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Notices were posted warning shop owners they had six weeks to close Israeli troops have raided a popular shopping centre in Nablus and ordered it closed for two years, accusing the owners of links with Hamas militants. The owners deny the claim and Nablus's governor was quoted as saying the orders would not be obeyed. On Monday, Israeli troops forcibly shut down the offices of a Palestinian charity in the northern West Bank town. Hamas dominates Gaza but is suppressed in the West Bank. Israel and its allies view it as a terrorist organisation. There have been frequent raids on allegedly Hamas-funded organisations in the Hebron, Qalqilya and Ramallah areas of the West Bank and the Israeli army recently said it would crack down on Nablus. Denial Troops seized the five-storey shopping centre and ordered its 70 shop owners to... [read full story]
