'Abdul Aziz Al RantisiSheikh Ahmed Yasin
I want to remember something reported by Dr. Atef Ibrahim Adwan, a professor of Political Science in the Islamic University of Gaza and a biographer of Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, who has written extensively on Palestinian history, Palestinian resistance and the history of Muslim-Jewish relations.
Asked about how did the Sheikh deal with Israelies on a personal level, he answered the following:
"Sheikh Ahmad Yassin as a Muslim was not against the Israelis as citizens or civilians, but he fought against the Israeli occupation.
I remember a story has been told to me by Dr. Rantisi, about a time when the Sheikh and Dr. Rantisi were driving their car at night and found an Israeli who had had an accident. They took him to the hospital and helped him. He did not hate Israelis as Jews, or as civilians, but as occupiers."
Asked about how did the Sheikh deal with Israelies on a personal level, he answered the following:
"Sheikh Ahmad Yassin as a Muslim was not against the Israelis as citizens or civilians, but he fought against the Israeli occupation.
I remember a story has been told to me by Dr. Rantisi, about a time when the Sheikh and Dr. Rantisi were driving their car at night and found an Israeli who had had an accident. They took him to the hospital and helped him. He did not hate Israelis as Jews, or as civilians, but as occupiers."