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An E-mail From Well-Known Palestinian Journalist Khalid Amayreh
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"Hebron, Israeli-occupied West Bank
23 February, 2008
The Palestinian Authority (PA) Mukhabarat or General Intelligence has summoned Palestinian journalist and writer Khalid Amayreh for interrogation, probably in connection to his work.
Amayreh is a veteran Palestinian journalist and a vocal critic of the current “peace process” between the American-backed regime in Ramallah and Israel.
Amayreh said he received a written notification asking him to go to the Mukhabarat headquarters in Hebron for questioning pertaining to an undisclosed issue.
He is among a few Palestinian journalists who write in English to a global audience. His articles and columns are published on numerous websites, especially those critical of the Israeli apartheid regime and US policy toward the Palestinian plight.
The 50-year-old journalist obtained a BA degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma and a Master degree in the same field from the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale in the United States.
Amayreh lately drafted a proposed truce between Israel and the Gaza-based Palestinian government in cooperation with Rabbi Menachem Froman.
According to the draft truce agreement, Israel would lift its 20-month blockade on the Gaza Strip and put an end to all assassinations and attacks, including artillery and aerial bombings of targets in Gaza in return for a total stoppage of the firing of homemade rockets and other projectiles on Israeli territory.
Israel has effectively rejected the truce initiative.
Similarly, some PA officials have voiced consternation about it, arguing that lifting the blockade on Gaza and stopping Israeli attacks would strengthen Hamas vis-à-vis the Ramallah-based regime."
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That is probably why Amayreh was 'summoned' to the mukhabarat... Israel's main enemy is peace. When any serious effort is made in such a direction, it has to be "annulled" one way or another... It is certainly not in the interest of Israel and the PA to reach a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas. As for the "moderate Arab countries" like Egypt who are in the process of negotiating with Hamas, they wouldn't dare upset the American master by actually supporting an agreement with Hamas and thus discrediting the American puppets embodied in the Palestinian Authority. There have several serious attempts lately to establish a situation of at least cease-fire between Hamas and Israel... and they were all Hamas led attempts... but they were all botched by Israel, the PA and the lack of explicit support by Egypt and Saudi Arabia... but especially Egypt because it shares the border with Gaza and is directly involved in any settlement in the area.