The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas vowed Sunday to continue anti-Israeli suicide attacks as long as Israel occupies Palestinian territories.
"We cannot stop these operations as long as the occupation lasts," Hamas spokesman Mahmud Zahar told Qatar's Al-Jazeera television.
"The continuation of these operations is a legitimate need ... to teach the occupation forces some lessons after their crimes" in the West Bank," Zahar said, terming Palestinian bombers as "heroes".
"Nobody in the world accepts the American definition of terrorism," he said, playing down the importance of Sunday's meeting between Yasser Arafat and US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
"This meeting means nothing to us ... and (raises) not a glimmer of hope after the attitude of the United States," which he accused of bias towards Israel and its military offensive in the West Bank launched on March 29. (Albawaba.com)
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