RAMALLAH, Thursday, November 29, 2018 (WAFA) – The Palestinian leadership and general intelligence service have come under immense pressure and threats to force the release of a detainee held for selling property in occupied Jerusalem to Israeli settlers, according to high ranking sources.
They said the chief of intelligence, Majed Faraj, and member of Fatah Central Committee, Hussein al-Sheikh, have been threatened with serious measures against them if the detainee is not released.
The sources said the recent arrests in Jerusalem, which included the governor Adnan Ghaith and 32 other Fatah activists, are part of the pressure to release the detainee.
The Palestinian security, said the sources, has documents that prove the involvement of individuals who live abroad and find cover in the United State or Israel that would expose their involvement in transferring Palestinian land to Israeli settlers, particularly in occupied Jerusalem and even in the West Bank, and are therefore considered traitors.
They stressed that the pressure by the US and Israel will not force the Palestinian leadership to change its stand on any issue.
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