 GAZA - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya on Wednesday urged a debate on the future of the Palestinian Authority, his remarks following earlier comments from a Palestinian official calling for the Authority to be ‘dissolved.’
| I'd prefer 'demolished' or 'destroyed' myself. |
Haneya, a senior member of the Hamas party, was speaking during an urgent session of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) to discuss recent developments in the Palestinian Territories including the continued detention by Israel of dozens of Palestinian ministers and lawmakers, among them PLC speaker Aziz Dweik.
| The Israelis almost have a quorum in jug. |
Calls for the PA to be dismantled have grown louder in recent days, with PLO spokesman Ghassan al-Mani issuing a statement earlier Wednesday which Israeli obstacles for preventing the functioning of the PA.
| They were functioning so well before all of the arrests ... |
Only 78 members out of 132 were at WednesdayÂ’s PLC meeting, with others held in Israeli jails. Most of those detained are senior members of Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel and which is regarded by the Jewish state as a terrorist organization.
| But neither the Pals or the journalist writing this piece made the obvious connection. |
The Hamas-led Palestinian government also announced Wednesday the mounting of a legal bid to free the lawmakers saying their detention breached international laws.
| I thought 'chutzpah' was a Yiddish word! |
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