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August 10, 2008 The Hamas Movement on Sunday
reiterated its refusal for the deployment of
Arab or foreign troops in the Gaza Strip or
the West Bank under any pretext.
The Movement in a press release said that
it followed up the repeated statements by the
Ramallah authority's officials over the past
few days demanding the entry of Arab forces
into Gaza and the West Bank the latest was
voiced by the "Dayton government's premier
Salam Fayyad".
Hamas explained that there should be calls
for the unconditional withdrawal of Israeli
occupation forces, and added that the only way
to end the political division in the
Palestinian arena is serious and direct talks
with Hamas.
IOA deprives Hamas leader
from visitation for six years spent in
isolation
Meanwhile, the Israeli prisons authority
has refused to allow visitors to call on
Sheikh Jamal Abul Haija, one of the Hamas West
Bank leaders, who is serving nine life
sentences in addition to 80 years.
Buthaina Dakmak, lawyer of the Mandela
institution catering for Palestinian captives,
said that even Abul Haija's children are not
allowed to visit him.
The IPA is not content with isolating the
detained Sheikh for the sixth consecutive year
but has also deprived his three children and
his wife and daughter from seeing him, she
said.
The lawyer noted that the Israeli military
court recently allowed his children to visit
him but after reaching jail following a
tiresome trip and humiliating searches the
visit was called and they were not allowed to
see their father who has been held under
inhuman incarceration conditions since June
2002.
She said that the IPA also refused to bring
the Sheikh together with his two imprisoned
sons Abdul Salam, who is serving a 78-month
sentence, and Asem who has been held for the
past three and a half years under
administrative detention, without trial or
charge.
Dakmak said that the Israeli intelligence
refused Abul Haija's requests in this regard
despite his dire need of their assistance to
help him in various daily life needs
especially when his right arm was amputated
after it was hit with an Israeli dumdum bullet
during the IOF invasion of the Jenin refugee
camp in March 2002.
Meanwhile, the IOF re-opened a roadblock to
the north of Nablus on Saturday after eight
years of closure. However, on Sunday the IOF
troops at the Beit Eba road barrier west of
Nablus city prevented Palestinian citizens
from crossing in or out of the city.
Hundreds of IOF roadblocks are spread all
over the West Bank obstructing the movement of
Palestinians and dissecting the entire region
converting Palestinian cities, refugee camp
and villages into isolated islands controlled
by occupation. |
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