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EU grants P.A €40 M. for Public Services Aug 21 08 Dayton: “Israel agreed to transfer to the P.A bullet-proof vests, 14... Aug 08 08 UN official says Israeli siege on Gaza increased poverty, destroyed it... Jul 02 08 Latest News ArticlesSettlers, soldiers collaborate to control privately owned Palestinian lands 07:43 Fri 05 Sep Israeli High Court allows extremist right wingers to protest in Um Al Fahim Arab city 06:50 Fri 05 Sep Israeli Defense Minister hints at handover of East Jerusalem 03:54 Fri 05 Sep PCHR Weekly Report: 18 Palestinians injured, including 9 children 22:31 Thu 04 Sep Israeli policeman sentenced to only 6.5 years for killing a Palestinian in 2002 22:25 Thu 04 Sep New “Break the Siege” ship to sail to Gaza 21:24 Thu 04 Sep IMEMC joins a partnership of TV, Radio and News Network under the name “United” 18:14 Thu 04 Sep Palestinian toddler almost dies due to Israeli checkpoint 17:02 Thu 04 Sep Palestinian president to meet with his Israeli counterpart Thursday evening 15:49 Thu 04 Sep The Israeli military forces kidnap 2 civilians from Hebron 13:53 Thu 04 Sep Full StoryPalestinian President agrees to deployment of international forcesIn a move that critics have called an acquiescence to outside pressure, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced Tuesday that he would allow international forces to deploy in the Palestinian territories.
The announcement came after a suggestion made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy during Monday's donor conference in Paris.
"International forces are absolutely acceptable for us," said Abbas Tuesday, although it is still unclear what the makeup of the international forces will be.
The Palestinians living in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza live under a military occupation imposed by Israeli military forces since 1967. The international community has voiced hope that an international force would control the Palestinian population living under this military occupation, and prevent them from striking back against the occupying Israeli military. Palestinian resistance groups have condemned the proposed deployment. A spokesperson for the An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigade (the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committee), Abu Abeer said, "We will not receive any international forces with flowers; instead we will be ready to blow our bodies in these forces as we will consider them a new occupation which we must get rid of by any means." |