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Litre of the Band
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You cannot hold onto land seized in a war.Terrorism Havens: Palestinian Authority
Terrorism Havens: Palestinian Authority - Council on Foreign Relations
Is the Palestinian Authority a haven for terrorism?
Yes. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the secular al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigadesall formally classified as terrorist groups by the U.S. governmentoperate from the Palestinian-ruled territories governed by Mahmoud Abbas, who succeeded Yasir Arafat as leader of the Fatah party. The al-Aqsa Brigades are closely tied to the al-Fatah faction, but Israelis and Palestinians differ bitterly over what role Arafat and his regime played in terrorism, and many Palestinians say that violent resistance to Israeli occupation and settlement-building is legitimate.
Why is it that Israel, which won land fighting a defensive war initiated by arab/moslem Crusaders is expected to return that land to the people who have never stopped murdering that nation's citizens? One might also ask how a political entity founded on arrogant enmity and barbaric terror could be invited into the august halls (such as they are) of the United Nations, or how its dead archterrorist leader could have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A better question would be: Where is the sanity, morality, and justice in a world that sides with hateful, vicious killers against a free, democratic state governed and constrained by the rule of law?
It has been illegal since the end of WWII.