RAMALLAH, January 7, 2008 (WAFA)-Israeli occupation authorities obstructed on Monday the entry of head of the Palestinian delegation negotiating Ahmed Qurei intoi al-Karama crossing upon his return from Amman to the homeland.

In a statement Qurei's office said that the Israeli side blocked his entry for more than an hour and a half, despite of all the usual arrangements for his return from Oman.

" Such of these Israeli measures come in the framework of Israeli plan to the negotiating team and undermine the Palestinian position and prestige," according to the office.