Mahmoud Abbas urged Palestinian terrorist groups not to violate the cease-fire he signed with Israel. “We have agreed on one truce,” the Palestinian Authority president said in a Gaza speech Saturday, referring to his deal with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in February which Hamas, the Al-Aksa Brigade and other factions later agreed to honor. “Therefore, we should continue with it until security prevails, in order that our citizens should not feel threatened by planes and tanks.” The truce, under which the terrorists scaled back but never entirely ceased their attacks, is due to expire at the end of the month. The Hamas chief in exile, Khaled Meshaal, predicted renewed terrorism in the new year. “I say it loudly: We will not enter a new truce and our people are preparing for a new round of conflict,” he told a Damascus rally last Friday.
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