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Resistance does not just mean sending some martyrdom-seeker to Tel Aviv....If resistance meant nothing more than bearing arms and making a big fuss – this would not be resistance, but suicide.
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Fatah Revolutionary Council Member Jibril Rajoub: Merely Bearing Arms and Making a Big Fuss Is Suicide, Not Resistance April 2007

 

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