"Thursday's detainees included 4 lawmakers from Hamas, which won a Palestinian election in early 2006 but was shunned by the West for rejecting peace with the Jewish state. Mahmoud Abbas, the U.S.-backed Palestinian president, dissolved a government alliance with Hamas when it seized control of Gaza in 2007.............An Israeli military spokesman said that he had "no indication" that the detentions were connected to Shalit..."
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Israelis arrests Hamas politicians in West Bank..
I bet this is a sign of good will and a confidence building measure... In Reuters, here
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