Report: Fatah vows retaliation for Naksa Day deaths

[oberliner]

BEIRUT, Lebanon (Ma'an) -- Fatah's armed group will determine the "right time and place" to retaliate inside Palestine for the deaths of Palestinian refugees by Israeli fire along the Syria-Israel ceasefire line, an official was reported saying in southern Lebanon on Monday

“Palestine will be liberated through resistance because negotiations are useless,” Fatah leader in Lebanon Muneer Maqdah was quoted by the country's daily news site NOW Lebanon as saying during a rally to mourn what Syrian state television said were 23 marchers killed by Israeli fire during a protest rally the day before.

He called the incident, which saw hundreds mass at the Syria-Israel ceasefire line in the Golan Heights and march over the frontier toward lands occupied by Israel on 5 June 1967, "the massacre in Golan, Maroun Ar-Ras and Palestine," the report said.

Palestinians in the Saida refugee camp in southern Lebanon reportedly went on strike for the day, in protest against the deaths.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=394201

[Never Stop Dancin]

1. Shame.

This whole thing was obviously a way to provoke Israel and lure her into trap?

[azurnoir]

3. Israel seems rather easily 'lured' in to these 'traps' n/t

[azurnoir]

2. I was wondering when you'd post this but it is Fatah in Lebanon isn't it?

what has Abbas said does he agree? Is the Fatah leadership in the West Bank on board with this> I rather doubt it

[oberliner]

4. I was wondering why you didn't

It was on the front page of Ma'an News - you usually reprint a nice cross-section of their reporting.

How do you decide which of their stories to share and which to keep to yourself?