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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					01/01/2011 &#8211; 11:49 PM ] </span></td>
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<div class="AuthorStyle_inside">From Khalid Amayreh</div>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Palestinians from all political  orientations have strongly condemned the Friday night bombing outside a  Coptic church in Alexandria , describing the perpetrators as cowardly  terrorists and criminals.</p>
<p>Some Palestinian factions hinted that  the Israeli Mossad or al-Qaeda may have been responsible for the bombing  which killed 22 people and injured many others.</p>
<p>Hamas, the Islamic Liberation movement,  lambasted the bombing as a barbarian act targeting innocent people.</p>
<p>Aziz Duweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, called the bombing &#8220;a criminal and sinful act.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I condemn this criminal and sinful act in the strongest terms and without any reservation.&#8221;</p>
<p>He called the perpetrators and their abettors and supporters &#8220;enemies of Egypt , enemies of Islam and enemies of humanity.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another Palestinian Islamist leader, Muhammed Jamal Natshe,  said Islam would never ever justify &#8220;such barbarian acts.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This  is a murderous act that is totally unacceptable. It is rejected  religiously, morally and humanly,&#8221; said  Natshe,  who is an  Islamist  lawmaker in the Hebron region.</p>
<p>Natshe, who spent many years in  Israeli jails for peacefully resisting the occupation, said whoever  committed  this &#8220;sinful act&#8221; didn&#8217;t represent Islam in any way.</p>
<p>&#8220;Islam  stands for the preservation of the human soul, not killing it. Killing a  single human being is like killing the entire humanity,&#8221; said Natshe,  quoting some Quranic verses.</p>
<p>Earlier, Fatah issued a formal  statement, calling the Alexandria bombing a &#8220;terrorist crime targeting  Egypt and its cultural heritage.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We in Fatah consider this a terrorist act targeting Egypt and its status in the region.&#8221;</p>
<p>The  statement voiced the hope that &#8220;the Egyptian people&#8217;s consciousness,  along with the wisdom of the Egyptian leadership would eventually defeat  the terrorists and prevent them from achieving their nefarious goals.&#8221;</p>
<p>Many Palestinians think that undermining Egypt&#8217;s stability and security would be highly detrimental to the Palestinian cause.</p>
<p>It  is widely believed that one of Israel&#8217;s main strategic goal in Egypt is  to trigger a communal civil strife between the majority Muslim  population and the Christian Coptic minority, the largest in the Arab  world.</td>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s70TAkOCi8fOx%2fKvPxNb5QQi9%2fwdUCNenx04QacNwuZ2QjOhpTJxjuILbDWXKcRy%2f%2f7KkfQtRt2H99sAQiesQxEGLHBR0wBpgVzBL3xvJFuUk%3d">Palestinians condemn Alexandria Church bombing</a>.</p>
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