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Rights group to court: Don't send Fatah refugees back to Gaza
By Tomer Zarchin, Avi Issacharoff, Yuval Azoulay and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents and Reuters
Tags: Hamas, Fatah, Gaza, Israel

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel on Sunday petitioned the High Court of Justice to order the defense ministry to halt the deportation of Fatah members who fled the Gaza Strip over the weekend.

Deputy Supreme Court President Eliezer Rivlin has ordered Defense Minister Ehud Barak to respond to the petition by Monday afternoon.

"The matter of the petition, by its nature, cannot be deferred," wrote ACRI attorney Oded Feller in the petition. "Continuing [the process of] returning the asylum-seekers to Gaza is liable to endanger their lives, well-being and freedom."
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Feller said putting the asylum-seekers at such risk constitutes a serious violation of human rights, and added that Israel should take other steps that don't endanger their lives if they pose a security risk to the state.

He said neither Barak nor Attorney General Menachem Mazuz responded to his requests on the matter on Sunday.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday refused to grant West Bank asylum to dozens of supporters who fled Hamas-ruled Gaza to Israel under
fire, during fierce factional fighting.

Abbas stood his ground, with aides explaining that he felt his embattled Fatah group must maintain a presence in Gaza.

However, there were concerns that the returnees could face mistreatment by Hamas.

Hamas confirmed it detained the first group of 32 who were sent back to Gaza on Sunday, and said it had released all but five in that group.

The wrangling over the fate of the 188 Fatah refugees came a day after the bloodiest day of Hamas-Fatah fighting since the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007. In all, 11 people were killed and dozens wounded during a Hamas raid on a Fatah stronghold in Gaza City on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority on Sunday urged a complete international boycott of Hamas and said it would work toward removing all recognition of it as a political movement, Israel Radio reported.

A Fatah representative in Ramallah, Fahmi A-Zahrir said Hamas must be taken out of the Palestinian Authority's legal demarcation, adding that the Islamist group had lost its right to political existence.

Hamas arrests Fatah men returned to Gaza by Israel

A Hamas official on Sunday said a group of Fatah men returned by Israel to the Gaza Strip were immediately detained by the Palestinian militant group's security forces.

Israel on Sunday returned to Gaza 32 members of a group of over 150 Fatah-linked men who had fled clashes with Hamas on Saturday, and was also planning to send the remaining men back to the coastal strip.

"After the occupation refused to receive most of those who fled Gaza, dozens have returned and the Palestinian police have taken them into custody," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said.

Israel sent the group back on Sunday after Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad withdrew an earlier request for Defense Minister Ehud Barak to allow the Gazans entry to Israel and then to transfer them to the West Bank.

The infighting with Hamas left at least nine people dead and more than 80 wounded.

Egypt was also a party to the PA's request on Saturday for Israel to allow entry to the men, who belong to the Hilles clan which is affiliated with Abbas' Fatah faction.

A spokesman for Barak said the wounded would remain in Israel for treatment and the rest would be returned to the Hamas-held territory.

Fatah leader Hussein Al-Shaikh, the senior civil affairs official in the Palestinian Authority, said: "We are discussing with the Israelis how to allow the people to return to Gaza."

Defense sources said it was likely that Fayyad and Abbas' backtracking is connected to power struggles within Fatah. The security establishment was examining on Sunday morning ways to ensure the safe return of the remaining men who fled Gaza.

Clan head: Hamas can't handle our powerful presence

Ahmed Khiles, the head of the clan, was among the group initially let into Israel. He was lightly wounded when he entered Israel, and was taken to the Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva for treatment. One of his sons had been arrested by Hamas, while another was evacuated with him into Israel.

Hamas has a problem with my family because it is big and powerful," said the 56-year-old Hilles. "They don't want powerful people in the Strip."

Another member of the group, Atef Helles, one of the wounded, told Reuters television from his hospital bed: "Hamas raided our family, burnt our houses and terrified our children. That's why we ran from Gaza.

"They [Hamas] wanted some people from this area but we refused to hand them over," he said. "They attacked the area and fired rockets and grenades at us. Many were killed and wounded."

Saturday's fighting erupted when Hamas forces surrounded the Shejaia district of Gaza City to arrest 11 people suspected of a role in bombings that killed seven people, including five Hamas militants, on July 25.

