Bahar denounces IOF detention of Al-Ahmed, champions national unity

[ 07/07/2010 - 10:13 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- First deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) Dr. Ahmed Bahar has denounced the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) for detaining the head of Fatah's parliamentary bloc Azzam Al-Ahmed along with two other Fatah officials for a short period of time. Bahar said in a press release on Tuesday that the detention fell in line with attempts to target Palestinian legitimacy and to weaken joint national action. He called in this respect on Fatah to join Palestinian national unity talks away from foreign agendas to forge national unity and confront occupation. Al-Ahmed and the two other officials were visiting the sit-in tent pitched by the Jerusalemite MPs, who are threatened with deportation by the Israeli occupation authority (IOA), inside the Red Cross headquarters in Jerusalem. Bahar said that the IOA targets all honorable Palestinians in accordance with its priorities and needs. The deputy speaker affirmed that the PLC would defend Al-Ahmed the same as it defends the other detained MPs in IOA jails and would not differentiate between them. Bahar also condemned the IOF storming of the sit-in tent, saying that the IOF does not have any consideration for any international institutions and violates all international values, doctrines, and agreements.