Scores of Hamas Members Arrested in West Bank Crackdown

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYncKZVOXJg4kB25EV9MsH1G_2p8RnPafuQOeMfud8u2jbEIyxQ2q4zJYELI_M0IZWYUZcOWn3JLmiFVSfPuVRFoKnzJP5bJartiPdyyRX4JjLMgPgq0EahatuCPC2d3c3zIcPgF0-FYxi/s1600/HamasPA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYncKZVOXJg4kB25EV9MsH1G_2p8RnPafuQOeMfud8u2jbEIyxQ2q4zJYELI_M0IZWYUZcOWn3JLmiFVSfPuVRFoKnzJP5bJartiPdyyRX4JjLMgPgq0EahatuCPC2d3c3zIcPgF0-FYxi/s1600/HamasPA.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>WEST BANK, PALESTINE - Palestinian Authority forces have arrested at least 120 people, including Hamas members, in the West Bank over the past two days, raising tension between the rival movements.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At least 20 people were arrested on Saturday, Hamas officials said, a day after about 100 members were detained.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hamas officials told <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/pa-arrests-scores-hamas-members-west-bank-150704070359333.html">Al Jazeera</a> </b>that the arrest campaign targeted Hamas members, but also academics, students and former detainees.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Journalist Khaldoun Mazloum was among those arrested on Friday. His wife, Ibtihal Mansour, told <i>Al Jazeera </i>that security forces came to their home to take him away shortly after midnight.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "This is not the first time they arrest him. They always present him with charges related to the material he writes for media outlets," Mansour said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>'Security reasons'</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Adnan al-Damiri, the PA security services' spokesman, said the arrests were not related to political activities but were made for security reasons.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We will not allow that the West Bank disintegrates into carnage and wars just because Hamas wants escalation," he told <i>Al Jazeera</i>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and is a rival of Fatah, the movement headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas which controls the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Though Abbas formally reconciled with Hamas last year to form a unity government, distrust remains.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri condemned the arrests as a "dangerous escalation which blocks efforts and reconciliation".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "These arrests are part of the security coordination between Israel and the Palestinian Authority," Abu Zuhri said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> An Israeli military spokeswoman said she had no information on the arrests.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dozens of Hamas supporters protested in Gaza on Saturday morning, calling for the release of the detainees from PA-run prisons.</div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: '';"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE  </span>=============================================================</b></div> </div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><u>DUBAI VISAS IN 7-DAYS</u></span></b><br /> <b>Do you need Single-Entry or Multiple-Entry Visas to the UAE (Dubai Visas) for 14-Days (Single-Entry Only), 30-Days or 90-Days? 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Scores of Hamas Members Arrested in West Bank Crackdown

WEST BANK, PALESTINE - Palestinian Authority forces have arrested at least 120 people, including Hamas members, in the West Bank over t...

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