The arrest of Dahbour raises the number of arrested MPs to 12

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  • March 23, 2017
The arrest of Dahbour raises the number of arrested MPs to 12

The number of deputies of the Legislative Council detained by the occupation authorities raised to 12 deputies, after the arrest of the occupation forces on Wednesday evening MP from Jenin city ”Ibrahim Dahbour” near the town of Rabah, southwest of the city.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested two members of the Legislative Council of the Hamas movement; Samira al-Halayqa, at dawn on Thursday, March 9, after storming into her house in the town of “al-Shuyukh” north of Hebron, and Mohammed al-Tal at dawn on Tuesday 21 March, in Dhahiriya town South of the city.
The prisoners arrested in the occupation prisons are Marwan Barghouthi from Fatah and sentenced to life imprisonment five times, Ahmad Sa’adat (from the Popular Front), sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested 10 members of the Change and Reform Bloc; Khaled Tafesh, Anwar Zaboun, Mohammed Talal, Ibrahim Dahbour and Samira Halayka (arrested); Mohammed Abu Tir; (sentenced to 17 months in prison) Hassan Yousef, Mohammed Jamal al-Natsheh, Azzam Salhab and Ahmed Mubarak, and administrative detention decisions were issued against them.

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