Hamas MP on Switzerland visit

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GENEVA, (PIC)-- Hamas MP Ismail Al-Ashqar arrived in Geneva on Sunday on the second such visit by Hamas lawmakers to Switzerland in two months.

Three Hamas lawmakers arrived in Switzerland two months ago on a ten-day visit during which they met with Swiss officials and MPs.

The change and reform bloc, affiliated with Hamas movement, said in a press release that Ashqar, head of the security committee and deputy head of the bloc, would deliver a speech at the UN human rights council on Monday focusing on the issue of Palestinian MPs detained in Israeli jails. It said that the lawmaker would remain in Switzerland for a few days.

Hamas MP on Switzerland visit
 
GENEVA, (PIC)-- Hamas MP Ismail Al-Ashqar arrived in Geneva on Sunday on the second such visit by Hamas lawmakers to Switzerland in two months.

Three Hamas lawmakers arrived in Switzerland two months ago on a ten-day visit during which they met with Swiss officials and MPs.

The change and reform bloc, affiliated with Hamas movement, said in a press release that Ashqar, head of the security committee and deputy head of the bloc, would deliver a speech at the UN human rights council on Monday focusing on the issue of Palestinian MPs detained in Israeli jails. It said that the lawmaker would remain in Switzerland for a few days.

Hamas MP on Switzerland visit

A top Hamas official's appearance before the UN's Human Rights Council was canceled on Monday following an official complaint filed by Israel.

Israeli Ambassador Aharon Leshno-Yaar says he wrote to UN officials urging them to deny Ismail Al-Ashqar access to the UN's European headquarters because of Hamas' advocacy of violence against Israel.

Following the complaint the UN chief in Geneva barred Al-Ashqar from entering the Human Rights Council hall, and he was asked to leave the UN compound in Geneva.

UN cancels Hamas official visit to Human Rights Council after Israeli complaint - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
 
TULKAREM, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) blocked the travel of second deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) Hassan Khreisha via Karame crossing to Jordan.

Khreisha told Quds Press that he was supposed to travel to Jordan on Wednesday en route to Morocco to attend the Euro Mediterranean parliamentary assembly, which is attended by MPs from 42 countries.

The Tulkarem MP said that he was detained for five hours at the crossing before he was forced to turn back home without being given a reason for the step.

He said that the IOA has been blocking his travel for more than five years, charging that the act fell in line with the constant targeting of PLC members as the IOA does not want the world to hear their voice that would convey the truth about what is happening in the Palestinian land.

Khreisha regretted the fact that the Palestinian Authority was not budging to protest such acts, and questioned the fact that the IOA does not block the PA officials who travel to attend negotiations or give concessions.

IOA blocks travel of second deputy PLC speaker
 

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