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Recent Articles about Jericho Internal Unrest
Fateh member dies in a Jericho prison Oct 02 08 Palestinians claim detainee in Jericho prison died from torture Oct 01 08 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryPalestinian President opens ‘security training school’ to counter Hamas Thursday November 01, 2007 03:15 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC
 A new training school has opened in Jericho, in the West Bank, in which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will build up a security force with US funds, apparently in order to counter his rival Hamas. The 142 officers who are scheduled to graduate in eight months are the front line of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' campaign to assert control in the West Bank and keep it from falling to Hamas.
Abbas is also attempting to reassure Israel and the U.S. that he's strong enough to keep the elected Hamas party down. That is what the Israeli and American leadership have told him he must do, in order to be allowed to beg them for concessions at a U.S. sponsored ‘summit’ in November.
The officers are studying Hebrew (Israel’s official language) and training in the use of arms, with Israeli officers providing some of the training. The U.S. government has promised $86 million to support Abbas’ security forces. |
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