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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					15/02/2011 &#8211; 04:26 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Senior Islamic Jihad  official Khadir Habib described the Palestinian Authority&#8217;s court  settlement to pay compensation for the death&#8217;s of two Jewish settlers as  a ”stab in the back of the struggle and national liberation” waged by  the Palestinians defending their lives and land.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The PA settled in court to compensate the families of two Jewish settlers killed in resistance operations.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The move came at a turbulent time for the  PA, which lost popularity after leaked documents revealed it had offered  concessions to the occupying entity of Israel on unprecedented amounts  of land and on Palestinian refugees&#8217; right of return.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">At a time when demands for government  reforms sent shockwaves across the Arab world, PA officials made  decisions for presidential elections and had its cabinet of ministers  resign, in a bid to win back credibility.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">But reality resurfaced Tuesday when the PA  agreed to compensate for the deaths of illegal settlers killed by  resistance forces fifteen years ago.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”[The move] was a shameful scandal and a  huge offense and criminalizes the lawful resistance in the face of the  occupation and its crimes,” Habib said Tuesday.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He also emphasized the need for ”a  solution to the PA”, saying it is has made continued concessions to  Israel and perpetuated the Palestinian political split though its  political and security commitments.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”The split is reinforced by the PA&#8217;s  agendas, programs and policies that conflict with national objectives  set out for by Palestinian forces and factions,” he said. ”These  policies are also unacceptable to the people, so an authority that does  not reflect the people&#8217;s aspirations and dreams may not stay.”</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Meanwhile, the Islamic Jihad Movement tried to call the cards in the PA cabinet resignation.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”The changes that happened in Fayyad&#8217;s  government are only a formality and are changes in the names and  ministries, and is not a real change aimed at reform,” said another  Islamic Jihad leader Dawud Shehab.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”The authority in Ramallah is very  concerned over its fate after it lost its greatest supporting political  ally with the downfall of the Hosni Mubarak regime. And it is trying  varied means to circumvent real reform,” Shehab said.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He called on the PA to kick off talks with  Hamas and other Palestinian factions and agree to a national program to  cope with the Israeli occupation and threats to the Palestinian cause  ”rather than attempts to circumvent national reconciliation and  dialogue.”</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7ZM8JU7tiBlP4B%2bu2aOJiAjJPvriHpi3exWtE1E69FxwpbogSHdv6WjAzE7%2fZ5p4EaEeXkWSH%2fH890M63Fykq%2fbHAjaKrGsA%2bJYuiA6vKuQQ%3d">Islamic Jihad: PA compensation for settler lives confers legitimacy to Israel</a>.</p>
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