(AP/Ha'aretz) Six masked gunmen, dressed in military fatigues and headbands of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, broke up a news conference by three Palestinian cabinet ministers in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun Thursday, forcing them to stop speaking and leave town. The intrusion was the latest act of rebellion by militants against the PA, which they accuse of being ineffective against Israel and corrupt toward their own people. "Where have you been in the last 37 days?" one of the militants told the ministers, referring to the prolonged Israeli presence in Beit Hanun to prevent Kassam rocket fire on Israeli towns.
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