Suicide bombings less effective: Awwad

BOGOR: Suicide bombings by Palestinians are not so effective as a means of putting pressure on Israel but Palestinians will continue the fight against occupation by the Jewish state, Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Ribbi Y. Awwad has said.

He said Palestinian fighters dared to take deadly risks by perpetrating suicide bombings because all other routes to the achievement of independence had been closed off by Israel and the United States.

"We have been in this difficult condition for more than 100 years. The U.S. president should stand up for just one minute and tell Israel to end its occupation of Palestine," Awwad said after a discussion in Bogor, West Java, on Saturday. --JP