Israel not to let deputies from Hamas to come to oath ceremony

Israel will not permit the activists of motion Hamas, chosen into the Palestinian parliament, to arrive from the Gaza Strip into Ramallah (Western bank of river Jordan) to the ceremony of the adoption of oath.

This decision, as the radio station "Kol Israel" reports, was made on Friday by the encounter of acting as the prime minister of Israel Ehuda Olmerta with the representatives of primary structures and Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The inauguration of the Palestinian legislative council of the second convocation is outlined for Saturday. In the composition of the new Parliament 74 of 132 places will engage the representatives of Hamas. Those of them, who live in the Gaza Strip, will participate in the solemn ceremony in the distance - in the regime of teleconference.

More than ten newly-made deputies cannot arrive into Ramallah for another reason: they serve sentence in the Israeli prisons. The most famous prisoners - the leader of Hamas Hasan Yusuf is on the Western shore and the "first number" in the election list of motion FATH Marwan Barghouti.

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