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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					01/02/2011 &#8211; 10:59 AM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">RAMALLAH, (PIC)&#8211; Officials from the  South African Embassy in Palestine met West Bank Hamas MPs Monday in  Ramallah to discuss diplomatic solutions to problems faced by  Palestinian elected officials.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Palestinian MPs in Jerusalem have been  sitting in at the Red Cross for months to protest decisions to have them  exiled from the holy city.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">MP Mohammed Abu Teir, who was recently  exiled from Jerusalem, told the guests that Israel has been ethnically  transferring Palestinians from the holy city, Yaffa and Acre for the  past forty years.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">MP Ayman Daraghima, also attending, asked the South African government to raise the issue at the UN Security Council.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Embassy consultant Michael Van Nikirk  responded: &#8220;We are gathering data and putting it before the Foreign  Ministry and discussing ways to help through diplomatic means.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The delegation said they have been discussing the matter with the South African Parliament.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7FUr14Comi3B%2fVmy1Frjemkv3guaeStXBETY68E6hE1dm00dbrFEYsJJZeuXFsqrwFTGwY7FQQ5H2xnEddRy1S8gVPHfF1YZdnTgYjJFjNTQ%3d">South African Embassy meets with Hamas MPs in Ramallah</a>.</p>
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