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In Palestinian Clan, Talk of Victory and More Fighting


(Boston Globe) Thanassis Cambanis - Like many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Kemal Taleb Nassar, the family patriarch, views the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza as a military victory for the militants who sent waves of mortars, Kassam rockets, rifle volleys, and suicide bombers at the settlers who lived in their midst. ''This is a big joy, a gift for the blood of the martyrs," Nassar said. ''This is the first step on a road that will take the resistance to the West Bank and then to Israel." Nassar asked the seven assembled children how many of them want to be martyrs; all but one raised their hands.
2005-08-19 00:00:00
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