The Palestinian Authority’s interior minister called on all Palestinian factions to stop suicide bombings. In his first interview with an Israeli newspaper, Abdel Razek Yehiyeh told Yediot Achronot that Palestinians must return to “the legitimate struggle against the occupation,” without violence. “Suicide attacks are contrary to the Palestinian tradition, are against international law and harm the Palestinian people,” Yehiyeh said.
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