Israel Matzav

Fatah's Rajoub: 'Kidnappings the only solution'

Fatah 'peace partner' Jibril Rajoub says that kidnappings are the 'only solution.'

Referring to the kidnapping of the three Israeli youths – Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel – in the West Bank last week, [Jibril Rajoub] told the Ramallah- based Wattan TV that although he was opposed to the kidnapping of civilians, be they Israelis or Palestinians, “apparently Israel understands only the language of abductions.”

Rajoub, who serves as chairman of the Palestinian Football Association and is closely associated with PA President Mahmoud Abbas, said that “the kidnapping of soldiers has become the only solution that Israel understands to release our prisoners, whose number is growing every day.”

His remarks are seen as a challenge to Abbas, who has twice condemned the kidnapping of the three youths and demanded their release.

Rajoub is one of a number of top Fatah officials who see themselves as potential successors to Abbas.

He spent 15 years in Israeli prison before he was released in a prisoner swap with Israel in 1985.

Soldiers? Two of them  are only 16!

'Peace' is surely at hand with the likes of Rajoub in the leadership.

Labels: Jibril Rajoub, kidnapping, Middle East peace process, Palestinian terrorism

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:34 PM