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October 19, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/ramallah-goes-green-1.390863

Ramallah Goes Green

(Ha'aretz) Avi Issacharoff - After years of hiding, persecution, avoiding rallies and demonstrations in the West Bank, Hamas supporters went out into the streets en masse to celebrate. Hundreds of Palestinians, most of them young, wrapped in green flags and scarves, made it clear that Hamas deserved the credit for the prisoner exchange deal. One Hamas activist, Abdallah, wanted to make it clear to the Israeli public that Hamas does not seek peace. "This is Muslim land," he said. "The Jews came from abroad and therefore can live here as citizens under an Islamic state....You should understand, Islam is the future....Our prisoners were freed with force, God-willing, we will free more with force."

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