RIYADH, AUG 20, SPA -- THE ARAB GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC0 HAS CONDEMNED THE ABDUCTION OF DR NASSERUDDIN AL-SHAER, THE PALESTINIAN DEPUTY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION, FROM HIS HOUSE IN RAMALLAH. THE ABDUCTION HAS COME WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ISRAELI OPERATIONS TO KIDNAP IMPORTANT PALESTINIAN FIGURES, SAID THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE GCC GENERAL SECRETARIAT."EARLIER DR AZIZ AL-DUWEIK, THE SPEAKER OF THE PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND TENS OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT WERE KIDNAPPED," IT ADDED.'WITH SUCH PRACTICES, THE ISRAELI AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO UNDERMINE THE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL REGIME', SAID THE STATEMENT, ADDING THAT SUCH REPRESSIVE MEASURES WILL ONLY LEAD TO MORE VIOLENCE, EXTREMISM AND HATRED. THE GCC URGED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL UNTIL IT RELEASES ALL PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS.'SUCH ARRESTS CONSTITUTE A FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CONTRADICTS WITH THE FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION OF 1949', THE STATEMENT ADDED.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/383891