[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh - Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, on Sunday welcomed the killing of the eight yeshiva students in Jerusalem and lashed out at Mahmoud Abbas for condemning the shooting attack. In a statement issued in Ramallah, the group, which was reportedly dismantled several months ago, also called on Abbas not to resume peace talks with Israel and to halt security coordination with Israel. The Aksa Martyrs Brigades described the attack as an "heroic" operation and called for carrying out more attacks against Israel. The group urged Abbas to release all Aksa Martyrs Brigades gunmen being held in PA security installations in the West Bank and hand them back their weapons so they could resume their attacks on Israel.
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