Hamas security forces and members of the Hilles clan then exchanged mortar shell and machine gun fire all day Saturday in what was the most violent round yet of Hamas' weeklong crackdown of political rival Fatah.

Twelve of the wounded were children, hospital officials said, and eight people were in critical condition.

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      1.   again, more laughable! 10:58  |  bashar 03/08/08
      2.   If These Are Starving Gazans I`d Hate To See What They`d Look ... 11:07  |  Lavi 03/08/08
      3.   Hey - you aren`t on our payroll! 11:14  |  Clickfool 03/08/08
      4.   System working well 11:15  |  Big Al 03/08/08
      5.   Send the Dutch to Gaza too and let him enjoy with his friends 11:34  |  e.m Jordan is Palse 03/08/08
      6.   Sad to say 11:37  |  Edifice 03/08/08
      7.   why not let them go to the west bank via israel? 11:42  |  michelle 03/08/08
      8.   hamas & fatah 11:48  |  J. B. 03/08/08
      9.   confused 11:52  |  just me 03/08/08
      10.   PAL-ARABS: ONLY 2 OPTIONS ARE (A) HAMAS RULE (B) JORDANIAN RULE 11:53  |  G Marcus 03/08/08
      11.   Explanation to #7 12:50  |  Derek 03/08/08
      12.   Dark forces operating from India to Gaza! 12:50  |  lakshmi 03/08/08
      13.   I was going to post earlier but I couldn`t stop laughing 12:54  |  Denise Thompson 03/08/08
      14.   Dumb violence 13:05  |  Michael J 03/08/08
      15.   michelle 7 13:10  |  ChanahS 03/08/08
      16.   hospital fees 13:22  |  kenneth 03/08/08
      17.   Once again we see Palestinian "democracy" at work 13:23  |  Conroy 03/08/08
      18.   What is the ulterior motice in this headline? 13:39  |  Paul 03/08/08
      19.   Fatah/Hamas/Israel 13:53  |  stefani 03/08/08
      20.   PA is reliable 14:04  |  JIm 03/08/08
      21.   dutch blames ISRAELwhen Israel accepts and returns Gazans?O dutch 14:05  |  Vittorio 03/08/08
      22.   #6 Edifice 14:09  |  Jim 03/08/08
      23.   #19 stefani - Not all write in hatred 14:16  |  Yonatan 03/08/08
      24.   #7 Michelle 14:17  |  Jim 03/08/08
      25.   Need a scorecard to keep track of the betrayals 14:22  |  Aphemia 03/08/08
      26.   #11 Derek Guns` law 14:34  |  Jim 03/08/08
      27.   Yonatan 14:39  |  stefani 03/08/08
      28.   Israeli `Humanitarian Gestures` discontinued..... 14:48  |  Dagma 03/08/08
      29.   Where in the world is Natallie Durson and Mauren Ann 14:49  |  MJ 03/08/08
      30.   Why these `humanitarian gestures` ...? 15:02  |  Dagma 03/08/08
      31.   ISRAEL MUST NOT GET INVOLVED. 15:21  |  The Threadmill 03/08/08
      32.   Jim 24 - don`t be blinded by your prejudices 15:22  |  ChanahS 03/08/08
      33.   Israel does not loose oportunity to loose oportunity 15:31  |  paulo2005 03/08/08
      34.   It was so easy to guess this would happen ultimately.... 15:43  |  Dolly 03/08/08
      35.   Now IDF is fatah`s friend.. fffery nice indeed 15:47  |  sinalco 03/08/08
      36.   Dumb And Dumber Moves, Abbas 15:51  |  Jeff Northridge 03/08/08
      37.   for all those here, whothinkthey understand the middleeast!! 15:55  |  ex middleastern 03/08/08
      38.   Fishy 16:00  |  Eli 03/08/08
      39.   paulo2005, you are exposing your utter ignorance 16:20  |  Colonel 03/08/08
      40.   With friends like this who needs enemies? 16:43  |  The Bedouin 03/08/08
      41.   Israel should not get involved in Arab infighting 16:59  |  Dagma 03/08/08
      42.   Oh Yes and what about the Clans 17:00  |  FOX 03/08/08
