There was no immediate comment on the death from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
But in Gaza, the Hamas Islamists whose political fortunes rose with the Israeli withdrawal from the Strip in 2005 savored Sharon's demise.
"We have become more confident in victory with the departure of this tyrant," said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zurhi, whose movement preaches the destruction of the Jewish state.
"Our people today feel extreme happiness at the death and departure of this criminal whose hands were smeared with the blood of our people and the blood of our leaders here and in exile."
Palestinians in Gaza were handing out sweets to passersby and motorists in celebration of Sharon's passing.And the Fatah terrorists of the 'Palestinian Authority' aren't any nicer. Abu Bluff has so far kept his mouth shut, but...
“Sharon was a criminal, responsible for the assassination of (former Palestinian president Yasser) Arafat, and we would have hoped to see him appear before the International Criminal Court as a war criminal,” AFP quoted Fatah Central Committee member Jibril Rajub as saying.And here's video of their 'celebration.'
Let's go to the videotape.
But just give them a 'state' and they'll stop celebrating every time someone dies. Sure....
