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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Hamas-led council: Gaza executions don’t need Abbas okay
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Hamas-led Palestinian parliament says it has the authority to rule on implementing death penalties in Gaza without the approval of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council says in a statement it has backed a ruling allowing it to enforce the death penalty “in Gaza.”
In theory all execution orders in the Palestinian territories must be approved by Abbas, who is based solely in the West Bank following a 2007 coup that saw Hamas oust his Fatah movement from Gaza.
— AFP
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