Israel Lies Again in Clouded Cover Over Ramallah

January 6, 2006

With the attacks that occurred in Ramallah Thursday, as usual, Israel is trying to sweep it under the rug and showed that the invasion under the cloud of ceasefire was justified.

Israeli army spokesmen describes the massacre in Ramallah as 'self-defense'

Jerusalem - Ma'an - A spokesperson of the Israeli army, Avihay Ader'I, described the Israeli invasion of Ramallah on Thursday as, 'self-defense' aimed to apprehend Palestinian 'wanted' men who were planning to operate in Israel.

The spokesperson said the army operates every day in West Bank cities as there is no ceasefire agreement applicable there. However, he said what had happened in Ramallah was blown out of proportion by the direct transmission on TV channels and that this led to the outbreak of fierce confrontations.

In relation to the destruction of civilian Palestinian vehicles and shop fronts, he claimed this was to enable the passage of the relief forces which came to rescue the Israeli army unit that had come to arrest the 'wanted' men.