Well if the “good terrorists” are angry at us,  then there goes the neighborhood! Frankly Fatah, the PFLP, Islamic Jihad, Hamas, the Tanzim and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade – all need to be exterminated (and when I say “exterminated” I literally mean “killed”).

by Khaled Abu Toameh

The US is the number one enemy of the Palestinians because it supports Israeli “oppression” against the Palestinians, Tawfik Tirawi, a senior member of the Fatah Central Committee, said on Sunday.

Tirawi, former commander of the Palestinian Authority’s General Intelligence Force in the West Bank, also said that Fatah has not abandoned the armed struggle option against Israel.

“Fatah hasn’t thrown the rifle aside,” Tirawi told thousands of university students during a rally in Hebron.

Tirawi’s anti-US remarks came only days after a Palestinian protester tossed a shoe at US diplomats who arrived in Ramallah to attend a cultural event.

The Palestinians were protesting against US President Barack Obama’s refusal to back the PA’s statehood bid at the UN and US threats to cut off financial aid to the PA.

Tirawi also criticized the PA leadership for refusing to allow Palestine TV to use the term “Israeli enemy” in its broadcasts.

“Those who prevent the use of the term ‘Israeli enemy’ are acting in violation of national awareness and the principles of people under occupation,” he argued. “They must go away.”

The PA, meanwhile, has informed the Quartet that the Palestinians are not opposed to the resumption of the peace talks with Israel, Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Sunday.

However, the Palestinians want the Quartet members – the US, EU, UN and Russia – to oblige Israel to recognize the pre-1967 lines as the baseline for a two-state solution and to halt construction in the settlements, Erekat said.

Recognition of the pre-1967 lines and a freeze in settlement construction are key to resumption of the peace negotiations, he added.

Erekat’s remarks came as representatives of the Quartet were due to meet in Brussels on Sunday to discuss ways of resuming the peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel.

The Israeli government has accepted a recent proposal by the Quartet for the resumption of talks with the goal of reaching a peace agreement before the end of 2012.
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Egyptian Christians finally are starting to fight back against the Islamofascist oppression.

by Reuters Staff

Egypt’s Coptic Christians turned their fury against the army on Monday after at least 25 people were killed when troops broke up a protest, deepening public doubts about the military’s ability to steer the country peacefully toward democracy.

In the worst violence since Hosni Mubarak was ousted, armored vehicles sped into a crowd late on Sunday to crack down on a protest near Cairo’s state television.

Online videos showed mangled bodies. Activists said some people were crushed by wheels.

Tension between Muslims and minority Coptic Christians has simmered for years but has worsened since the anti-Mubarak revolt, which gave freer rein to Salafist and other strict Islamist groups that the former president had repressed.

But much of the anger from Sunday’s violence targeted the army, accused by politicians from all sides of aggravating social tensions through a clumsy response to street violence and not giving a clear timetable for handing power to civilians.

Late on Monday, thousands marched from Cairo’s main cathedral to the Coptic hospital where most of the wounded were treated, calling for religious unity and the removal of the head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.

“Why didn’t they do this with the Salafists or the Muslim Brotherhood when they organize protests? This is not my country any more,” Alfred Younan, a Copt, said near the hospital.

Church leaders called for three days of fasting “for peace to return to Egypt.”

The military council told the interim government to investigate the clashes urgently and said it would take necessary measures to maintain security, state TV said.

“This is a huge crisis that could end in a civil clash. It could end in dire consequences,” said presidential hopeful Amr Moussa. “An immediate investigation committee must be formed, with immediate results.”

The clashes overshadow Egypt’s first parliamentary poll since Mubarak fell. Voting starts on November 28.

“One big problem Egypt faces now is that, increasingly, there is no one in power with the authority and credibility to calm the situation down,” said a senior Western diplomat.

“After (Sunday’s) events, there is an increasing risk that the military will come into conflict with the people. The authority of the prime minister is dangerously eroded. None of the presidential candidates yet has the standing.”

AGITATORS

Christians make up 10 percent of Egypt’s roughly 80 million people. They took to the streets after accusing Muslim radicals of partially demolishing a church in Aswan province last week.

They also demanded the sacking of the province’s governor for failing to protect the building.

On Monday, mourners packed the Abbasiya cathedral, where Coptic Pope Shenouda prayed over candle-lit coffins of the dead. Many wept and chanted slogans calling for Tantawi to step down.

The congregation wailed as some held aloft bloodstained shirts and trousers. “With our souls and blood we sacrifice ourselves for the cross,” they cried.

Some protesters said agitators, whom they described as thugs, sparked violence that prompted the heavy-handed tactics.

The Health Ministry said 25 people were killed and 329 wounded, including more than 250 who were taken to hospital.

Mina Magdy, a doctor at the hospital, said it had dealt with 17 fatalities. Fourteen of the deaths were due to bullet wounds and three were killed when vehicles ran over them, he said.

Streets near the state television building had been largely cleared of debris on Sunday, but smashed and burned vehicles lined streets in the area near the Coptic hospital, which was also the scene of violence overnight.

Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, appearing on state TV in the early hours of Monday, said the government’s attempts to build a modern, democratic state were being disrupted by security concerns and talk of plots against democracy.

“We will not surrender to these malicious conspiracies and we will not accept reverting back,” he said before the interim cabinet met and launched an investigation into the violence.

Justice Minister Mohamed Abdel Aziz el-Guindy said the investigation and any trials would be handled by military courts. State newspaper Al Ahram said 15 people were being investigated. State media had said dozens were detained.

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