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JAFFA, Israel-Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party is responsible for the rockets fired recently from the Gaza Strip at Jewish civilian population centers, informed sources told WND.The information indicates Fatah, which U.S. policy considers moderate, has been violating a five-month-old truce in Gaza, while the Hamas terrorist organization has been strictly enforcing the cease-fire.Just last week, rockets were fired at the Israeli city of Sderot by Palestinians in Gaza with a previously unknown group, calling itself Hezbollah-Palestine, taking responsibility. The same group took credit for rocket attacks on Oct. 21.Since the truce went into affect in June,few violations have been reported.Hamas sources in Gaza told WND an investigation has found Hezbollah-Palestine actually is a front group for the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah's declared military wing. The Hamas sources said their organization arrested several Al Aqsa members who admitted to firing the rockets under the banner of the Hezbollah front group. The sources also said they inquired within the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, which denied involvement in any rocket attacks or knowledge of the Hezbollah-Palestine group.A source within the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades admitted to WND his group was behind the recent rocket-fire in Gaza.Hamas surmises the rival Fatah organization is looking to disrupt the Gaza truce in a bid to draw Israeli retaliation and a closing of the borders between Israel and the Gaza Strip, which would restrict significantly the flow of goods into Gaza, likely leading to the Palestinian street losing some support for Gaza's Hamas rulers.Last summer, Hamas violently seized control of Gaza, expelling the U.S.-backed Fatah organization and taking over all Fatah security compounds in the territory.This weekend, Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades released an official pamphlet calling for attacks against Israel and terming the truce a "gift to the Zionist enemy.""We call on all Palestinian organizations to start the next round of resistance confrontations against the Zionist enemy. Hamas is salivating toward Israel like a hungry dog. The true resistance cannot wait any longer," read the Fatah pamphlet, which was obtained and translated by WND.The pamphlet was released as Israel and the PA announced they will hold a high-level joint briefing in Egypt next week for the international community to assess the status of U.S.-backed negotiations aimed at creating a Fatah-led Palestinian state before the end of the year.Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will head Israel's delegation, with Abbas representing the Palestinians at a meeting with leaders of the Mideast Quartet, which consists of the U.S., EU, U.N. and Russia. Ahead of the briefing, Abbas announced in Jordan he does not believe there will be a final agreement between the two sides before the 2009 deadline.Israel and the PA have been holding regular, high-level talks expected to result in an eventual Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem.But while Fatah leads peace talks, its chief negotiator, Ahmed Queri, recently warned that if Israel does not conclude a deal toward a Palestinian state the result will be attacks against the Jewish state.http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=79966
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