Palestinian Suicide Bombers Opting for Palestinian Anihilation?

Palestinian suicide bomber strikes in Israel
Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:32 AM ET
By Dimitry Hodorkovsky

BEERSHEBA, Israel (Reuters) - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up, critically wounding two guards at an Israeli bus station on Sunday in the first such attack since the eviction of Jewish settlers from Gaza and part of the West Bank.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast in Beersheba, three days after troops killed five Palestinians in a raid on a militant hideout in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, drawing a vow of revenge from the Islamic Jihad group.

A police spokesman said nearly 50 people were treated at hospital, most of them for shock. The two guards, who chased the bomber, were critically hurt, the spokesman said.

The explosion, at the entrance to Beersheba's central bus station, followed a call by President Bush for the Palestinians to respond to last week's pullout from occupied Gaza by showing "they will fight terrorism."

Bush, who hopes the Gaza withdrawal will help revive a U.S.-backed peace "road map" envisaging a viable Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel, stopped short of demanding President Mahmoud Abbas dismantle militant groups.

Abbas condemned the suicide bombing, calling it "a terrorist attack" in a statement issued by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. He described Israel's Tulkarm raid as a "provocation" and urged all sides to show restraint.

Palestinians better get their act together and stop this campaign of death. Israel has made an unprecedented concession by withdrawing from the Gaza settlements. If the Palestinians cannot control this activity, then Israel will be fully justified in wiping them out.

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