Prominent Palestinian murdered

[Colorado Blue]

Palestinian security forces in Ramallah on Monday arrested a suspect in the murder of Samir Rantisi, a local journalist and spokesman for former PA Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo.

Rantisi, 42, had for years urged Palestinians to endorse non-violent methods in their confrontation with Israel and was strongly opposed to suicide bombings.

He was murdered early Monday morning while he was sleeping in his bedroom in the Sateh Marhaba neighborhood. A lone gunman who broke into his apartment in the Shkukani Building shot him twice in the head in front of his wife.

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According to Rantisi, "The Palestinian people during the past years – regardless of the mistakes which were committed – have nearly exhausted much of their powers in a fruitless struggle against the Israeli occupation, the expansion of the illegal settlements, and reaped the gift of the Israeli wall which is shredding their prospective state into pieces - thanks to the suicide bombing strategies that undermined the forces of peace in Israel and equipped the Israeli right wing with magnificent pretexts and ideas to destroy the option of an independent Palestinian State in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The beginning of the real struggle therefore must restart within the Palestinian house."

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[tobeornottobe]

1. Murdered for speaking the truth? A truth worth repeating.

"The Palestinian people during the past years – regardless of the mistakes which were committed – have nearly exhausted much of their powers in a fruitless struggle against the Israeli occupation, the expansion of the illegal settlements, and reaped the gift of the Israeli wall which is shredding their prospective state into pieces - thanks to the suicide bombing strategies that undermined the forces of peace in Israel and equipped the Israeli right wing with magnificent pretexts and ideas to destroy the option of an independent Palestinian State in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The beginning of the real struggle therefore must restart within the Palestinian house."

[Englander]

2. Really?

"PA security officials said the murder was criminally motivated and was not linked to Rantisi's job as a journalist and former spokesman for the information minister.

The suspect was identified as Hani Yassin Dik, 28, a senior official with the PA's ministry for prisoners' affairs. Sources in the city said Rantisi and Dik had been involved in a personal quarrel for some time, but refused to elaborate. "

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[drdon326]

3. Well duuuuh....

of course theyre going to say that.Do you think they would say...

'PA security officials said the murder was due to that fact he advocated peace and was killed because he foolishly ask his people to stop the war crimes so the terrorists blew him away to shut him up.'

[Englander]

5. ~~

:tinfoilhat:

[tobeornottobe]

4. What PA security officials

say does not impress me and besides, it was a rhetorical question, so, yes, really. Regardless of why he was murdered, what he said was worth repeating again just for your benefit:

"The Palestinian people during the past years – regardless of the mistakes which were committed – have nearly exhausted much of their powers in a fruitless struggle against the Israeli occupation, the expansion of the illegal settlements, and reaped the gift of the Israeli wall which is shredding their prospective state into pieces - thanks to the suicide bombing strategies that undermined the forces of peace in Israel and equipped the Israeli right wing with magnificent pretexts and ideas to destroy the option of an independent Palestinian State in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The beginning of the real struggle therefore must restart within the Palestinian house."