SHEIKH KHALID AL-BUTCH , THE LEADER AT THE ISLAMIC JIHAD MOVEMENT, SAID THE CONTINUOUS ISRAELI ESCALATION IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK AIMS AT THE LIQUIDATION OF THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM. IN A STATEMENT TODAY, SHEIKH AL-BUTCH SAID ISRAEL IS EXPLOITING THE EXISTING MOMENT OF WEAKNESS AND THE STATE OF DISUNITY AMONG THE PALESTINIANS. HE ADDED THAT 'BUT THE ISRAELI ENEMY FORGETS THE FACT THAT CRISES ALWAYS CLOSE THE RANKS OF ANY NATION'. HE NOTED THAT THE CURRENT ISRAELI WAR MINISTER EHUD BARAK IS TRYING TO PROVE HIS MILITARY CAPABILITY. AS REGARDS THE PALESTINIAN S STRANDED AT RAFAH EXIT POINT, AL-BUTCH SAID THIS MATTER IS LINKED WITH THE KEENNESS OF THE ISRAELI RULERS ON PUTTING PRESSURE ON THOSE WHO ARE RULING GAZA STRIP AS WELL AS PUNISHING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
