[news] 15 Prisoners Have Been Elected to the Palestinian Parliament

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15 Prisoners Have Been Elected to the Palestinian Parliament  
A Parliament of Prisoners  
[http://counterpunch.org/haddad02032006.html][1]

By TOUFIC HADDAD

Most attention surrounding the 25 January 2006 election has focused upon the sweeping victory of Hamas at the polls, and with good reason. But there are other aspects to this year's election that will also leave permanent impressions upon the future of Palestinian national activity. Among the 132 Palestinians who won seats in the Legislative Council, 15 of them are prisoners. 14 are imprisoned in Israeli jails, and one sits in a Palestinian administered jail in Jericho, with CIA and British Intelligence oversight. 11 of them are affiliated with Hamas, 3 with Fateh, and one with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

    [1]: http://counterpunch.org/haddad02032006.html

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