Israeli Police Detain Hamas Lawmaker
Israeli police detained a prominent Hamas lawmaker in Jerusalem on Wednesday on suspicion of conducting illegal political activity, police said. The lawmaker, Mohammed Abu Teir, was arrested with two other activists of the Islamic group and brought in for questioning, police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said. The three were conducting political activity at a hospital in east Jerusalem in violation of Israeli law, Ben-Ruby said, without elaborating. Full Story