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Israeli occupation tries to disrupt Palestinian elections

The Israeli army is carrying out a widespread arrest campaign against members of the Palestinian movement, Hamas. The move is an attempt to prevent Palestinian reconciliation and disrupt the upcoming elections.

Ruba Shabit

Press TV, Gaza

As the Palestinian elections draw closer, Israel is stepping up its efforts to obstruct the reconciliation procedure and disrupt the electoral process by carrying out widespread arrest campaigns against the leaders of resistance movement Hamas and a number of Palestinian citizens and candidates in the parliamentary election scheduled for May 22.