From
Ha'Aretz (et al.), emphasis and footnoting (*) mine:
AG refuses to okay use of Hamas officials as 'bargaining chips'Attorney General Menachem Mazuz refused a request by the Shin Bet security service and the government to
place dozens of senior Hamas officials under administrative detention or hold them as "bargaining chips" under the Unlawful Combatants Law.
Mazuz insisted that the arrests be carried out under ordinary criminal warrants that would require legal proceedings against the Hamas officials under the Prevention of Terror Ordinance. They will probably be charged with membership in or leadership of a terrorist organization.
--snip--"The detention of elected members of the Palestinian government and legislature raises particular concerns," said a joint statement by the G8, which also called on Israel to exercise "utmost restraint.""... is a pre-planned plot to destroy the Authority, the government and the parliament and to bring the Palestinian people to their knees," Hamas lawmaker Mushir al-Masri said Thursday.
--snip--From the same story:
--snip--The detention of Hamas parliamentarians in the early hours of Thursday morning had been planned several weeks ago and received approval from Mazuz on Wednesday.--snip--
From the same link, different story (titled
"Warning to Haniyeh"):
--snip--
Israel Radio quoted Shin Bet security chief Yuval Diskin as having told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the day of the kidnapping: "If the soldier is not returned in 24 hours, Israel will not allow the Palestinian government to survive."
--snip--
NOTE:The link brings you to a page of 5-6
individual stories which have been collated from "Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff, and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents and The Associated Press". To read the entire article, merely search for the title or any of the quoted text and you will be brought to the appropriate place. Unfortunately the page does not use HTML "anchors" so I have no way of making a more direct link.
PB