Article: Islamic Jihad waffles on attacks against Israelis

Naomi Segal
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
05-14-1995
Islamic Jihad waffles on attacks against Israelis.

The Islamic JIhad fundamentalist movement has announced that it opposes any agreement with the Palestinian Authority aimed at curtailing the group's attacks on Israelis and at getting the militants to turn over their weapons to the Palestinian police.

Sunday's announcement by the group stood in sharp contradiction to a statement made Saturday by the spiritual leader of Islamic Jihad, Abdullah Al-Shami, who was released by Palestinian police over the weekend.

Shami said his group was ready to stop temporarily its attacks against Israelis.

Shami was arrested by Palestinian authorities in January ...

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