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<p>RAMALLAH, (PIC)&#8211; As the tears of many  Palestinian families who lost their beloved ones during recent Israeli  aerial attacks on Gaza have not yet dried, preparations are being made  in the West Bank city of Ramallah to host a festival for contemporary  dance.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Different news agencies said the  Palestinian authority (PA) is making preparations to launch a 20-day  dance festival with the participation of 15 dance bands from Arab and  foreign countries.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Director of the festival Khaled Olayan made  an apology for not canceling the festival out of respect for the  feelings of the bereaved families and just said the shows would be held  only in the occupied city of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah and not  in Gaza.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">A few days ago, one of the victims, Nizal  Qudeih, a 19-year old girl, was getting prepared for her wedding in Gaza  when an Israeli air raid killed her along with her mother turning their  home into a house of mourning after it was set to receive  wedding invitees.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Ramallah regiment is not the name of a  resistance brigade fighting the occupation and defending the Palestinian  people, but it is one of three Palestinian dance bands that will  participate in the festival against other groups from Portugal, Canada,  Australia, Switzerland, France, Norway, Germany, Spain and other  countries.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">In a separate context, the family committee  of political detainees in PA jails said there are still 420 political  prisoners in different West Bank prisons.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The committee condemned the attempt by PA  militias to kidnap the father of martyr Mamoun Al-Natsheh from Al-Ansar  Mosque in Al-Khalil city as shameful and painful.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">It said the militias wanted to kidnap the  father of Natsheh because he only talked about the suffering of his son,  Mutasim, who has been in Jericho prison for more than six months.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The committee hailed the Palestinian young  men who are still holding a sit-in on Al-Manara square in Ramallah city  for demanding the PA to immediately release all political detainees from  its jail.</p>
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