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    Israel arrests Hamas lawmaker in Jerusalem

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Undercover Israeli police officers on Monday arrested a Hamas lawmaker who had been hiding in the Red Cross' office in east Jerusalem for the past year.

    Ahmed Abu Atoun had fled to the Red Cross compound last year after Israel ordered him expelled from the city. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that when Abu Atoun stepped out of the building, plainclothes officers grabbed him. Israel Radio reported that the police were disguised as Arabs.

    Abu Atoun was among four politicians Israel arrested in 2006 for their connections to Hamas, an Islamic militant group that Israel considers a terrorist organization.

    After spending time in jail, they were all ordered to leave the city. They sought shelter at the Red Cross to avoid expulsion.

    One of the other men in hiding, former Cabinet minister Khaled Abu Arafa, told a Gazan radio station that Israeli police arrested Abu Atoun in a tent on the Red Cross lawn.

    Red Cross spokeswoman Cecilia Goin said the Hamas politicians often receive visitors in the tent. She confirmed Abu Atoun was arrested, but said the Red Cross was still investigating the circumstances.

    Abu Atoun is the second member of the group to be arrested. Another lawmaker, Mohammed Abu Teir, was taken into custody earlier this month after venturing out of the compound.

    Meanwhile, an Israeli court has ordered the government to pay $432,000 to the family of a prominent Palestinian peace activist whose 10-year-old daughter was killed by an Israeli rubber bullet in 2007.

    Abir Aramin was standing at a distance from stone-throwing demonstrators in the village of Anata, north of Jerusalem, when Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets to disperse the protest. One hit Abir, and she died of her wounds two days later.

    Her father, Basam Aramin, co-founded Combatants for Peace, a group of former Israeli and Palestinian fighters who now promote peaceful coexistence.

    Originally, police claimed a rock killed the girl. But an Israeli human rights organization pressed for an autopsy, which ended up showing she was hit by a bullet.

     

    478 comments

    • Veritas Anon  •  8 mths ago
      Billy White you forgot to use your vocab words - Carpet Bagger ROFLMAO.

      Hey Billy ever read a book? Ever learn history? The very bases for the Arab states borders also included the "reconstitution" of the Jewish State. Any displaced Arabs were to go to Jordan which was set aside for them. Jordan was to be Palestine.

      Obviously Billy boy, you are simply a Jew/Israel hater and it is almost entertaining to see your silly attempt at propaganda, lies, smears and outright unveiled hate if it wasn't so pathetic and miserable.
    • Yuri  •  8 mths ago
      Farouk Brenda and Bill WHite walk into a bar....alas the bar only served Manishewitz
    • Victor Ramirez  •  8 mths ago
      Israel needs to release him just like Iran released the 2 American Zionists who were trying to spy on Iran. Iran has showed to be more humanitarian than the isrealis!
      • ProIsrael 8 mths ago
        Ramon.....your hideous.
      • Ēqualizer 8 mths ago
        Iran held those two idiots for a rather long time without any evidence that they were actually spies. They never were able to pony up ONE SHRED of evidence. At best, all they had them on was an illegal border crossing. They were, in fact, held prisoner in a stupid and obvious attempt to acquire leverage against the US and the UN in their nuclear program political game.
      • Gerardo 8 mths ago
        israhell
    • Gordon M  •  8 mths ago
      "rubber-coated steel bullets" just let that settle for awhile..... I'm starting to believe that "Refinement" of language may be the most important factor of human sociology.
      • Yuri 8 mths ago
        Yes. I am sure if they stopped coating them, a good deal of trouble would stop.
      • REDHERRING 8 mths ago
        rubber coated bullets so that they want you to think they dont intend to kill innocent children- judge for yourself when you see the results.......
      • How About the Flip Side 8 mths ago
        I concur.The molastisy protruced became a monument to the fulaentian mulchrase and bulblurred gomeichiness.

        Confluent reaicsh fonts embled:similar radatian diveildered substantial mottick.