      43.   Hey you in Beirut, #31 17:01  |  Barry 03/08/08
      44.   The shoe is on the other foot now 17:05  |  Tarzan 03/08/08
      45.   i was right in message 29 17:20  |  paulo 2005 03/08/08
      46.   Hamas Arrests Fatah Men.... 17:22  |  JordanisPalestine 03/08/08
      47.   I don`t understand... 17:36  |  sandra chitayat 03/08/08
      48.   Jim # 26 That`s Right Except For One Thing 17:39  |  Jeff Northridge 03/08/08
      49.   If some people have had doubts up to now, they should realize ... 17:59  |  Avihua 03/08/08
      50.   Own worst enemies? 18:03  |  Motic 03/08/08
      51.   Eli # 34 Napoleon Did It Twice 18:22  |  Jeff Northridge 03/08/08
      52.   Moral Army????LOL! 18:32  |  Rob 03/08/08
      53.   paulo 2005 # 38 The Decision Was Made By The PA 19:13  |  Jeff Northridge 03/08/08
      54.   To Rob who lectures on morality 19:15  |  Dan 03/08/08
      55.   Israel should have proposed a swap 19:25  |  KUTW 03/08/08
      56.   Hamas terrorizing children 19:28  |  KUTW 03/08/08
      57.   So hamas terrorizes (!!!) 19:30  |  KUTW 03/08/08
      58.   Palestinian State? 19:35  |  Lebanese Muslim 03/08/08
      59.   Israel should not take pals in 19:36  |  KUTW 03/08/08
      60.   Abbas and Fayyad: leadership in crisis 19:39  |  Ben Alofs 03/08/08
      61.   7. michelle: why not let them go to and peace efforts 19:40  |  KUTW 03/08/08
      62.   Islamist group had lost its right to political existence 19:52  |  vik 03/08/08
      63.   Stefani 19:58  |  Israeli 03/08/08
      64.   Get back you cowards!! 20:00  |  Clickfool 03/08/08
      65.   41 (Avihu) Thanks. I agree with you. Jordanian and Egyption 20:00  |  Alebert 03/08/08
      66.   Reason PA sent the guys back to Gaza 20:13  |  Tony G 03/08/08
      67.   How much longer will Abbas be around? 20:15  |  Harold 03/08/08
      68.   Oh MY!!! We are such Monsters! 20:17  |  FOX 03/08/08
      69.   Corrupt Abbas/Fatah calling for boycott of law-abiding Hamas 20:17  |  Harold 03/08/08
      70.   It`s inhumane to blindfold prisoners 20:18  |  Dutch 03/08/08
      71.   This is more choreographing by Fatah & Israel 20:20  |  Dutch 03/08/08
      72.   Fatah Suicide Bombers may come into play 20:31  |  Fred 03/08/08
      73.   If Ever There Was a Time to Crack Down on Hamas 20:39  |  Jane 03/08/08
      74.   #59 Tony-how could that make any sense? 20:42  |  Aphemia 03/08/08
      75.   Lebanese Muslim # 49 I Agree 20:48  |  Jeff Northridge 03/08/08
      76.   Abbas, what took you so long? 20:52  |  ivo 03/08/08
      77.   lebanese moslem 20:56  |  alan 03/08/08
      78.   Dutch,greetings! Check my post 12 for details 20:58  |  lakshmi 03/08/08
      79.   Clickfool # 57 _ The Cowardly Fatah In Gaza 20:59  |  Eli 03/08/08
      80.   Time to be realistic and forget a "Palestinian state"!!! 20:59  |  Nahum 03/08/08
      81.   Another pal publicity stunt 21:23  |  Adrian de Klerk 03/08/08
      82.   Barbarian wars, let they kill each other to others generation 21:27  |  JP 03/08/08
      83.   We have peace with Egypt and Jordan 21:41  |  A Mississippi Jew 03/08/08
      84.   DUTCH: WRONG AS USUAL 21:42  |  Brant 03/08/08
      85.   To Dan #54 22:02  |  Rob 03/08/08
      86.   MJ @#29 inre: Where are Natallie Durson and Mauren Ann??? 22:08  |  Akiva P 03/08/08
      87.   Iranian fingerprints all over 22:09  |  NO to the Junta 03/08/08
      88.   Lakshmi and Indian Theocracy 22:14  |  Eli 03/08/08
      89.   Lakshmi and Indian Theocracy 22:14  |  Eli 03/08/08
