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M E S S A G E S F R O M
H A M A S ?
ISRAELI KIDNAPPED, BOUND, FOUND
WITH ARAB HEADRESS AND BIBLE!
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MER - Washington - 9/17/97:
Oftentimes a political
cartoon, or a particular gesture, can be more meaningful than another verbal
quotation.
Such an "action"
took place a few days ago in Israel even prompting visiting Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright to ask Yasser Arafat for his help. It was a bit
reminiscent of an IRA tactic from a few years ago. Rather than actually
attacking Heathrow Airport and blowing up airplanes there, the IRA showed
that it could in fact have done so but chose to use a dummy round rather
than a live explosive. It was clearly a clever "demonstration"
and if memory serves rightly the IRA did it twice just to make sure the
pointed message came through loud and clear.
What some Palestinians
appear to have done last last week was abit similar. It seems they kidnapped
an elderly Israeli. Whether they held him for ransom or made any particular
demands is not known as Israeli military censorship often prevents these
things from becoming published. However, one way or another a part of the
man's ear was passed on to the Israelis; and at that point the Israelis
asked Madeleine Albright to urge Yasser Arafat to find and free the man.
But the next day the man was found in a vacant house in the Israeli city
of Ashkelon. He was bound, an Arab headdress was on his head, and there
was a Bible on his chest! The man, Yaakov Schwartz, 63, is said to have
indicated to his rescuers that he couldn't remember what had happened to
him. At least that's what's being said publicly so far.
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HAMAS LEADER KIDNAPPED FROM GAZA
EXPECT MORE TERRORISM
Meanwhile, while the mainstream press was busy
reporting the public inanities of Madeleine Albright and the Arab leaders
who have been greeting her, it appears the Israelis kidnapped from Gaza
Ghetto Dr. Ibrahim Makadmeh, the suspected leader of the Hamas military
wing. Israel denies the deed, but then we all know how much that means.
Makadmeh was high on the list of those Bibi demanded Yasser arrest. Whether
Yasser and friends cooperated in the abduction is not known, but the suspicion
is not unusual any longer. A few days ago the Hamas military wing distributed
a leaflet threatening still more retribution in Israeli streets because
of Makadmeh:
"We will burn
fires under the legs of the Zionist conquest. If there was a painful response
taken by Iz el-Deen al-Qassam (the military wing) after the murder of Ayyash
(the engineer,) this time the response will be many times more hurtful."
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