PNA and NGOs Condemn Recent Acts of Lawlessness on Palestinian Territories


GAZA,  (IPC + Agencies) - [Official PA website]- Nasser Yussif, the minister of interior, stressed yesterday that the security apparatuses will take a hard line on the law.
According to the statement of the Ministry of Interior, minister Yussif gave instructions to the various security apparatuses to intensify their activities to face the increased breaches on the law and to crack down on the outlaws. The statement revealed that the Palestinian security forces carried out yesterday a campaign targeted the outlaws and justice fugitives. 200 policemen and police officers took part in the swoop on Yata area in the West Bank and arrested 32 persons involved in felonies, robberies, illegal drug smuggling and defrauding acts. Those people who were on the run from police have been referred to the general prosecution in order to be brought to account, the statement noted. It further added that more procedures and security campaigns will be carried out in various areas within the few coming days in order to pursue the evildoers and outlaws. In a separate incident, Fatah movement condemned vehemently the kidnapping of Sami Ajour, deputy commander of the intelligence service, who was kidnapped from the neighborhood where he lives. Ajour, who was abducted the day before yesterday by "a clique of criminals" as Fatah's statement put it, was shot in his limbs. The statement of Fatah, which was issued by its office of Organization and Mobilization, warned of the dire consequences which may take place as a result of such careless and dangerous practices. The Movement emphasized that it will show no mercy to all those who try to play havoc with the citizens' security and try to push the Palestinian community into internal clashes. "Meanwhile Fatah movement is going great length in collaboration with the Palestinian factions to consolidate the dominance of law; a group of criminals come to spread the seeds of sedition and rifts in the Palestinian society," Fatah added. It also reiterated its abiding desire to keep the internal arena away from any fighting, stressing that it will work towards putting an end to the members of havoc through the national unity and law in order to keep the security of citizens. The Palestinian Initiative for Deepening the International and the Democratic Dialogue (MIFTAH) condemned, on its part, the kidnapping and killing cases which took place in the West Bank. MIFTAH called on the armed factions, through its statement, to stop promptly all the crimes, appealing for them to cast off the members who commit such acts. In addition, MIFTAH called on the Palestinian National Authority to prop up the law and to rein in the men of evil, whatever the side they belong to, and apart from their motivations in order to preserve the security of the citizens.