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Monday, April 24, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Haniyeh has sisters in Israel
The Palestinian Authority’s Hamas prime minister has three sisters in Israel, a newspaper reported.
According to Yediot Achronot on Monday, three of Ismail Haniyeh’s sisters are married to Israeli Arabs and live in the Negev town of Tel Sheva.
The women enjoy Israeli residency status and used to receive regular visits from Haniyeh, who lives in the nearby Gaza Strip.
Because of Haniyeh’s involvement in Hamas, however, he has been banned from entering the Jewish state for years.
Malaysia opposes Israel ties
Malaysia said it would not establish relations with Israel until the Palestinians secure statehood.
“Tel Aviv has yet to fulfill certain conditions,” Foreign Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Ahmad Shabery Cheek was quoted as saying by the Malaysian national news agency Bernama.
“Therefore there is no reason why Malaysia should review its current stand.”
But Cheek, apparently distancing himself from anti-Semitic comments by former prime minister Mahathir Mohammed, also spoke about the need to distinguish between Israeli policies and Jews.
“We must remind the citizens that the Jews are not our enemies,” he said.
“What we are against is the Zionism practiced by the current administration in Tel Aviv.”
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