Dehamshe: I'm willing to be Islamic martyr
By Nina Gilbert
JERUSALEM (September 12) - United Arab List leader Abdul Malik Dehamshe says he is willing to be a shahid (holy martyr) in order to protect Islamic holy sites, including Al-Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Dehamshe, whose comments were first published in Ma'ariv yesterday, also said his people understand his message. He is head of the Islamic Movement component of the United Arab List.
Dehamshe said he is willing to protect the sites against any kind of attack by people who aim to harm them.
Meanwhile, MK Yisrael Katz (Likud) yesterday called on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to outlaw the Islamic Movement in Israel as a result of the massive terror attacks in the US.
Katz also called for a "decisive military strike against the Islamic terror bases in the West Bank," which he said are operated by Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.
Katz said the free world would understand that all democratic forces must be united against Islamic terror. "Islamic terror is a threat to the entire world," he said.
Dehamshe said he does not justify the suicide bomb attack by an Israeli Arab Islamist that killed three people in Nahariya earlier this week. However, he said he understands that in light of the difficult situation in the Arab sector people could "become desperate."
Dehamshe also said that the struggle to ensure equality should be conducted only through legal means. "We won't engage in an uprising against the state and won't fight against it," he was quoted as saying.
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