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Can Palestinian police really protect EU staff in Gaza? (Photo: Ulla Sandbæk)

EU election monitors face threats in Palestine

A group claiming to belong to al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is continuing to make specific threats against EU officials in the run up to the 25 January parliamentary elections.

"We don't know if they are really from al-Aqsa, but we are taking the threat very seriously," the head of the EU observation mission, Belgian MEP Veronique de Keyser, told EUobserver on Monday (9 January).

Ms de Keyser indicated that officially, al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades as well as militant groups Hamas and ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Can Palestinian police really protect EU staff in Gaza? (Photo: Ulla Sandbæk)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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