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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Text: President Peres support hudna? "If they fire on us, we have to fight back without hesitation"

[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: "The moment the firing of missiles on Israel
stops - quiet will reign in Gaza." = ok for the Palestinians to smuggle
weapons, produce rockets, etc. as long as they don't shoot them.]

PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL SPOKESPERSON'S OFFICE

Jerusalem, February 12th, 2008

The President of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres:

"If they fire on us, we have to fight back without hesitation; Haniyah is
hiding because he knows clearly that he has perpetrated serious crimes
against his people and against Israel"

The President of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres, was the guest of honour of over a
thousand youth of the Kibbutz Movement who volunteered a year's national
service and who are about to enlist in the IDF. In his address to the youth
the President referred to the political-security situation and said: "Three
things must be done in view of the situation in Sderot and Gaza. The first,
there must be complete solidarity among the society in Israel. All the
people must be united with and must strengthen the citizens of Sderot - not
only Tel Aviv but all the cities in Israel must identify with Sderot. When
the leg of the small boy, Osher Tawito, was amputated, it was as if the leg
of an entire generation was amputated. Everyone must be part of the pain of
the family and the suffering of the inhabitants of Sderot."

He also added: "I have often been to Sderot. I have listened to the
distress of the citizens and many times the Government of Israel has
promised to accede to the requests for protective measures. I claim that
Israel is sufficiently rich to accede to all the security and associated
needs of the citizens of Sderot and I intend to continue to pass on this
message - the message from the inhabitants of Sderot to members of the
Government."

The second thing that needs to be done - If they fire on us, we must fight
back without hesitation and without compromise. The people of Israel are a
people, which defends itself and does not want war. We do not want to
harm innocent citizens, but we will not permit our enemies to harm our
citizens. Israel is willing to speak to whoever wishes to speak with it but
whoever prefers to fire on Israel, should not be surprised if it is fired
back on." The President added: "Words are not sufficient. I rely on the
IDF and also if definite solutions to the firing of Kassam missiles take
time, there is no doubt that the IDF will come out with the upper hand.

The third step which the President noted was: "Worldwide public opinion
must be recruited - both in the political and diplomatic track and in
widespread international information, as despicable crimes are being
perpetrated against Sderot, crimes which are against international law. The
moment the firing of missiles on Israel stops - quiet will reign in Gaza.
The world must understand this. The Head of the Hamas in Gaza must know
that those who are harmed, eventually will be those who break the law
itself."

In referring to the reports that Haniyah is hiding, the President said:
"Don't err - Haniyah is hiding because he clearly knows that he perpetrated
a series of severe crimes against his people and against the citizens,
children and women in Israel. He does not offer anything to the inhabitants
of Gaza except a life in the terror tunnels."

The President congratulated the thousand volunteers, Kibbutz members, who
are giving a year's service, and said: "Today's youth is as good as that of
1948 and I salute the high percentage of volunteering among the rural
settlements - both in the fields of education and welfare and in the
security fields, which is expressed in extremely high percentages of
volunteering in the field units, the air force and the elite units."

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