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Israel Arrests Hamas Politicians in West Bank After Talks Collapse
Jerusalem
19 March 2009
| Hudah Shaer, the wife of former Palestinian Authority Deputy Prime Minister Nasser Shaer from Hamas, holds his portrait in their house in the West Bank city of Nablus, 19 Mar 2009 |
Israeli soldiers have arrested a number of Hamas politicians in the West Bank. The arrests follow the collapse of indirect negotiations between Israel and the militant Islamist group this week.
Hamas officials labeled the arrests an attempt by Israel to punish the group after the two sides failed to reach a deal for a truce in indirect negotiations for a prisoner swap brokered by Egypt.Israel had sought to win the release of Gilad Shalit, a soldier seized by Palestinian militants and taken to the Gaza Strip in 2006. Talks broke down when Israel refused to hand over all of the Palestinian prisoners that Hamas wanted released - some of whom included people involved in terror attacks that killed Israeli civilians.
Among those arrested in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were four Hamas members of the Palestinian Legislative Council and a university professor.
A statement from Israel's military said those detained were leaders of an ongoing effort to restore the administrative branch of Hamas, which Israel considers a terrorist organization.
The group does not recognize the Jewish State's right to exist and has called for its destruction.
In remarks carried by Israeli radio, Hamas lawmaker Moushir al-Masri condemned the arrests.
He accused Israel of trying to blackmail Hamas, an effort he vowed will fail.
The collapse of negotiations this week adds uncertainty to the future of the conflict. A low intensity war has continued along the Israel-Gaza border, with militants firing rockets into Israel and Israeli forces responding with periodic air strikes against targets in Gaza.
With no permanent truce in place, the breakdown of the talks opens the possibility of a renewed full-scale offensive in Gaza.
Israel says it will not lift its blockade on the border crossings into the Gaza Strip, something that is preventing reconstruction efforts from getting under way following the recent 22-day Israeli assault on militants in the enclave.
Further complicating prospects for peace in the Gaza Strip is the split between Hamas which controls Gaza and the moderate Fatah faction that governs the West Bank. Talks between the Palestinian groups ended inconclusively in Cairo. Participants said they would resume negotiations at a later, unspecified date.
以军在西岸逮捕哈马斯政治人物
以色列军队在约旦河西岸逮捕一些哈马斯政治人物。在此之前，以色列和激进的伊斯兰组织哈马斯这个星期的间接谈判破裂。
*哈马斯称以色列企图惩罚哈马斯*
哈马斯官员说，逮捕行动是双方无法在埃及调解的交换人质和停火的间接谈判破裂之后以色列企图惩罚哈马斯。以色列争取以色列军人沙利特获释，他在2006年被巴勒斯坦激进分子抓走，并被带到加沙地带。在以色列拒绝释放哈马斯要求释放的所有巴勒斯坦在押人员之后，双方的谈判破裂。那些在押人员包括一些卷入杀害以色列平民的恐怖攻击的人。
在以色列占领的约旦河西岸被逮捕的人包括4名巴勒斯坦议会的哈马斯成员和一位大学教授。以色列军方发表声明说，被拘留的人是一项试图恢复哈马斯行政部门工作的领导人。以色列认为哈马斯是恐怖组织。以色列电台播出了哈马斯议员阿尔.马斯里的一段话，谴责逮捕行动。阿尔.马斯里指责以色列企图勒索哈马斯，他坚决表示这种企图必定会失败。
*以色列与哈马斯冲突未来不确定*
以色列和哈马斯这个星期的谈判破裂使双方冲突的未来更加不确定。在以色列-加沙边界上仍然在进行着一场激烈程度不高的战争，激进分子向以色列发射火箭，以色列部队则不时对加沙发动空袭进行报复。由于没有达成永久性停火协议，谈判的破裂使以色列有可能在加沙重新展开全面攻击。以色列表示不会解除对进入加沙地带过境点的封锁，这使得以色列对加沙这个飞地的激进分子进行22天攻击之后加沙无法展开重建工作。
此外，加沙地带的和平前途又因控制加沙的哈马斯和统治约旦河西岸的温和派法塔赫的分裂而更加复杂化。这两个巴勒斯坦派系在开罗进行的谈判没有达成任何成果。与会者说，他们以后会恢复谈判，不过日期还不确定。