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Thursday, August 8, 2002
HAMAS Leader Al-Rantisi Addresses Amman Rally by Phone; Says Suicide Bombings to Continue (US flag burned)

HAMAS Leader Al-Rantisi Addresses Amman Rally by Phone; Says Suicide
Bombings to Continue (US flag burned)

[IMRA: Unfortunate/disturbing that Jordan permits such activity. These
remarks as the PA make it clear they have no plans to act agains Hamas if
Israel gives them control of areas]

London Al-Sharq al-Awsat (Internet Version-WWW) in Arabic 04 Aug 02

[Al-Sharq al-Awsat Report from Amman]

[FBIS (US Government service) Translated Text]

Shaykh Abd-al-Aziz al-Rantisi, one of the leaders of the Islamic Resistance
Movement, HAMAS, denied yesterday that the movement is willing to stop
fighting or observe a six-month truce. He asserted that these are lies and
nonsensical reports that express the wishes of the defeatists who do not
want to achieve liberation and a return to the homeland. He affirmed that
the martyrdom operations against Israeli targets will continue and that
HAMAS will continue its blows everywhere until the day comes when Palestine
from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River is again Arab and Islamic.

In a telephone conversation from Gaza through which he addressed a festival
organized by the Islamic Action Front Party in Amman, Al-Rantisi declared
that the confrontation against the enemy will continue despite the war
crimes and organized state terrorism that the tyrannical occupation forces
are carrying out in most Palestinian towns and population centers, most
recently in Nabulus, Gaza, Hebron, Tulkarm, and Ramallah.

The leading HAMAS figure explained that his movement will pursue the enemy
and that it will not be stopped or hindered by any local, regional, or
international obstacles including the conspiracies that are being concocted
in Washington with the help of some Arab regimes to restrain the Palestinian
people. He emphasized that all conspiracies against the Palestinian
resistance will fail and that the resistance will continue until Jerusalem
is liberated.

Al-Rantisi said that Palestinian children are being killed with US bombs and
missiles, but that the youths, both male and female, have listened to the
call of righteousness, are following the path of jihad, and vying with each
other to become martyrs. This, he noted, proves that the nation is standing
on the threshold of a new era, the era of victory that comes in the wake of
the setbacks and the age of defeated persons who agreed to be subjugated. He
remarked that the women of Palestine are following the example of Al-Khansa
[woman in early days of Islam who encouraged her sons to go to war].

He added that the Israelis are suffering much hardship these days as a
result of the continuing resistance, that their morale is low, and they are
emigrating from the country in increasing numbers. Noting that Sharon and
his allies are trying hard to stop the martyrdom operations and the
resistance to entrench the settlers in the land and raise their morale,
Al-Rantisi reiterated that the resistance will continue until the last
occupier leaves Palestine.

During the festival, which was attended by more than 1,000 citizens, Israeli
and US flags and models of Israeli settlements were set on fire. Two young
cubs toured the festival carrying a plaque on which the words "Israel will
definitely vanish" were inscribed. Jordanian policemen who were present on
the site confined themselves to watching from a distance and did not
intervene.

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