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<h1 class="article-title"><small>Palestinian Legislative Council Head
To Be Released Thursday</small></h1>
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Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies</span></span>
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Representing the imprisoned and democratically-elected head of the
Palestinian Legislative (PLC), Dr. Aziz Dweik, lawyer Fadi Al-Qawasmi
stated that Dweik will be released from an Israeli detention camp this
coming Thursday.
<p class="article"> Dweik will be released, ending six months of
Administrative Detention without charges, after an Israeli military
court accepted an appeal filed by his attorney demanding his immediate
release due to the fact that he never faced any charges.<br>
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Israel kidnapped Dr. Dweik on January 19 20012, as he was trying to
cross the Jaba’ roadblock, north of occupied Jerusalem. He was heading
back home in Hebron when he was stopped at the Jaba’ roadblock while
leaving the central West Bank city of Ramallah.<br>
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Dr. Dweik was kidnapped an imprisoned by Israel at least six times,
including when he was kidnapped on June 29 2006, and spent three years
in Administrative Detention until he was released on June 23 2009.<br>
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In 2002, he was forced into exile to Marj Az-Zohour in Lebanon, along
with fifteen Hamas officials; they camped out there refusing to head to
Lebanon until Israel was obliged to allow them back into the country.<br>
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There are currently 22 elected legislators from the occupied West Bank
and occupied Jerusalem who are still imprisoned by Israel. 15 of them
are of the Change and Reform Bloc of Hamas, including Dr. Dweik. <br>
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The legislators are Dr. Omar Abdul-Raziq, Abdul-Qader Foqaha, Ahmad
Hajj Ali, Fadel Hamadan, Hasan Yousef, Mohammad Totah, Mohammad Abu
Teir, Khaled Tafesh, Mohammad Maher Bader, Hatem Qfeisha, Nayef Rajoub,
Mohammad Abu Jheisha, Samir Al-Qadi, Mohammad An-Natsha, and Dr. Azzam
Salhab.<br>
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Fateh leader, legislator Marwan Barghouthi, and secretary-general of
the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat,
are also imprisoned by Israel and serving life terms. There are
approximately 26 legislators currently detained by Israel. </p>
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