http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/pa-shin-bet-officers-met-with-\ top-hamas-officials-over-coffee-1.323677 <http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/pa-shin-bet-officers-met-with\ -top-hamas-officials-over-coffee-1.323677> * Published 01:03 09.11.10 * Latest update 01:03 09.11.10 PA: Shin Bet officers met with top Hamas officials 'over coffee' Senior Palestinian Authority officials say reported meeting embarrasses senior Fatah officials in Ramallah; Shin Bet refused to comment on the reports. By Avi Issacharoff <http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/avi-issacharoff-1.307> and Amos Harel <http://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/amos-harel-1.285>
The Palestinian Authority complained to Israel recently that Shin Bet officers were in contact with high-level Hamas members around Jenin, senior Palestinian sources told Haaretz. Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad attending Eid el Fitr prayers in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sept. 10, 2010. Photo by: AP The Palestinian sources said that 10 days ago a number of low ranking Shin Bet officers met with senior figures of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Among the Hamas figures was the former Hamas Prisoner Affairs minister, Wusfi Kabha, a Jenin resident; Fadil Busnak a lawyer representing mostly Hamas men, who also resides in Jenin; and A'san Zreydi, an important Hamas figure in the area and a former prisoner. Also at one of the meetings was Adnan Hader, a member of Islamic Jihad from the village of Arabe. None of the four are considered to be involved in armed resistance and are all recognized as political figures. According to the Palestinian sources, the Shin Bet officers visited the four in their homes late at night, were permitted to enter and then explained that they did not intend to arrest the four, but to talk "over a cup of coffee." The Palestinian sources claimed that the questions the Shin Bet officers asked their Hamas and Islamic Jihad interlocutors were not security related, but appeared to be an attempt at having an exchange with the Islamist groups. The activists were asked about their views on the chances that peace talks would succeed, and the possibility of a peace agreement with Israel, according to the sources. The Palestinian sources said that the PA complained about the matter to GOC Central Command Avi Mizrahi, because the meeting embarrassed senior Fatah officials in Ramallah, who could not understand the meaning or purpose of the meeting. However, in the past the Shin Bet have held "warning" meetings with senior political figures of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, in an effort to warn them against linking up to terrorist activities or the funding of militants. The Shin Bet refused to comment on the reports. A meeting between senior Hamas and Fatah figures is scheduled to take place in the coming days in Damascus, as part of an effort to reconcile the two rival groups. The meeting is meant to bridge differences over the future of the official Palestinian Authority security forces and Hamas. <http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/pa-shin-bet-officers-met-with\ -top-hamas-officials-over-coffee-1.323677> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
