May 05, 2003

Tel Aviv bombers had tea with foreign 'peace activists'

Foreign volunteers in the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement said Monday they had tea with two Britons later involved in a Tel Aviv suicide bombing, but said they had no idea at the time of the assailants' intentions.
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On April 25, five days before the Tel Aviv bombing, Sharif and Hanif toured the Gaza Strip, including the Rafah refugee camp. At one point, they met with members of the International Solidarity Movement, a pro-Palestinian group that sends volunteer to serve as buffers between Israeli troops and Palestinian civilians.
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After 15 minutes of drinking tea, the group attended a memorial service for Rachel Corrie, an ISM volunteer crushed to death last month as she stood in the path of an Israeli bulldozer to try to prevent a house demolition in Rafah.
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On Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz revealed that the two British bombers entered Israel several weeks ago from Jordan with the explosive devices hidden inside a copy of the Quran, the Muslim holy book. They crossed to the West Bank and then to Israel. Mofaz told the Cabinet that after entering Israel, the two moved into the Gaza Strip for talks with local Palestinian militants.

Mofaz said that the two men apparently were recruited by a Syrian-based terror group while they were studying Arabic in Damascus.
It was the first suicide attack carried out by a foreigner during 31 months of Israeli-Palestinian violence.

According to its own literature, the International Solidarity Movement is an organization which supports terrorism: "As enshrined in international law and UN resolutions, we recognize the Palestinian right to resist Israeli violence and occupation via legitimate armed struggle."

There is no "legitimate armed struggle" by the "Palestinians"--only the cold-blooded Islamist murder of (Israeli) Jews.
And the "Palestian peace activist" myth dies another death, too.
Looks like those 2 Brit homicide bombers were trying to make Monty Python's "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" into the real deal sneaking their bombs into the Koran...