Hamas, Islamic Jihad call J'lem terror attack a 'natural reaction'

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Hamas and Islamic Jihad praised Monday night's terror attack in Jerusalem which wounded fifteen Israelis, Israel Radio reported Tuesday morning. An Islamic Jihad statement called the attack, during which an east Jerusalem Arab rammed his BMW into a crowd of IDF soldiers, tourists and citizens near the Old City's Jaffa Gate "a natural response to the criminal occupation." A Hamas statement echoed the terrorist organization's sentiments, calling it "a natural response to the continued Zionist attacks on the Palestinian nation, to settling and Judaization." Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri added that "the deed proves that the Palestinian nation can find new ways to fight the occupation."