'New Gaza war will riddle occupied lands'

‘New Gaza war will riddle occupied lands’

06 November, 2010 08:51

‘New Gaza war will riddle occupied lands’

Palestinian Islamic Jihad has warned against any Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, saying that any attack would permeate through all the occupied territories.

Speaking on the martyrdom anniversary of the movement’s founder, Fathi Shaqaqi, the group’s Secretary General Ramadan Shallah said on Friday that a fresh Israeli Â onslaught on the impoverished coastal sliver will spread through all the “cities and villages where Zionist dwellers reside,” Shiite News reported.

Shaqaqi, who was assassinated in 1995 by Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, in Malta, established the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in 1987.

General Shallah also lauded the Islamic Republic of Iran for its ‘moral support’ for Palestinians and said, “The US and Israel are opposing Iran due to its rightful position about Palestinians.”

The Islamic Jihad secretary general, who is also a notable academic, further criticized the Palestinian Authority (PA) for engaging in direct talks with Israel and noted that Palestine belongs to all Palestinians.

Direct negotiations between Israel and the PA resumed in Washington recently after about 20 months.

Talks broke off at the turn of 2009, when Israel launched a full-scale war on the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,400 Palestinians.