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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Israel orders Hamas legislator held for six more months

Ma'an
Israel has extended the detention of Abdul Jaber Fuqaha, a Hamas-affiliated member of the Palestinian Legislative Council from Ramallah first arrested in 2006.

...The order was the third such order...

... not charged with any crime. Fourteen Hamas legislators are still in Israeli prisons, including seven in administrative detention.

Israel seized dozens of Hamas officials in June 2006...

In March Israel detained ten more top Hamas officials, including lawmakers, from the West Bank... Full story
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