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Arafat: Israel masterminded Tel Aviv bombing

Jerusalem Post | July 11 2004

Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat condemned Sunday's Tel Aviv bomb explosion that was claimed by his Aksa Martyrs Brigades militia, accusing Israel of masterminding the attack.

Arafat suggested that the attack was an act of provocation carried out by Israel following the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague against the West Bank security fence.

Arafat said: "We are against such kinds of bombings, and you must never forget that the Israelis are completely behind it as they have been in the past."

Speaking to reporters after meeting with UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner General Peter Hansen, Arafat added: "You know who is behind these acts, which are aimed at harming the court decision. Europe knows it, the Americans, the Egyptians, the Jordanians, and the Israelis also know it."

This is not the first time that Arafat accuses Israel of carrying out terror attacks against Israelis. In the past, he has accused the Israeli security services of assassinating the late Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi in order to justify IDF raids against Palestinian gunmen.

On other occasions, Arafat accused Israel of being behind some of the suicide bombings to avoid fulfilling its obligations under the Oslo Accords and the road map.

Members of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin and Nablus took to the streets to celebrate the bomb explosion. The gunmen handed out sweets to passersby and pledged to continue the attacks against Israel.

In another development, Hassan Abu Libdeh, the director of PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei's bureau, on Sunday described Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom's statements to the effect that Israel would remove illegal settler outposts in the West Bank as a "big lie."

Shalom said over the weekend that Israel plans to evacuate a number of random outposts as part of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan.

"This is a big lie that Israel has been using for a long time," Abu Libdeh told Palestinian reporters. "Israel has always talked about removing and evacuating Jewish outposts, but all we have seen is an expansion of the settlements."