Israeli army arrests Hamas lawmaker: NGO
- By AFP -
- Aug 04, 2017
RAMALLAH: The Israeli army arrested a Hamas member of the Palestinian parliament at his home in the occupied West Bank overnight, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said on Friday, August 4.
Muhammed Abu Teir, 65, was arrested in a raid on his home near Ramallah, the group said, only two months after he was released from a previous 17-month sentence.
The Israeli authorities did not immediately respond to AFP queries about the arrest. The Hamas movement has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007.
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Abu Teir is from east Jerusalem which he represents on the Palestinian Legislative Council.
His arrest brings to 13 the number of people from the 132-member Palestinian Legislative Council currently jailed by Israel, according to the Palestinian rights group Addameer.
The Hamas-dominated parliament has not met since the Islamist movement took over the Gaza coastal enclave in June 2007, ousting Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.