(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - About 350 Palestinian gunmen will be incorporated into the PA security forces as part of a deal reached between PA Chairman Abbas and leaders of all the Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad. This is the first time that members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad would serve in the PA security forces. "The Palestinian Authority does not distinguish between the wanted men," said PA Minister of Agriculture Ibrahim Abu al-Naja. "They are entitled to join the security forces because of their involvement in the resistance." Abbas recently offered to absorb members of the armed wing of Fatah, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, into the security forces, but not all the gunmen have accepted the proposal.
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