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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Arab lawmakers protest Israeli effort to deport them from Jerusalem

Ma'an - Three lawmakers threatened with expulsion from Jerusalem marked their 100th day of protest at sit-in at the International Committee for the Red Cross headquarters on Friday.

Israeli authorities issued deportation orders in April for former Jerusalem affairs' minister Khaled Abu Arafah and two other Palestinian Legislative Council members, Ahmad Atoun and Muhammad Totah, who were all voted into public office with the Hamas bloc. Israel's Interior Ministry issued the decision on the basis of the officials' political affiliation. The lawmakers began the demonstration in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood shortly after the deadline for their deportation orders passed in late June. Read more