      90.   The liberation of the Gaza Strip 22:16  |  Dr Hannah Bashir 03/08/08
      91.   To Nahum # 80 - A Palestinian State ??? 22:25  |  The Threadmill 03/08/08
      92.   Clickfool: The Gutless Wonder of Haaretz 22:33  |  Tex 03/08/08
      93.   mississippi jew 22:34  |  alan 03/08/08
      94.   Michelle #7 22:44  |  Bobby 03/08/08
      95.   Bad P.R. Moves 22:48  |  Steve 03/08/08
      96.   What has this decision got to to do with the court ? 22:48  |  redmike 03/08/08
      97.   ??? 22:48  |  Linichka 03/08/08
      98.   Rob #85 22:53  |  Jasper 03/08/08
      99.   Shame, those poor suffering Fatah killers. 23:06  |  David 03/08/08
      100.   Rights Group Advocacy Harm The General Public 23:13  |  Joseph.E 03/08/08
      101.   TREATED LIKE ANIMALS!!! 23:14  |  Samy 03/08/08
      102.   Rights Group to ABBAS: Don`t send Fatah Refugees back to Gaza 23:14  |  Nat Weinstein 03/08/08
      103.   Yeah, Let Them Kill Israelis Instead... 23:17  |  marat 03/08/08
      104.   Hey, Tosefta! Hey, Johnboy! Hey Lakshmi! 23:20  |  Jeff Northridge 03/08/08
      105.   Now 99% Arb Cvl Rigts Org wants Israel to jail Arab terrorists? 23:27  |  Genuine Tosefta 03/08/08
      106.   ACRI MUST BE COLLABORATING WITH MOSSAD AGAINST HAMAS 23:30  |  indrajaya 03/08/08
      107.   Hannah Bashir of Beirut, Lebanon @#90 23:31  |  Akiva P 03/08/08
      108.   #70/ distinguished dutch`ass 23:32  |  useless 03/08/08
      109.   aren`t we always told that palestinians have to suffer... 23:32  |  saul a. readner 03/08/08
      110.   I heard this a while ago, and now . . . 23:33  |  Zev Davis 03/08/08
      111.   New Battle Cry For Fatah! 23:45  |  Yosemite 03/08/08
      112.   BARAK MAKES A FATAL ERROR 23:46  |  Absolutely Canadian 03/08/08
      113.   TEX # 91 hit the nail on the HEAD 23:49  |  Fred 03/08/08
      114.   Tex # 91 Hit the NAIL on the HEAD 23:50  |  Fred 03/08/08
      115.   #82JP I Suggest You People Read Fox,Dan(Haifa) And Then 23:51  |  KATHY 03/08/08
      116.   Red Mike, Only in Israel 23:52  |  Zev Davis 03/08/08
      117.   Silly Samy, "TREATED LIKE ANIMALS!!!"... 23:52  |  Akiva P 03/08/08
      118.   BARAK GRAVE MISTAKE Continued 23:55  |  Absolutely Canadian 03/08/08
      119.   Rights group: yeah... we have these terrorists, see...? 23:56  |  Denise Thompson 03/08/08
      120.   to The Association for Civil Rights in Israel 23:59  |  vik 03/08/08
      121.   Arabs Infightings Doesn`t Undermine So Called Peace Process 00:11  |  Joseph.E 04/08/08
      122.   THANK YOU, TEX 00:12  |  Brant 04/08/08
      123.   # 104 Jeff,hey Jeff N. Don`t you know they all speak from both .. 00:12  |  KATHY 04/08/08
      124.   #108 saul.a readner Exactly! Why Indeed.Nothing Further to add. 00:15  |  KATHY 04/08/08
      125.   # 119 Denise Thompson @ Ann Arbor / MI/US 00:17  |  Joseph.E 04/08/08
      126.   # 111 Absolute Canadian..But Dear Canadian Our Olmert Just Did! 00:18  |  KATHY 04/08/08
      127.   # 92 Tex.re:Clickfool *** What he was saying is the fact of the 00:28  |  KATHY 04/08/08
      128.   come to canada 00:30  |  alfredo 04/08/08
      129.   kathy 123 00:31  |  alan 04/08/08
      130.   #81 Adrian de Klerk**You May Very Well be Right Too. 00:33  |  KATHTY 04/08/08
      131.   Should Israel Prison Authority Separate Fatah-Hamas Gangs 00:36  |  Joseph.E 04/08/08
      132.   #122 But Brant,Although I never bother With Click`he was telling 00:47  |  KATHY 04/08/08
      133.   Dr. Hannah Bashir # 90 I`ve Been Saying That For Years 00:48  |  Jeff Northridge 04/08/08
