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Palestinian candidate, Bassam Al Salhi Secretary General of the Palestinian People's Party was detained today for several hours by Israeli troops upon his arrival from Jordan to the Gaza Strip.

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Lede: Israel continued to obstruct Palestinian candidates' movement especially in Jerusalem, despite its claims of approving all candidates except for Hamas

Palestinian candidate, Bassam Al Salhi Secretary General of the Palestinian People's Party was detained today for several hours by Israeli troops upon his arrival from Jordan to the Gaza Strip.

In East Jerusalem, Israeli policemen stormed in a press conference by candidates from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine yesterday and detained seven candidates, charging that campaigning in Jerusalem is not allowed.

Bassam Al Salhi

Soldiers also, broke into a Hamas campaigning center in Jerusalem and arrested Mohammed Abu Tair, one of three Hamas candidates, along with seven others

These arrests come just days after the Israeli Knesset voted to allow Jerusalemite Palestinians to participate in the coming elections. The approved measure permits campaign activities of all Palestinian parties....except Hamas.

For FSRN from IMEMC.Org in Palestine I am Manar Jibrin