IDF arrested the speaker of the Palestinian parliament (and member of Hamas), Aziz Dweik. He spent two years in Israeli prison after he was arrested in 2006 to be used as a bargaining chip for Shalit’s release. This time IDF showed no creativity in thinking up a reason for his detention: he was nabbed simply for association with a terrorist organization. Which of course he is, being a Hamas official.
Dweik was very active in the Hebron area, were Fatah enjoys very limited authority, and Israel arrested him as a favor to the Fatah, which in light of its reconciliation efforts with Hamas, cannot arrest Hamas leaders.
