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Nablus Clashes Pose New Threat to Abbas' Authority
[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh - Gen. Diab al-Ali, the PA security commander of the Nablus area, admitted that Monday's clashes were not the result of a decision to crack down on unruly members of the Al-Aksa Brigades. He said the clashes began after policemen "mistakenly" detained the brother of a Fatah gunman from Balata. When a police force tried to enter Balata to search for the gunman, dozens of gunmen and residents pelted them with stones and forced them to flee, leaving behind a police vehicle that was seized by members of the Brigades. In the West Bank, the camps are exclusively controlled by Fatah gunmen who function as policemen, judges and executioners.