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By Robert BergerIsrael has arrested a senior member of the Islamic militant1 group Hamas in a widening crackdown in the West Bank. The arrest occurred as Hamas, which seized control of the Gaza Strip last week, sought to resume a dialogue with the rival Palestinian Fatah faction2. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers ride on the top of an armored vehicle towards the Gaza Strip on the border with Israel, 9 June 2007 (file photo) |
The forces of U.S.-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have also detained dozens of Hamas activists4 in the West Bank since the militant group seized control of Gaza last week. Hamas accuses Israel and Mr. Abbas of collaborating5 to crush the group in the West Bank.
Israel carried out frequent raids on Hamas and other militants6 in the West Bank long before the Hamas takeover of Gaza, with the aim of preventing suicide bombings in Israeli cities. But Israeli analyst7 Gil Yaron says these raids are now serving the interests of both Israel and Mr. Abbas, who heads the Palestinian Fatah faction.
"The key point is the Israeli presence in the West Bank," he noted8. "Every night the Israeli Defense9 Forces are arresting activists from Hamas and basically doing a lot of work for Fatah."
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, smiles while heading up a meeting with PLO executive committee in Ramallah, 04 Jun 2007 |
Feeling the isolation12, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh appealed to Fatah to open talks on a new power-sharing agreement. A previous national unity10 government collapsed13 last week during the Palestinian civil war.
Fatah has rejected the Hamas offer. Mr. Abbas has severed14 all ties with Hamas, describing the group as "terrorist murderers."
Independent Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi says the Hamas military coup15 in Gaza has closed the door on dialogue.
"To see a faction, a major faction, resort to violence, to take over national institutions, including the security institutions, this certainly is an attempt to undermine democracy and to use force and power in order to dictate," he said.
In a further crackdown on Hamas, Mr. Abbas has ordered all private organizations to apply for new operating permits. Organizations in the West Bank, which are funded by Hamas could be shut down.
1 militant | |
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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n.宗派,小集团;派别;派系斗争 | |
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4 activists | |
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 ) | |
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5 collaborating | |
合作( collaborate的现在分词 ); 勾结叛国 | |
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6 militants | |
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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7 analyst | |
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家 | |
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n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
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v.避开,回避,避免( shun的现在分词 ) | |
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13 collapsed | |
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v.切断,断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 );断,裂 | |
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