        DIP THOSE BULLETS IN PIG BLOOD AND HAVE AT IT.
    • Victor Ramirez  •  8 mths ago
      Zionism represents itself as a political movement concerned principally with the establishment of a state in Palestine to be controlled by and for Jews. It began in the late 19th Century and attained its stated objective with the creation in 1948 of the state of Israel by the United Nations (at the insistence of the United States and without the agreement of existing Middle Eastern states). Subsequently Israel doubled the amount of territory it controlled by means of its illegal occupation of the West Bank in the 1967 and 1973 wars.
      In its current form Zionism seeks to dominate all of Palestine and the Middle East by means of violence and the threat of violence (using weapons manufactured and purchased with billions of dollars of "aid" supplied by the United States at taxpayer expense) and to maximize its influence in world affairs and in world history, principally by means of control of the government of the USA (primarily by blackmailing its many corrupt politicians), at the expense of the social wellbeing not only of the Palestinians but of the peoples of all lands.
      • Pata hai 8 mths ago
        True,and well said.
      • Gerardo 8 mths ago
        israhell the #$%$ of the world
    • Victor Ramirez  •  8 mths ago
      The Lavon Affair, the U.S.S. Liberty attack, and 9/11 prove Israel to be America’s Enemy

      The only country in the Middle East that has ever attacked America is Israel. In the summer of 1954 Israel was caught red handed trying to blow up some British and American buildings in Egypt.

      The Mossad referred to this covert operation as Operation Susannah. Most people refer to this failed false flag operation as the Lavon Affair, named after the Israeli defense minister Pinhas Lavon.

      Israel wanted a war with Egypt but wanted America and the UK to fight it with them.

      They were to blow up American and British buildings in Egypt, hopefully killing as many American and British people as they could. Egypt would then be blamed for the attacks, producing the appropriate levels of outrage in both America and the UK to support a declaration of war against Egypt. This was a classic false flag operation.

      Fortunately, one of the Israeli Mossad’s bombs malfunctioned and exploded prematurely leading to the capture and arrest of the Mossad agents. Israel, caught red-handed, had to admit to the world their guilt in this affair. Pinhas Lavon had to resign in disgrace.

      What did America do when they learned the truth about this? America simply gave Israel more money and weapons. About 50 years after this attack, the Israeli agents involved in this operation were given awards for being heroes by the Israeli government. This award ceremony was not reported in the Israeli controlled American media.

      In June of 1967, during the six day war between Israel and Egypt, Israel attempted another false flag operation by attacking the U.S.S. Liberty, an American Naval Intelligence ship sailing in international waters. Israel viciously attacked the American ship for several hours killing 34 Americans and severely injuring 171 more.

      Israel wanted to sink the U.S.S. Liberty and have the world believe Egypt was responsible. The ship refused to sink and the Israelis were caught red handed once again being the lying and deceptive demonic scumbags they truly are. So, what did the American government do in response to this vicious attack against America? They gave Israel more money and weapons.

      After more than nine years of gathering evidence, virtually every serious historian now believes Israel was heavily involved in the vicious attacks against America on September 11th, 2001. Of course, they blamed it on Osama Bin Laden who, according to the FBI, had nothing to do with the crime.

      Since 9/11/2001, hundreds of serious historians have come to the same conclusion that Israel now controls both Wall Street and the U.S. Government and uses the American military and intelligence assets to commit crimes all around the earth, destroying America in the process.

      Sources: Eustace Mullins, Dr. Michel Chossudovsky, Gordon Duff, Alex Jones, Jeff Rense, Darryl Bradford Smith, Eric Jon Phelps, Dr. David Duke, Michael Collins Piper, Dr. William Deagle, Freeman Fly, and Webster Tarpley.

