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Fatah-linked forces beat Hamas students protesting in W. Bank

By The Associated Press

Palestinian security allied with the Fatah rulers of the West Bank beat protesters of the rival Hamas group in a demonstration Sunday in the city of Hebron.

Hundreds of Hamas students gathered outside the Hebron University in Hebron to protest an increase in tuition, witnesses said. Palestinian security asked the demonstrators to move to university grounds and, when they failed to comply, began beating the protesters with clubs, said witnesses.

Some 20 students were beaten and arrested.

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The security also forbade journalists from taking pictures, confiscating the camera of one photographer, witnesses said. Some journalists were also beaten.

The Tel Aviv-based Foreign Press Association issued a harsh statement condemning the behavior of Palestinian security, as the incident was merely the latest in a series of such protests.

"We demand that those responsible be held fully accountable. Only if justice is served and those responsible are punished to the full extent of the law, will the culture of impunity around intimidating and harassing journalists end," said the FPA, which represents foreign journalists in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

The incident followed a similar scene in the Gaza Strip on Friday, in which Hamas security forces beat Fatah protesters who tried to hold public prayers in the Gaza streets despite a Hamas ban against such activity.

Friction between the groups has been high since Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip in June, prompting Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah to dismiss Hamas from a unity government and install a Western-backed Cabinet in the West Bank.

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2.	WHERE ARE THE "PALESTINIANS"	19:41	\|	Brant	09/09/07

3.	Shame on you Abbas and Fayyad shame	19:51	\|	Gisele	09/09/07

4.	Gisele - Fatah leaders AND Hamas leaders are turning into...	21:32	\|	Mimi	09/09/07

5.	#1 El-Birawi	21:40	\|	Murray of Montreal	09/09/07

6.	Gisele,your womb is the pal best weapon,give birth to 15	22:00	\|	Absolute Sweden	09/09/07

7.	Money on the streets of Gaza	22:07	\|	El-Birawi	09/09/07

8.	absolute sweeden,maybe you and Gisele can hook up,i`m sure an	22:34	\|	terrornator	09/09/07

9.	El-Birawi, where ever you are...	22:40	\|	Akiva Patysh	09/09/07

10.	YAWN	22:46	\|	Adrian de Klerk	09/09/07

11.	Yes, Fatha should beat them	22:53	\|	Ben	09/09/07

12.	Is this too Israel`s fault? Where are the anti-Israel bashers?	22:56	\|	Paul Smith	09/09/07

13.	Reap what you sow...	22:57	\|	Steve Justice	09/09/07

14.	Mimi & El Birawi,with due respect,you cannot equate fatah with	23:39	\|	lakshmi	09/09/07

15.	Hopefull yes, Ghandi very unlikely	00:10	\|	El-Birawi	10/09/07

16.	I dont like to always blame Arafat and the PLO	00:22	\|	El-Birawi	10/09/07

17.	Democracy and Arabs	01:00	\|	Danite	10/09/07

18.	Lakshmi, I am not on the payroll of any one	01:16	\|	El-Birawi	10/09/07

19.	On Hamas, continue	01:23	\|	El-Birawi	10/09/07

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