In a damning condemnation of left-wing behavior, a new book on the Al-Aqsa Intifada, quotes Hamas leaders saying that the behavior of Israel’s left-wing encourages them to continue their attacks.

The book, The Seventh War written by journalists Avi Yissocharov from state-run Voice of Israel radio and Amos Harel from Haaretz was based on a comprehensive investigations and interviews with Hamas leadership in Gaza and Israeli prisons, carried out by the two journalists.

Yissocharov told Channel 1s New Evening program this afternoon that Hamas leaders told him over and over again that it was the Israeli left-wing that encouraged them to continue to carry out terror attacks.

Yissocharov outlined the general consensus among Hamas leadership he had interviewed for the book: The Israeli left-wing and your peace-camp are what ultimately encouraged us to continue to carry out suicide bombings. We tried, through our attacks, to create fragmentation and dissention within Israeli society, and the left-wing encouraged us in that regard. When we heard about the Pilots Letter, the refuse-niks and the elite soldiers refusing to serve [in Judea, Samaria and Gaza ed.] it strengthened our confidence in the effectiveness of the suicide bomber. The disengagement from Gaza is proof of our victory. The fact that Sharon is willing to withdraw unconditionally is basically equivalent to raising a white flag and retreating. Only by force are we able to teach the other side what to do.

This entry was posted on Friday, September 10th, 2004 and is filed under news.