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作者：Anonymous 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
Palestinians in Gaza Turn Anger on Militants
By Ibrahim Barzak
Associated Press
Wednesday, May 21, 2003; Page A21
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip, May 20 -- Hundreds of Palestinians burned tires and blocked a main road today in a rare burst of anger at militants whom they blamed for provoking Israeli military attacks by firing rockets into Israel from their town.
The protest erupted two hours after Israeli troops withdrew from this Gaza Strip town, ending a five-day takeover during which they flattened orchards, demolished 15 homes, knocked over garden walls, tore up streets and damaged the sewerage, water and electricity systems. The Israeli military said much of the destruction, especially of homes and orchards, was aimed at depriving Palestinian militants of cover.
In an unusual protest, about 600 Beit Hanoun residents blocked a main thoroughfare with trash cans, rocks and burning tires to show their anger at the militants and Palestinian Authority officials.
"They claim they are heroes," Mohammed Zaaneen, 30, a farmer, said of the militants as he carried rocks into the street. "They brought us only destruction and made us homeless. They used our farms, our houses and our children . . . to hide."
The Israeli pullback came despite five suicide bombings that killed 12 Israelis in 48 hours, endangering a U.S.-backed Middle East peace initiative. The pullback suggested that Israel was holding off on large-scale retaliation for now, as international concern rises that new strikes would further weaken the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas.
President Bush called Abbas today to underscore the need for both Palestinians and Israelis to fight terror and resume peace negotiations, according to Ari Fleischer, the White House spokesman. It was their first conversation since Abbas took office April 30.
Abbas is seen as instrumental in implementing the "road map" peace initiative, a three-stage prescription for ending violence and setting up a Palestinian state by 2005. However, Abbas has said he will not launch a crackdown on militias -- a crucial step in the first phase -- until Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, accepts the plan. Sharon has refused to do so, saying he wants to discuss his objections with Bush.
Sharon had been scheduled to meet today with Bush, but he postponed his trip to Washington because of the bombings. No date has been set for a future meeting.
During the Israeli takeover of Beit Hanoun, eight Palestinians were killed in clashes -- four gunmen and four teenagers, aged 13, 15 and 17. Three of the youths had been throwing stones at Israeli tanks when they were shot by troops.
Israeli soldiers have raided Beit Hanoun seven times in the past 32 months of clashes in an effort to stop the firing of homemade Qassam rockets at Israeli border towns.
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