Hamas Official: US Seeks to Bribe Palestinian Authority

A Hamas official says the US seeks to "bribe" the Palestinian Authority (PA) into relinquishing a call for a complete freeze in Israeli settlement construction.

US Mideast Envoy George Mitchell only has the proposals that were given to him by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ar-Rashiq added.

During his visit to the region, the US envoy held separate talks with Netanyahu and acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas.'

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Palestinian Authority Sentences Palestinian Journalist to 18 Months in Prison

A Palestinian Authority court has sentenced a Palestinian journalist with the official Hamas-run television channel to 18 months in prison over affiliation to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

The court on Tuesday ruled that the 37-year-old reporter, Tariq Abu Zaid, who works for the official Hamas-run television network Al-Aqsa TV, must serve the term since acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas has forbidden Hamas and affiliated organizations from conducting any activities in the occupied West Bank.'

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Palestinian Authority Forces Kill Two Hamas Men in West Bank

Fatah-led Palestinian security officials have killed two Hamas members in an arrest operation in the northern occupied West Bank, Hamas says.

Fatah officials loyal to acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas killed Mohammed Yassin and Mahmoud a-Saman, two Hamas activists in the town of Qalqiliya in the north of the Israeli-occupied territory early Sunday morning, The Jerusalem Post reported.

The operation, during which Fatah police tried to arrest the two Hamas commanders, provoked a gunfight between members of Hamas' armed wing and rival Fatah security officials.

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