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| Report: IDF Raids Pro-Hamas Newspapers' Printer |
| 2014-05-29 |
| [Ynet] Ramallah printer says Israel trying to stop distribution of three Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, papers in the West Bank. IDF soldiers Wednesday raided the offices of a Paleostinian newspaper in the West Bank city of Ramallah, managers said, ordering them to stop printing publications by the Islamist movement Hamas, according to a statement by a pro-Fatah newspaper that prints the Hamas papers as well. "Officers informed us that Israel would not allow the printing and distribution of Falastin, Al-Resala, and Al-Istiqlal," three Hamas newspapers, Al-Ayyam's managers said in a statement. Al-Ayyam has been printing the three papers since April, when a surprise reconciliation deal between Hamas, which rules the Gazoo Strip, and their rivals Fatah brought the Islamist group's publications back to West Bank newsstands. The soldiers threatened to take "concrete steps" towards stopping Falastin, Al-Resala and Al-Istiqlal being printed at Al-Ayyam's offices in Ramallah, the statement said. The IDF had no immediate comment. On April 23, Hamas and the Paleostine Liberation Organization - which Fatah dominates - revealed a reconciliation deal under which they would work together to form a new government of political independents. That was seized upon by Israel, which said it would not negotiate with any Paleostinian government backed by Hamas, putting the final nail in the coffin of the latest round of US-brokered peace talks. |
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