25 Hamas Members Arrested in West Bank
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The army said that "overnight 25 Palestinians were arrested all over the West Bank," but did not provide details.
Sources in Hamas said "20 senior Hamas members were arrested in the West Bank, among them three parliament members." It named them as Hatem Kafisha and Mohammad Al-Tal, arrested in Hebron, and Ahmad Atoun, detained in Ramallah.
Hamas has 74 members in the 132-seat Palestinian Authority Legislative Council, which is based in Ramallah. The latest arrests bring to 12 the number of Hamas lawmakers being held by Israel.
Security sources have told Agence France Presse that Israel plans to step up arrests of suspected militants in the West Bank to prevent a rising tide of low-intensity conflict and civil unrest from turning into an uprising.
The crackdown comes amid an increase in Palestinian unrest which Israel ties to fallout from the eight-day battle between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip in November.
04 February 2013, 14:50
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The Zionist state is free to commit whatever she wants, no questions asked by any European and US governments. e.g. 4500 Palestinians are in Israeli jails, settled 4,5000 families in the 1967 occupied west bank. Israel now is the dominant military power in the Middle East, Israel does not care to other countries barking around. She carries Atomic Bombs in her weapons aresenal but other countries are not allowed to. A very peculiar logic.
04 February 2013, 18:41
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"1967 occupied west bank" !!
Occupied from whom ? Not from the Palestinians, there was no Palestinian State at the time, but rather from Jordan, who soon after gave up all responsibility for the area.
So, if you are going to quote a load of rubbish, at least get your facts right.
