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Saudi Columnist Criticizes Hamas' Gaza Attack
(MEMRI) Writing in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa on June 27 on "The Crime at the Kerem Shalom Crossing," Saudi columnist Yusuf Nasir Al-Suweidan said: "The tunnel dug by the terrorists from the Gaza Strip to the Kerem Shalom crossing took them outside the Palestinian border, and they used it to penetrate into Israel - an independent, sovereign, UN member state. There they perpetrated the crime of murdering two Israelis, kidnapping a third, and wounding others, with all the dangerous consequences that [such a] despicable attack has caused and will cause to the Palestinian side." "The military, political, and economic balance of power, along with every other parameter, will always favor Israel to a considerable degree, so that the very notion of equilibrium between the two sides in the conflict is a wild fantasy....At present, what [the Palestinian masses] need most is food, medicines, clothing, and other essentials - not explosive belts, car bombs, and the slogan, 'Congratulations, oh Martyr, the black-eyed virgin awaits you.'"