Leak: British drew up plan for PA to weaken Hamas

The Al Jazeera network revealed that British intelligence (MI-6) helped draw up a secret plan for a wide-ranging crackdown on Hamas. According to the network, the plan asked for the internment of Hamas leaders and militants, the closure of radio stations affiliated with the organization and the replacement of imams in mosques.

The plan was drawn in 2004, and passed by a Jerusalem-based MI6 officer to the senior PA security official at the time, Jibril Rajoub, according to British newspaper 'The Guardian', the bulk of the plan was carried out by the Palestinian Authority. (Ynet)