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<h1 class="reader-title">Hamas suppresses anti-division protest
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June 18, 2018</div>
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<p>PNN/ Gaza/</p>
<p>Members of the ruling Hamas movement on Monday
assaulted citizens who took part in a rally headed by
Prisoners and ex-prisoners Committee and factions in
the strip, on the 11th anniversary of the Hamas coup
against the Palestinian Authority.</p>
<p>The protest called for the end of the division between
the two major Palestinian parties, Hamas and Fatah,
calling for a national unity.</p>
<p>According to eyewitnesses, at 11:30 in the afternoon,
dozens of Hamas members wearing black shirts entered
the protest area and tried to approach the center of the
gathering, despite the participants’ assertion that the
movement is Patriotic, attacked the platform, broke it,
and cracked the speakers.</p>
<p>Hamas forces attacked the protesters, who included
representatives of prisoners, journalists, employees,
and representatives of the national action and civil
society organizations from all the provinces.</p>
<p>For its part, the Democratic Front for the Liberation
of Palestine (PFLP) leftist movement praised the masses
that demanded end of the division and the abolition of
PA punitive measures imposed on the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>In a related context, the Democratic Front strongly
condemned Hamas attacking the protesters, and demanded
security services to bring justice and protect the
people and their freedom of expression in accordance
with the Basic Law, which affirms freedom of expression
and peaceful demonstration.</p>
<p><strong>One week ago,</strong> hundreds of Palestinians
held a protest in Ramallah demanding the Palestinian
Authority to cancel its sanctions against Gaza,
describing these measures as punitive measures against
the Palestinian people in Gaza.</p>
<p>The demonstration was organized by a group called
“Movement for lifting sanctions imposed on Gaza”, a
large movement of academics, journalists, writers,
artists, prisoners, activists and citizens who decided
to break the silence towards the measures imposed by
the Palestinian Authority on the Gaza Strip since March
2017, in addition to ending the Palestinian division and
achieving reconciliation.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Authority (PA) has called on Hamas on
21/3/2018 to transfer control of the Gaza Strip to
Ramallah government saying it was prepared to assume its
full responsibilities there, as tensions between the two
factions continue to rise, according to the Wafa news
agency.</p>
<p>The statement on 21 of march 2018 came a day after PA
President Mahmoud Abbas suggested he would cut all
budgets allocated to Gaza, estimated to amount to some
$100 million, if the PA was not awarded full control of
the coastal enclave</p>
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