Hamas leader killed in Gaza as settlers warn of civil war

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Some interesting bits ...

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Local Hamas chief Abdelaziz Ashqar, 34, was killed as
clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops
continued for a third day in the Jabaliya area of northern
Gaza, Palestinian security sources and medics said. Ten
other Palestinians were wounded, including three who
suffered wounds when an Israeli helicopter fired a rocket,
they said.

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Meanwhile, 200 extreme-right Israeli figures published a
petition calling on soldiers and police not to help evacuate
the Gaza Strip's Jewish settlers, branding it "a crime
against humanity."

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Justice Minister Yossef Lapid told public radio he would not
tolerate "calls for violence and threats by settlers and rabbis
which endanger the country's existence and the rule of
law."

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In an interview published Friday in the English-language
daily Jerusalem Post, Sharon insisted: "I don't see the
possibility today that a Jewish settlement can exist inside
the Gaza Strip."


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[shadu]

1. Maybe the 'settlers' will wage war on the IDF!

[Spinzonner]

2. I wonder if there's a way God can have a do-over

on the Ark thingy and leave off all the extremists.