Palestinian militants briefly held the governor of Jenin on Saturday. The militants, members of an Al-Aksa Brigade cell close to Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction, accused Haider Irsheid of collaborating with Israeli authorities and misusing funds that were directed to the Palestinian Authority.
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