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Israel arrests Hamas members in West Bank
 [Al Ahram] Israel placed in durance vileMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! 10 West Bank-based members of the Islamist movement Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, overnight, the army said Monday, although Paleostinian officials put the number at 15. "Ten Hamas operatives were tossed in the slammer You have the right to remain silent... overnight across the West Bank," an army spokeswoman told AFP, without giving any further details or reasons for the arrests. Hamas has ruled the Gazoo Strip since it took over the territory in 2007, but many of its members remain in the West Bank, which is home to the Paleostinian Authority, dominated by president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... 's Fatah party. Paleostinian security officials told AFP that Israel had on Sunday night arrested 15 Hamas members in the northern West Bank cities of Tulkarem and Nablus, and the southern city of Hebron. The officials said two of those arrested in Hebron were Paleostinian MPs who were tossed into the calaboose several times before, but the army spokeswoman could not confirm this. The remainder were mostly students, the Paleostinian officials said. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-29 |
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