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Israel hands

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JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Monday began handing closure orders to three Palestinian offices in Arab East Jerusalem which it said were linked to the Palestinian self-rule Authority.

Radwan Abu Ayyash, head of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), said Israeli police handed him an order to close down his private press office within four days. Israel said he was using the premises for PBC business.-Reuter