ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Israel National News
02February2011 1:40pmEST
GCIS/MSS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and de facto Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, worried they also may be struck by “revolutionary fever,” have banned rallies supporting the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
In Gaza, Hamas forces not only broke up a sit-in demonstration but they also beat journalists. In Ramallah, armed PA police confiscated journalists' cameras and ordered them to turn off recorders.
Arab activist Omar Barghouti told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency, "Heavy-handed suppression of the youth-initiated and…peaceful celebration of the Tunisian uprising's overthrow of the dictator, Ben-Ali, indicates where the PA's loyalty lies." (read full report)