On Sunday, November 10, 2002 five civilians were murdered in Kibbutz Metzer.

The victims are three adults and two children, including a mother and her two sons, aged four and five.

Kibbutz Metzer, which was founded in 1953, has throughout the years maintained relations of co-existence, friendship and cooperation with its Arab neighbors in the nearby villages.

No society in the world can accept the murder of a mother and her two young children in their home.

Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which is currently supposed to be holding talks with the Hamas (in Cairo) on a halt to suicide terrorist attacks within Israel.

Beyond the fact that we are witnessing yet another web of lies by Arafat, the cynical attempt to draw a distinction between terror attacks in the territories and within the Green Line is an untenable ploy which we and every peace-loving state must reject outright.