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To: AK2004 who wrote (277987)	3/3/2006 11:17:43 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572604

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To: AK2004 who wrote (277987)	3/4/2006 5:22:40 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 1572604

Re: France is already paying for it and it is only going to get worse.... Viva la France under the HAMAS rule LOL... But Hamas' rule can't be worse than Judeofascism's, can it? Sat., March 04, 2006 Adar 4, 5766 Hamas' Haniyeh: Church attack is result of Israeli 'hate culture' By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service Ismail Haniyeh, the designated Palestinian prime minister from the Islamic militant Hamas group, held Israel responsible for the attack by a Jewish man who detonated fireworks inside a major Christian church in the northern city of Nazareth on Friday evening. Haniyeh said that it is the result "of a hate culture which Israel is feeding its public against the Palestinians, and their Christian and Islamic holy places and believers." Christian leaders were planning a march later Saturday to protest the attack, which caused minor damage. Israeli police said the man involved in the attack had mental problems and was not a religious extremist. Boulos Rececinto Marcuzzio, vicar of the Latin patriarch in Israel and a bishop in Nazareth, said Friday's attack and anti-Christian riots last year in the northern village of Ghajar were cause for concern. "What happened ... is strong enough to let us think that we have to ask for our legal protection here," he said Saturday. In Ghajar, Druze villagers had burned down dozens of Christian-owned businesses after rumors spread that Christian youths disseminated naked pictures of Druse girls on the Internet. No evidence has been found to substantiate the rumors, but villagers said they provided a spark to a situation in the divided village that was already tense. Ezra: Arab MKs trying to make electoral gain out of church attack Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra on Friday accused Israeli Arab MKs of trying to make electoral gain out of the church attack. Speaking at a press conference, Ezra said that the Arab MKs were trying "to exploit for electoral purposes" the incident. Haim Eliyahu Havivi and his Christian wife and daughter detonated fireworks inside the Basilica of the Annunciation triggering riots that led to the wounding of five police officers. Havivi, 44, of Jerusalem, had been questioned by police in the past after he expressed intentions to attack churches in Israel. Israeli Arab Knesset members responded angrily to the Friday evening attack. "Such an act is proof of the fact that radical right-wing and settler terror groups feel they are free to perform their crimes, both in the territories and in Israel, against the Arab population," said Hadash Chairman MK Mohammed Barakeh. Balad Chairman MK Azmi Bishara condemned the attack and said the motivation appeared to have been religious or nationalistic. He called on police not to relate to the angry crowd as a hostile element. Arab MKs also complained that Havivi had not been arrested in the past. Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi said that Havivi was known to police and was suspected of wanting to carry out such an attack. Ezra also said the attack had international implications and it should therefore be made clear that the incident was carried out due to personal distress of people who probably did not grasp the meaning of their actions. Karadi said, however, that police was not responsible for limiting a suspect's movement, but the judicial system. Earlier, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called her counterpart in the Vatican, Monsignor Lajolo, and told him Israel is making every effort to handle the events at the Basilica of the Annunciation. "We will do our all to protect the holy sites of all faiths," Livni said. Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz condemned the attack: "Any attempt to damage holy sites destroys the delicate relations between different faiths in Israel," he said. Church officials: Suspect 'born, bred on racist views' Latin Archbishop Michel Sabah, the most senior Catholic figure in Israel, said the Vatican was following closely the events in Nazareth. Sabah said that the person who tried to perform the terrible deed was born and bred on racist views and wild incitement against Christians in particular and Arabs in general. In a radio broadcast Sabah called on the angry crowd around the church to leave the area once they had expressed their protest. Advisor to the Latin Archbishop, Wadiya Abu Nasser, told Haaretz a full report of the incident was passed on to the Vatican and directly to the pope's office. Abu Nasser reported Vatican sources described the incident as very serious. Bishop Eliyas Shakur said "this is an evil attack on one of the holiest sites for Christianity, not just in Israel but in the entire world. I call on the country's leaders to act immediately in order to obstruct and arrest those who try to damage holy sites of both Christian and Muslim faiths." "We ask the Israeli government if it is still willing and capable of taking care of its citizens and minorities or do its citizens need to look after themselves," he said. haaretz.com