Fatah: Palestinian attacks legal

Source: Alalam, 26-4-2007
GAZA -Fatah official spokesman Maher al-Maqdad late Wednesday described as "legal" the Palestinian resistance groups` missiling of "Israeli" positions in retaliation to the Zionists` recent attacks and crimes in the West Bank and Gaza.
"No one should expect us to stand idle and observe `Israeli` crimes and offensives just for the sake of contribution to preservation of ceasefire," said Al-Maqdad in an exclusive interview with al-Alam TV.
He went on to say, "We can not call on the resistance groups to be committed to ceasefire, while the Palestinian people are subjected to the most severe attacks of the `Israeli` forces."
He then assimilated the Zionist forces` severe attacks and crimes to a "serial", saying that in a bid to shrug off responsibilities, the "Israeli" government resorts to growing attacks, massacre and assassination of Palestinians because it does not wish to join peace talks.
Meanwhile, he said the Palestinian government is for continued ceasefire in consistency with all parties` demand and the ceasefire should not be in a way that one party observes it, while the other party ignores it.
He noted that the Palestinian resistance groups and government favor recourse to ceasefire provided that "Israelis" too adhere to it.