Al-Jazeera (thanks to Nicolei for the link) is reporting that Arafat is playing that ever-popular game among Muslims: whenever anything bad happens, blame the Jews. The fact that Jews were killed by this bombing doesn’t faze him in the least.
Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat has condemned Sunday’s deadly bomb attack in Tel Aviv but suggested that it was an act of provocation carried out by the Israelis.
“We condemn this act as we always condemn these acts,” Arafat said, before hinting that it could have been carried out by the Israelis.
“You know who is behind these acts,” he told reporters on Sunday at his West Bank offices. “Europe knows it, the Americans know it, the Israelis know it.”
Arafat has previously accused members of the Israeli secret services of having perpetrated attacks against Israel.
The blast near a bust stop on Sunday killed a 19-year-old female army surgeon and wounded 20 people.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, an armed faction which pledges loyalty to Arafat, purportedly claimed responsibility for the bombing.