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Source: http://nytimes.com/2005/01/02/international/middleeast/02mideast.html
Abbas Seeks to Shield Militants from Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinian leadership had a duty to protect militants wanted by Israel and indicated that he did not intend to crack down on them. Abbas reiterated that Palestinian attacks against Israel are counterproductive, but he also said the Palestinian leadership would seek to shield wanted militants. "We will not forget the wanted, the heroes," he said at a rally in Rafah. (New York Times) On Friday in Gaza City, Abbas said, "We won't forget the convoys of martyrs of Izzaddin Kassam (the armed wing of Hamas)."