PALESTINIAN MILITANT GROUPS IN DAMASCUS DENOUNCED SUNDAY THE DETENTION OF PALESTINIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER, AZIZ DWEIK, BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY AND CALLED FOR HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE, ACCORDING TO DPA. PALESTINIAN EYEWITNESSES AND SECURITY SOURCES REPORTED THAT AN ISRAELI ARMY FORCE RAIDED DWEIK'S HOUSE IN RAMALLAH'S AL-MASAYEF NEIGHBOURHOOD AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY AND TOOK HIM FOR QUESTIONING TO A NEARBY ISRAELI ARMY HEADQUARTERS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF RAMALLAH. THE HAMAS MOVEMENT, OF WHICH DWEIK IS A MEMBER, SAID HIS ARREST IS A NEW "HIJACK" OPERATION IN THE RECORD OF "STATE TERRORISM" COMMITTED BY ISRAEL.
