Israel to allow terrorists to keep assault rifles

IDF: Cease-fire, PA rejection of terror are victory for Israel

By Amir Oren Ha'aretz 3 July 2003
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Once the PA completes its reorganization this month, Israel will not insist
on collecting all the weapons in the hands of the militias, but rather will
demand immediately that the authority "plug," not "disarm," the rifles being
held by the armed factions, and that it dismantle the "terror
infrastructure," including the financial resources and incitement within the
mosques. The focus is on the munitions that are used only for terror
attacks - bombs, Qassam rockets, mortars. Personal weapons, which for
decades have been both a life insurance policy and a yardstick for respect
in Palestinian society, may remain in the hands of the militiamen as long as
they are stored and not publicly displayed.
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