(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Palestinian lawyers in the West Bank and Gaza have announced a series of measures to protest against the state of chaos in the PA judicial system. The lawyers have long been complaining that the PA leadership is interfering with the work of the courts and the prosecution. According to Hatem Abbas, chairman of the Palestinian Lawyers' Syndicate Council, in some cases judges have appointed their sons as judges or prosecutors.
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