Lobbying, Palestinian Style
Charles Johnson
Sun Apr 17, 2005 at 10:48 am PDT • Views: 291
The Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades went on a rampage in the “City of the Bombers,” Jenin, threatening to murder Palestinian officials if they didn’t provide jobs: Gunmen threaten to kill Palestinian MPs. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
Palestinian gunmen shut down a government building on Sunday and threatened to kill members of the Palestinian parliament, demanding the Palestinian Authority provide jobs to former prisoners and to relatives of people killed during nearly five years of fighting.
Led by Zakariye Zubeydi, the head of Jenin’s branch of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, about 40 militants gathered in Jenin’s main intersection, firing into the air as several hundred sympathizers encouraged them.
Zubeydi told the crowd he was ready to march on the offices of local parliamentarians. “In half an hour, if we find any of them in their offices there will be blood and then our only language will be the bullet,” he said.
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