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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					19/01/2011 &#8211; 10:44 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">RAMALLAH, (PIC)&#8211; Hamas MPs met  Tuesday with the South African embassy in Palestine to discuss  conditions affecting Palestinian political representatives.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The delegation included Ayman Daraghima and Fadel Hamdan. They met with the South African Embassy&#8217;s First Secretary, Mr. Edgar.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The SA official pledged to follow up the issue with his government.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Israel has imprisoned several Palestinian parliamentarians, threatened to exile Jerusalem MPs, and exiled others.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">MP Omar Abdel Raziq was arrested about two  weeks ago and has since been subject 15 hour days of interrogation and  threatened with administrative detention and imprisonment of loved ones.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The international campaign to free detained representatives is holding Israel responsible for Abdel Raziq&#8217;s life.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Gaza-based group condemned international silence over Israel&#8217;s &#8220;crimes against democracy&#8221;.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7ItyYuYRGhWs2bv2KGRCP07vnCh3MdPrwjM9eVbc5nI20wzVdA1IxAP5iRlhN2H1hFNOro9EThFwNj62fFXy04QISscfS85T%2b1fYRlMJqfr0%3d">Hamas MPs meet with South African Embassy to discuss Israeli persecution of MPs</a>.</p>
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