      134.   Fatah is the laughing stock of Palestine 00:57  |  noor 04/08/08
      135.   Tex 92 - what a beaut! 01:12  |  ChanahS 04/08/08
      136.   It`s a big world "Rights Group" send them somewhere else 01:15  |  PK 04/08/08
      137.   KATHY: MY REPLY 01:49  |  Brant 04/08/08
      138.   #130 Adrian de Klerk Late in arrivaldid not even look at thevideo 01:55  |  KATHY 04/08/08
      139.   Noor and your sick sense of humor #134 02:04  |  FOX 04/08/08
      140.   Who does Abbas represent.. 02:18  |  maoriboy 04/08/08
      141.   noor - sorry to inform you 02:33  |  ChanahS 04/08/08
      142.   No Joseph E #125 02:34  |  Leftie 04/08/08
      143.   Indrajaya 02:46  |  Robert Haymond 04/08/08
      144.   Arab Problem 03:07  |  Ron 04/08/08
      145.   Where does Fatah get arms in Gaza 03:12  |  Reid 04/08/08
      146.   Latest theory-teenagers on a little road trip 03:30  |  Aphemia 04/08/08
      147.   NOOR: YES INDEED, AND`....... 03:51  |  Brant 04/08/08
      148.   If Clan head: Hamas can`t handle our powerful presence 04:10  |  Joseph.E 04/08/08
      149.   KATHY # 138 You`re Damned Right I`m Furious 04:24  |  Jeff Northridge 04/08/08
      150.   Noor in Fort Laud 06:43  |  Explained herself 04/08/08
      151.   response to #16 07:09  |  Drew 04/08/08
      152.   Israel sticks it to Abbas again 07:20  |  Voice of Reason 04/08/08
      153.   # 1 to bashar re: "embarrassing and pathetic" 07:27  |  eric 04/08/08
      154.   ill palestinians `asked to spy` 07:28  |  bashar 04/08/08
      155.   Fatah back to Gaza 07:48  |  geoff 04/08/08
      156.   Any Hamas militants must also be Strip Searched 07:51  |  The Archives 04/08/08
      157.   Kathy, I`m An Online Jew Hater Hunter 08:04  |  Tex 04/08/08
      158.   # 31 inconsistent advice from the treadmill 08:06  |  eric 04/08/08
      159.   THEY THINK ISRAEL CARES ABOUT THEM 08:07  |  indrajaya 04/08/08
      160.   Terrorists are not entitled to the protected status of POWs. 08:19  |  Jean Van Daem 04/08/08
      161.   could face mistreatment by Hamas 09:46  |  Shlomo 04/08/08
      162.   #104 2nd try to explain reality to Jeff.... 11:48  |  Johnboy 04/08/08
      163.   why do you continue to slander me, ben jabo 22:38  |  eric 04/08/08
      164.   #163 Eric - you weren`t slandered, you were outed 23:44  |  * BEN JABO 04/08/08
      165.   153 Hello Eric, Re Palestinian Rights 00:43  |  Dutch 05/08/08
      166.   Eric of NM: You Do It To Yourself Everytime 02:56  |  Tex 05/08/08
      167.   # 166 to tex 04:13  |  eric 05/08/08
      168.   # 164 quote MY post ben...NOT yours... 04:16  |  eric 05/08/08
      169.   Eric: You`re Here Out of Righteousness? 05:40  |  Tex 05/08/08
      170.   still didn`t go to the thread, did you tex? 07:42  |  eric 05/08/08
      171.   Eric, On Ben Jabo 08:00  |  Dutch 05/08/08
      172.   ERIC and DUTCH on BEN J 10:59  |  VIPER 05/08/08
      173.   Eric: Seriously 16:43  |  Tex 05/08/08
      174.   #173 you`re evading the issue tex 20:26  |  eric 05/08/08
      175.   # 171 to dutch 20:45  |  eric 05/08/08
      176.   # 172 it tried that viper... 20:54  |  eric 05/08/08
      177.   Eric, getting out of hand... 01:44  |  Dutch 06/08/08
      178.   # 177 no dutch...he`s not as benign as you think 12:21  |  eric 06/08/08
      179.   Let me get this straight 22:44  |  * BEN JABO 06/08/08
      180.   Haaretz Are You Going to Restore this Forum? 03:21  |  anonymous 10/08/08
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