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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					04/11/2010 &#8211; 09:53 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)&#8211; Khaled Abu  Arafa, former minister of Jerusalem affairs, has revealed that the  Israeli occupation authority (IOA) was linking cancellation of the  deportation of four Jerusalemite deputies to the conclusion of the  prisoners&#8217; exchange deal with the Palestinian factions holding Gilad  Shalit.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said in a press statement that the  decision to exile the Jerusalemite deputies had turned into an  international embarrassment for the IOA, adding, however, that no  Israeli party was willing to bear the consequences of canceling the  decision.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Abu Arafa, who has been sitting-in at the  Red Cross compound in occupied Jerusalem along with two other  Jerusalemite deputies for 125 days running, said that the IOA was  looking for a way out of this fix.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Arab and European diplomats in addition to  Palestinian officials had informed the deputies of this new  development, he said, adding that the delegates told them the Israeli  step was meant to seek approval of all Israeli institutions on the  exchange deal, which would include canceling their banishment.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Abu Arafa noted that the Israeli courts  were adjourning hearings into the case without passing any positive or  negative ruling, which points to retaining the issue pending until a  political decision was adopted to close the case.</p>
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