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| Islamic Jihad to protest against Hamas |
| 2008-09-07 |
| Teachers loyal to the Islamic Jihad movement on Saturday planned to protest against both the Hamas-run government's recent sacking of civil servants and the resulting territory-wide strikes. Doctors and teachers across the isolated territory have been on strike for more than a week in protest at the Islamist-run government's firing of civil servants who belong to the Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. Ahead of the demonstration, which was planned for 10:00 am (0800 GMT), Hamas summoned Mohammed Shalah -- the brother of exiled senior Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shalah -- for questioning, a Jihad spokesman told AFP. The two main Palestinian movements have been bitterly divided since Hamas seized power in the impoverished territory of 1.5 million people after routing Abbas's security forces in a week of bloody street battles in June 2007. Islamic Jihad and other smaller Palestinian factions have generally remained neutral in the dispute while calling for national unity. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The Rojos and the Baxters. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-07 09:46 |