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Arrest of Hamas Members Evidence of PA's Security Ties to Israel: Hamas

© REUTERS / Mohammed SalemPalestinians Hamas supporters take part in a rally ahead of the 27th anniversary of the movement founding, in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip December 12, 2014
Palestinians Hamas supporters take part in a rally ahead of the 27th anniversary of the movement founding, in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip December 12, 2014 - Sputnik International
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Hamas spokesperson Sami Zuhri stated that the arrests of Hamas members in the West Bank by the Palestinian Authority (PA) during a march that commemorated the 27th anniversary of the establishment of Hamas, serve as evidence of continued security coordination between the PA and Israel.

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MOSCOW, December 13 (Sputnik) — The arrests of Hamas members in the West Bank by Palestinian Authority (PA) serve as evidence of continued security coordination between the PA and Israel, Hamas spokesperson Sami Zuhri said Saturday.

"These arrests are clear evidence that the security coordination between PA and Israel is still going on," Zuhri was quoted as saying in a statement by the Anadolu Agency.

Zuhri said that several Hamas members were arrested on Friday by Palestinian security agencies in the southern part of the West Bank, Hebron, as reported by Anadolu.

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The Hamas supporters were holding a march, celebrating the 27th anniversary of the establishment of Hamas. Zuhri added that the PA also destroyed a stage intended for the day’s ceremony.

According to the agency, the PA said they would cut security ties with Israel following the death of Ziad Abu Ein, head of Palestinian Authority's protest group Committee to Resist Settlements and the Wall, during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops in the West Bank on Wednesday.

Both sides have been exchanging information on security matters, meant to lead to the full withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The provisions for the ties between the sides are outlined in the interim agreements known as the Oslo Accords signed in Washington in the 1990s by the PA and Israel.

Hamas is an Islamist political and militant group that seeks to create an independent state of Palestine. It also wants Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territories that it occupied after the 1967 war. The group also governs the Gaza Strip independently of the Palestinian Authority.

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