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Ramallah: Four senior Hamas officials plan to appeal Israel's decision to revoke their Jerusalem residency rights to Israel's Supreme Court, the Palestinian justice minister said on Wednesday.
Israel decided on Tuesday to strip three Hamas legislators and a Cabinet minister of their Israeli-issued identity cards, which grant them permanent residency in occupied Jerusalem and freedom of movement in Israel.
The decision an unprecedented punishment came after the Palestinians' new Hamas government refused to denounce a suicide bombing earlier this week by Islamic Jihad.
Also on Wednesday, Iraq's embattled Prime Minister Ebrahim Al Jaafari insisted he would not step aside and remained the dominant Shiite bloc's candidate to head the next government.
"I am the candidate and the alliance chose me," Al Jaafari said, referring to the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance which has the largest number of seats in parliament. "It has been announced that I am the candidate and that is enough."
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