Alert Focus: A Burdensome Stone / A Cup of Trembling
Zechariah 12:2-3
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
WORLDNETDAILY - By Aaron Klein - December 28, 2006 -- JERUSALEM -- Weapons transferred yesterday with the help of Israel to militants from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party will be used in attacks against the Jewish state, a senior Fatah militant told WND.
Also, a leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, a major Palestinian terror group suspected of attacks against U.S. Middle East targets, told WND his organization has infiltrated Fatah and likely will obtain some of the new arms.
According to reports here, Egypt yesterday transferred 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 20,000 magazines and two million rounds of ammunition to Fatah security organizations in the Gaza Strip to bolster the groups in clashes against rival Hamas factions.
Hamas and Fatah have engaged in heavy firefights since Abbas earlier this month called for new Palestinian elections in a move widely seen as an attempt to dismantle the Hamas-led PA.
The Egyptian weapons were delivered yesterday with the help of the Israeli Defense Forces and with authorization from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, according to Israel's Haaretz daily newspaper.
Israeli and Palestinian security officials confirmed the Egyptian weapons shipments to WND....
Israel's Defense Ministry said Olmert approved the Egyptian weapons shipment to bolster peace in the region....
But according to Abu Yousuf, a senior member of Fatah's Force 17, which received the Egyptian weapons, the Egyptian arms shipment will be used to attack Jews and "fight Israeli occupation."....
"These weapons are an attempt by Egypt, backed by Israel and the U.S., to fuel a civil war in the Palestinian territories, but this conspiracy won't work. We will not use any weapons against Hamas unless they attack Abu Mazen (Abbas). The weapons will be used against Israel," Abu Yousuf told WND....
Anti-U.S. terror group: We'll obtain Israeli weapons shipment
Meanwhile, in an interview with WND, Muhammad Abdel-Al, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees, said his terror group would likely obtain some of the Egyptian weapons....
"In all the security services, including in Force 17, there are activists affiliated with all the Palestinian groups, including ours, and Hamas," he said. "We vow that there will be no use (of these arms) in a civil war, as we promise that should these arms reach us we will use them against the occupation and the Zionist enemy."....
WND reported exclusively the U.S. sent assault rifles and ammunition earlier this month to Fatah groups in Gaza. The weapons were delivered by an Israeli army convoy, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials involved in the transfer....
U.S. weapons prompting Palestinian arms race?
Also, Abu Abdullah, considered one of the most important operational members of Hamas' so-called military wing, told WND in an exclusive interview last week the U.S. weapons shipments prompted a Palestinian arms race.
The Hamas leader said weapons procured as a result of the U.S. shipment will be used against Israel.
"The more the Americans give Abu Mazen (Abbas) weapons, the more we will have in the future weapons to use against the Israelis, because it incites the different organizations to intensify their own supply of weapons," said Abu Abdullah of Hamas' Izzedine al-Qassam Martyrs Brigades, Hamas' declared "resistance" department. ...
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