Actualité - Israel Kidnaps Palestinian Parliamentary Speaker
Franc-Parler publie un article du Palestine Media Center à propos de l'enlèvement du président du Conseil législatif palestinien, Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Dweik, par les forces d'occupation sionistes. Plus de soixante élus palestiniens ont été kidnappés dans les dernières semaines par l'armée israélienne. Des rapports font également état que le président du Parlement palestinien a été battu et blessé en prison.
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) condemned the kidnapping of the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Dweik, by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Ramallah on Saturday as an "act of piracy" in violation of the 4th Geneva Convention aimed at paralyzing the PNA's legislative and executive powers.
Al-Dweik was the most senior of more than sixty Palestinian cabinet ministers, lawmakers, mayors and politicians kidnapped by the IOF since June 25 when Palestinian anti-occupation activists captured an Israeli soldier and killed two more in a daring military attack in southern Gaza Strip.
In retaliation Israel went on a rampage, killing more than 177 Palestinians of which the majority were civilians, children and women, destroyed the infrastructure of the Gaza Strip, including the buildings of the premiership, and the foreign and interior ministries, bombed out power and water supplies, and exacerbated the humanitarian crisis there by sealing off the Mediterranean coastal strip.
Overnight Saturday, more than 20 IOF vehicles surrounded al-Dweik's house in the West Bank town of Ramallah and kidnapped him, the director of the speaker's office and security officers told AP.
Eyewitnesses told Israeli Ynet that equipment and computers were taken from his home.
"We were sitting home peacefully, normally. Then we heard knocking on the door, which surprised and shocked us because the knocking was so loud," al-Dweik's wife told Reuters.
"He went down because the (Israeli) army was there. He opened the door. They saw him in his pyjamas and asked him to go with them. He asked for his clothes, and I brought them," she added.
The IOF confirmed al-Dweik was "taken into custody." "He is the head of Hamas's legislature and since Hamas is a terrorist organization, he is a target for arrest," an IOF spkesman said, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh condemned al-Dweik's kidnapping as "another crime of piracy by the (Israeli) occupation against the elected representatives of our people" and called for international parliamentary action to win his release.
"We condemn and reject this Israeli piracy," Haniyeh told Reuters.
"We urge all Arab and international parliamentarians to condemn and denounce this crime and to secure the release of Aziz Dweik and all jailed ministers and lawmakers," he added.
First Deputy Speaker Ahmad Bahar in Gaza city said al-Dweik's kidnapping is an Israeli violation of the 4th Geneva Convention, aiming at paralyzing the PLC and the fall of PNA government, democratically elected on January 25.
The PNA government spokesman, Ghazi Hamad, said that, "Israel is a state above the law. There's no point in even questioning why. They do whatever they want," adding that the IOF "have been looking for him for a long time -- ever since the capture of the Israeli soldier."
Members of the PLC's "Change and Reform" Bloc, which won January's democratic elections, issued a statement on Sunday morning, condemning Israel's utter disregard for international law and international legitimacy.
Such utter disregard for this "thing called international law," will not break "the steadfastness of the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance to Israeli attacks," the bloc's statement said.
Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last Monday that the IOF soldiers kidnapped 600 Palestinians since the capture of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on June 25.
The Second Deputy Speaker of the PLC, Hassan Khreishe, was also kidnapped by the IOF but released last Sunday after a one-month detention.
The PNA Minister of Planning Samir abu Eisheh was released in mid-July, and Prisoners' Affairs Minister Wasfi Kibha was freed on Wednesday.
(Palestine Media Center)
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) condemned the kidnapping of the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Dweik, by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Ramallah on Saturday as an "act of piracy" in violation of the 4th Geneva Convention aimed at paralyzing the PNA's legislative and executive powers.
Al-Dweik was the most senior of more than sixty Palestinian cabinet ministers, lawmakers, mayors and politicians kidnapped by the IOF since June 25 when Palestinian anti-occupation activists captured an Israeli soldier and killed two more in a daring military attack in southern Gaza Strip.
In retaliation Israel went on a rampage, killing more than 177 Palestinians of which the majority were civilians, children and women, destroyed the infrastructure of the Gaza Strip, including the buildings of the premiership, and the foreign and interior ministries, bombed out power and water supplies, and exacerbated the humanitarian crisis there by sealing off the Mediterranean coastal strip.
Overnight Saturday, more than 20 IOF vehicles surrounded al-Dweik's house in the West Bank town of Ramallah and kidnapped him, the director of the speaker's office and security officers told AP.
Eyewitnesses told Israeli Ynet that equipment and computers were taken from his home.
"We were sitting home peacefully, normally. Then we heard knocking on the door, which surprised and shocked us because the knocking was so loud," al-Dweik's wife told Reuters.
"He went down because the (Israeli) army was there. He opened the door. They saw him in his pyjamas and asked him to go with them. He asked for his clothes, and I brought them," she added.
The IOF confirmed al-Dweik was "taken into custody." "He is the head of Hamas's legislature and since Hamas is a terrorist organization, he is a target for arrest," an IOF spkesman said, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh condemned al-Dweik's kidnapping as "another crime of piracy by the (Israeli) occupation against the elected representatives of our people" and called for international parliamentary action to win his release.
"We condemn and reject this Israeli piracy," Haniyeh told Reuters.
"We urge all Arab and international parliamentarians to condemn and denounce this crime and to secure the release of Aziz Dweik and all jailed ministers and lawmakers," he added.
First Deputy Speaker Ahmad Bahar in Gaza city said al-Dweik's kidnapping is an Israeli violation of the 4th Geneva Convention, aiming at paralyzing the PLC and the fall of PNA government, democratically elected on January 25.
The PNA government spokesman, Ghazi Hamad, said that, "Israel is a state above the law. There's no point in even questioning why. They do whatever they want," adding that the IOF "have been looking for him for a long time -- ever since the capture of the Israeli soldier."
Members of the PLC's "Change and Reform" Bloc, which won January's democratic elections, issued a statement on Sunday morning, condemning Israel's utter disregard for international law and international legitimacy.
Such utter disregard for this "thing called international law," will not break "the steadfastness of the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance to Israeli attacks," the bloc's statement said.
Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last Monday that the IOF soldiers kidnapped 600 Palestinians since the capture of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on June 25.
The Second Deputy Speaker of the PLC, Hassan Khreishe, was also kidnapped by the IOF but released last Sunday after a one-month detention.
The PNA Minister of Planning Samir abu Eisheh was released in mid-July, and Prisoners' Affairs Minister Wasfi Kibha was freed on Wednesday.
(Palestine Media Center)
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