Hamas Lawmakers Call For Executing Security Chiefs For Liaison With Israel

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/23/content_10240918.htm

GAZA, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Hamas lawmakers on Thursday called for executing security chiefs loyal to rival Fatah movement for making security liaison with Israel in West Bank.

The Hamas lawmakers considered the security liaison as “high treason that requires death penalty.” Forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah control West Bank where Hamas accuses them of cracking down against the Islamic movement supporters.

The demands were made during a meeting for Hamas lawmakers in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip to discuss the issue of security coordination between Israel and Palestinian National Authority.

“It is time for President Mahmoud Abbas to say his word regarding the security liaison in West Bank,” said Mushier al-Masri, secretary of Hamas parliamentary bloc. “It seems Abbas to be standing still.”

Meanwhile, another lawmaker, Mohammed Shehab, called for Abbas and his Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, whose government controls the West Bank, to “stand before trial for their systematic crimes against the Palestinian resistance.”

The Palestinian Legislative Council has been disabled since Hamas took over control of Gaza Strip by force last year. Hamas lawmakers hold their sessions unilaterally in Gaza Strip while Fatah lawmakers do not participate in the sessions with an increasing argument about their legality.

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