      If anyone simply takes the time to Google these things and learn what so many experts have found, you will know that Israel is an evil nation, led by very wicked people.
      • A Yahoo! User 8 mths ago
        So what do you suggest since you seem to be so "well informed"??
      • Gerardo 8 mths ago
        israhell the #$%$ of the world
    • Elie  •  8 mths ago
      Hey Bob, don't be neurotic, More people have been killed by non bilievers. Mao about 70M to 100M, Nazies, Communist, Congo, Cambodia, Uganda. you need more?.
    • viva-suriname  •  8 mths ago
      The Palestinian people fate was always in the hand of Arab countries and will be always .
      With the will of the Arab countries the the Palestinian saga would be solve in no time.
      1. Giving full rights for the refugee camps population effectively close all refugee camps
      2. Curve out form their vast land a viable land for an independent Palestine . The Sinai peninsula would be the best choice for this purpose .
      3. Make a general peace deal with Israel in return for paying repatriation fee for the Palestinians .
    • Mongo  •  8 mths ago
      Israelis are rounding people up, just like nazis.
    • Victor Ramirez  •  8 mths ago
      ZIONISM = FASCISM!!
    • Victor Ramirez  •  8 mths ago
      HOLOCAUST = PROFIT$$$$$$$$$
    • levy808  •  8 mths ago
      Why so many middle east wars.
      Please watch
      9/11 missing links
      so truthful it will make one cry.
      Please watch and wake up.
    • peace  •  8 mths ago
      Muslims need to be crush for everyone that go against us send a nuke because their is going to be WW3 these communist countries are spying to destroy us all so that they have the advantage in which we wont have time to retaliate. Best to start now with iran but have all our weapons prepare from our enemies that is patiently waiting to exterminate us! Russia, China, all communist, the time is near we will fall for not eliminating all threats. Forget send soldiers but nuke them be for we be nuked. Our country is losing it posture in protecting our country.
    • Not Visibile to Everyone  •  8 mths ago
      That poor little girl. May she rest in peace. I can't imagine the money will actually help, but of course it's always good to have SOME justice. As usual, Israeli justice does come out in the end.
    • Temujin  •  8 mths ago
      "Arab World??" why do they need their own WORLD? because they are willing to live in ours......only, as masters. free ALL wafq lands.
    • Temujin  •  8 mths ago
      ARTICLE 1

      Palestine is part of the large Arab World, and the Palestinian people are part of the Arab Nation. Arab Unity is an objective which the Palestinian People shall work to achieve.
    • Temujin  •  8 mths ago
      ARTICLE 4.....of the "Palestinian constitution

      Islam is the official religion in Palestine. Respect and sanctity of all other heavenly religions shall be maintained.
      The principles of Islamic Shari’a shall be the main source of legislation.
      Arabic shall be the official language.
    • Temujin  •  8 mths ago
      The draft constitution for the new state of Palestine declares that "Islam is the official religion in Palestine." It also states that Sharia Law will be "the major source of legislation." It is ironic that the same Palestinian leadership which supports these concepts for Palestine refuses to acknowledge that Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people. Israel, in contrast to the proposed Palestinian state, does not have an official state religion. Although it is a Jewish state, that description is not a religious one but rather a national one. It accords equal rights to Islam, Christianity and all other religions, as well as to atheists and agnostics. Indeed, a very high proportion of Israelis describe themselves as secular.

      The new Palestinian state would prohibit any Jews from being citizens, from owning land or from even living in the Muslim state of Palestine. The Ambassador of the PLO to the United States was asked during an interview whether "any Jew who is inside the borders of Palestine will have to leave?" His answer: "Absolutely!" After much criticism, the Ambassador tried to spin his statement, saying that it applied only to Jews "who are amid the occupation." Whatever that means, one thing is clear: large numbers of Jews will not be welcome to remain in Islamic Palestine as equal citizens. In contrast, Israel has more than 1 million Arab citizens, most of whom are Muslims. They are equal under the law, except that they need not serve in the Israeli army.
    • Yuri  •  8 mths ago
      lol..yes Ron, RRRAmon doesn't hide. I was about to recommend to him to check to see if there are any funds left over in "No Child Left Behind" because he would be a poster child. But I think he is mexican. Won't qualify...lol..well..or might !!!
    • Patriots Rising  •  8 mths ago
      Not good for him......Dead Man Walking!!
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