Hamas security officers question daughter of Abbas loyalist
Palestinian source: Hamas gunmen forced Iman Tirawi, 33, whose father Tawfiq Tirawi is Abbas's intelligence head, from her Gaza home then released her an hour later.
By ReutersHamas security officers questioned the daughter of the Palestinian intelligence chief and loyalist of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement Sunday in Gaza, in the latest display of factional tension in the territory.
A Palestinian security source told Reuters that Hamas gunmen forced Iman Tirawi, 33, whose father Tawfiq Tirawi is Abbas's intelligence head, from her Gaza home and then released her an hour later.
Islam Shahwan, a spokesman for Hamas's Executive Force in the Gaza Strip, said Iman Tirawi was "summoned" and questioned about her safety needs. He denied any use of force against her.
The Hamas' armed wing routed Fatah forces in Gaza in mid-June after weeks of fighting in which dozens were killed, and which split control over the two Palestinian territories between the two factions.
Abbas, the Fatah leader, responded by naming an emergency cabinet based in the West Bank and sacked a unity government led by Hamas, steps not recognised by the Islamists now in charge of the Gaza coastal territory.
Hamas has accused Abbas's forces of arresting dozens of supporters in the West Bank in the past two weeks.
Fatah security officials said they had arrested about 35 in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Bethlehem in the past two days, accusing some of involvement in setting up a pro-Hamas security force.
A Palestinian security source said the bodyguard of a prominent Hamas lawmaker was arrested on Sunday in the West Bank.
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With Hamas, nobody is above the law. Goodbye" Really??? Read today news " HAMAS ARMED WING DEFIES LEADERS FIRES QASSAM"03.51 Dream on,Dream on!!!
Stating facts is not prejudice.How would you call someone who seems to accept Hamas murders of political opposition and innocent Palestinian civilians during the putch in Gaza not to mention the crimes against humanity comitted by Hamas ?You seem to accept all crimes they perpetrate even on civilians because they are your boys and they can kill whomever they want- 10 years old girl or a woman,an old man or a kid you have no problem with that you seem you can live with this cause they are your boys and they can....You will even cite Ben Wedeman who reported that Gaza has been calm since the takeover as if you wouldn't know that a journalist who wants to work freely in Gaza must write not about what he sees but what gunmen want him to see.Ben Wedeman is a Hamas yesman scared for his live who can do nothing but write what Hamas wants him to write if he doesn't want to finish like journalist Saif el-Deen Shahin working for Al-Arabiya television network.Terrorist Hamas reigns with terror - shooting unarmed Palestinians in the back of the legs to blow their kneecaps out; shooting unarmed prisoners in the back of the head; throwing people out of windows... Wow ! Gaza must be calm right now. It really MUST !.Are you happy lakshmi ?Gaza has a new master who respects the law.The law of terror and more powerfull gun.
the brits lecture us about
74% of Palestinians want new elections and who can be surprised when they see that all Hamas can do is to kill political opponents insted of governing the people..The same people who elected Hamas want new elections because they see now who is real Hamas.The putchists who don't hesitate to kill,throw own people into misery, spending all money for their idiotic war against Israel, keeping own people in powerty.This is not what Palestinians want and why they elected Hamas.Hamas must go but it won't be easy because Hamas proved she's ready to kill all Palestinians just to keep the power in Gaza.Pooor Palestinian people...Pooooor Palestinian people.....
nobody is above the law. What Law? the law of governance. If they had the means as any other government, and if their democratically-elected ministers were not kidnapped and jailed by the state terrorist, they would do very well because they are honest, modest, intelligent and focussed on Palestinian rights. And do you know that most of them have PHD from Europe or US! That's why Israel and US and their puppets don't want them to govern.
HAMAS, YOU COULD NOT KILL OFF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, (SURA 17 VERSE 104 TO 106) SO YOU STARTED KILLING THE GOVERNMENT OPPOSITION? IF YOU ARE ELECTED BY A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, THEN WHERE DO YOU GET OFF BEING RUTHLESS DICTATORS AND MURDERING YOUR OWN PEOPLE! SHAME ON YOU! YOU ARE NOT MUSLIMS BY PRACTICE, ONLY BY NAME! HAMAS,YOU ARE ALL FALSE MUSLIMS THAT DISHONORS THE NAME OF ALLAH!
Ben Wedeman reported that Gaza has been calm since the takeover.The thugs and street gangs and the Dahlan faction that had been creating murder and mayhem are off the streets. The infamous Security prison system used by israel and subequently by fatah has been cleaned of filth and prisoners are being given humane treatment.Files have been opened up to see who has been unjustly incarcerated.And yes they have Law.Basic Palestinian Law.By the way Abbas violated Articles 43,45,83 and 113 when he installed a new government. Ofcourse, you have to believe that Palestinians cannot rule themselves.That is your continued justification of the Israeli Occupation.
Doesn't her family have to now dispatch her with an honor killing to protect their repuations? I think so. That is my Fatwa.
Or is it just kneecapping,a la IRA,for a first offence.
so that she won't go to heaven.
Just like the Old Wild West, difference there's a daily shootout at the "No Good Corral"
Next time she'll be blamed for the sins of her father, then it will really be bye bye, off the face of the earth and placed under it.
Everybody can be a suspect and killed by Hamas without trial.They can only reign with terror.I hope the woman will survive Hamas brutality.
to nepotism.