IDF Intelligence Chief Maj.-Gen. Amos Malka\'s statement yesterday that the PA gives its blessings to the violence and terrorism of all the Palestinian terrorist organizations continues to make waves. Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman said today,
\"The truth is that this is not new, even if the phenomenon has intensified in recent weeks. What is truly noteworthy is that someone of Malka\'s stature said it publicly... There is a national Islamic body that runs the intifada. It encompasses 13 different terrorist organizations from across the spectrum - from the secular Ahmed Jibril to the fundamentalist Islamic Jihad, and including of course Arafat\'s Fatah-Tanzim as well as Hamas. They sit together regularly and make decisions on the terrorist attacks against Israel, including the cooperation between Hamas and Fatah. They don\'t discuss each particular attack in detail, but plan out general strategies and directions. Gen. Malka summed it up when he said that it doesn\'t matter which organization carried out which attack; they cooperate widely amongst themselves.\"
Huberman said that the government must now \"take to heart that the organizations that we thought had abandoned violence and terrorism, have in fact abandoned this idea and have returned to their old ways. The enemy is united in this effort.\"
On another note, Huberman said, \"The army censor does not allow me to say more, but there have been specific attempts on the life of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Sha\'ul Mofaz, and they were thwarted. As a result, he now travels in bulletproof vehicles.\"
\"The truth is that this is not new, even if the phenomenon has intensified in recent weeks. What is truly noteworthy is that someone of Malka\'s stature said it publicly... There is a national Islamic body that runs the intifada. It encompasses 13 different terrorist organizations from across the spectrum - from the secular Ahmed Jibril to the fundamentalist Islamic Jihad, and including of course Arafat\'s Fatah-Tanzim as well as Hamas. They sit together regularly and make decisions on the terrorist attacks against Israel, including the cooperation between Hamas and Fatah. They don\'t discuss each particular attack in detail, but plan out general strategies and directions. Gen. Malka summed it up when he said that it doesn\'t matter which organization carried out which attack; they cooperate widely amongst themselves.\"
Huberman said that the government must now \"take to heart that the organizations that we thought had abandoned violence and terrorism, have in fact abandoned this idea and have returned to their old ways. The enemy is united in this effort.\"
On another note, Huberman said, \"The army censor does not allow me to say more, but there have been specific attempts on the life of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Sha\'ul Mofaz, and they were thwarted. As a result, he now travels in bulletproof vehicles.\"