Israeli army’s arrest of the Palestinian deputy prime minister, Nasser Shaer

We were concerned to learn of the Israeli army’s arrest on August 20, 2006 of the Palestinian deputy prime minister, Nasser Shaer.

We reiterate our condemnation of the arrests of Palestinian Authority members. Only a political process based on dialogue can put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Since then, we also noted with concern yesterday’s arrest of the secretary-general of the Palestinian Parliament, Mahmoud al-Rahmi.