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Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem on a lecture tour in the UK

Tuesday-9-January-2007

Bishop Riah Abu El Assal arrives on Monday 8th January 2007 for a busy week of speaking with meetings in London York Liverpool and Manchester. Bishop Riah is the outgoing Episcopal Bishop in Jerusalem..

Siyam urges Egypt to end security deterioration in the West Bank

Monday-8-January-2007

Sa'eed Siyam the PA interior minister has urged the Egyptian security delegation residing in the Gaza Strip to step in and stop the security deterioration in the West Bank warning of total security collapse in the PA-run lands.

IOF troops round up 21 Palestinian West Bankers

Monday-8-January-2007

IOF troops rounded up 21 Palestinians in various West Bank districts at an early hour Monday in line with their daily arrest campaigns in lines of Palestinian citizens.

PLC presidency: Abbas’ decision violates basic law

Monday-8-January-2007

The presidency of the Palestinian Legislative Council on Sunday affirmed that PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' decision ordering the dissolution of the PA interior ministry's executive force was in violation of the PA basic law and not binding to the government.

AFP photographer handed to PA presidency

Monday-8-January-2007

Abductors of the AFP photographer Jaime Razuri have released him Sunday night in Gaza after a week of being kidnapped but no party so far claimed responsibility for his abduction.

PLC majority: Abbas’ decision provocative

Sunday-7-January-2007

The change and reform bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council on Sunday described PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' decision outlawing the PA interior ministry's executive force as "provocative".

Abu Marzouk: Palestinian internal struggle over decision-making

Sunday-7-January-2007

Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk deputy political bureau chairman of the Hamas Movement on Sunday affirmed that international and regional pressures along with internal struggle in the Palestinian arena aimed at controlling the national decision making.

Six armed wings: We will stop civil war by force

Sunday-7-January-2007

Six Palestinian armed wings on Sunday told a press conference in Gaza city that they would use force if they have to in order to stop civil war in the PA-run lands and held PA chief Mahmoud Abbas responsible for ramifications of his latest decision on the interior ministry's executive force.

PJB condemns world silence over IOF assaults on journalists

Sunday-7-January-2007

The Palestinian journalist's bloc on Sunday denounced the world's silence over the unending Israeli attacks on journalists in the Palestinian lands the latest being the shooting of photographer Fadi Al-Aruri in his abdomen while covering the IOF incursion into Ramallah.

Siyam: Abbas’ decision not binding to the government

Sunday-7-January-2007

Sa'eed Siyam the PA interior minister on Sunday said that PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' decision considering his ministry's executive force as "illegitimate" was not binding to the government because it was against the law.