Israel’s 'Compromises' Picks Fatah off like Pigeons

Israeli forces arrest 15 in West Bank

20 August 2007

Bethlehem – Ma'an – Fifteen Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Monday morning.

Israeli radio reported that the army made arrests in Tulkarem and Qalqilia in the northern West Bank, Ramallah in the central West Bank and Hebron in the south.

Ma'an's reporter in Tulkarem quoted Palestinian security sources as saying that an Israeli infantry unit went into the eastern neighbourhood of the city besieging a house where two Fatah activists were stationed. They then stormed the house and arrested Fadi Matar, 25, and Muhammad Nassar, 19; both are classified as 'wanted.' They also arrested a third Fatah operative, Firas Al Haroun, 26, at his home.

The radio station also reported that Israeli forces arrested a Hamas activist in the city, Fadi Al Ammori 30.

In Qalqilia in the northern West Bank, Israeli forces arrested Zaki Dawood, the director of the human rights organisation.