Al-Aqsa Brigades leader refuses to meet Dayton to discuss Palestinian
'wanted' list
Date: 22 / 11 / 2007 Time: 12:21
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Nablus - Ma'an Exclusive - A prominent leader from the Al-Aqsa Brigades, the
military wing of Fatah, told Ma'an's reporter on Thursday that he refused to
meet with the US Security Advisor General Keith Dayton to discuss the issue
of Palestinians in Nablus, who are 'wanted' by Israel.

Mahdi Abu Ghazala, who is himself on Israel's 'wanted' list, said he refused
to meet Dayton out of respect to the Palestinian Authority as he considers
it their responsibility to negotiate the matter with the Israelis.

Dayton paid a surprise visit to Nablus earlier in November to monitor the
implementation of a security plan that included a deployment of 300
Palestinian Authority security service members to the volatile city. The
Palestinian Authority recently announced that the plan was progressing
successfully and they said that Palestinian police will take control of
security operations in other West Bank districts.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces in Nablus arrested a prominent activist affiliated
to the Al-Aqsa Brigades.

Sources from the Al-Aqsa Brigades and Palestinian security services said
thirty-year-old Nasr Al-Kharraz, the spokesperson of the Brigades in Nablus,
was seized from his house in Asira Al-Shamaliyya, west of Nablus.

According to Fatah sources, Al-Kharraz was included in the amnesty list
which has been ratified by Israeli security.

Ma'an has learned that negotiations are underway between the Palestinian
security services and the Israelis to secure Al-Kharraz's release.

"The apprehension of Al-Kharraz reiterates that Israel did not and will not
abide by the signed agreements and shows no respect to the guarantees they
give the Palestinian Authority," Abu Ghazala said.