government then had failed" after the Camp David summit in 2000, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar revealed on Tuesday. Most of the "military operations" were suicide bombings targeting Israeli civilians. This was the first time that a senior Hamas official disclosed that some of the Hamas suicide bombings during the Second Intifada were ordered by Arafat.

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