GAZA, AUG 19, SPA -- DR GHAZI HAMAD,THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, CONDEMNED HERE TODAY THE ARREST OF DR NASSERUDDIN AL-SHA'ER, THE PALESTINIAN DEPUTY PREMIER, BY THE ISRAELI FORCES FROM HIS HOUSE IN RAMALLAH.'THIS KIDNAPPING OPERATION COMES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ENDEAVORS OF THE OCCUPYING AUTHORITIES TO UNDERMINE THE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM AND THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT', HE SAID.'IT HAS BECOME VERY CLEAR FOLLOWING THE END OF THE WAR IN LEBANON THAT ISRAEL IS FOCUSING ITS ATTENTION AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT THROUGH RESORTING TO MILITARY ESCALATION AND PERPETRATION OF MASSACRES AND CARRYING OUT ARREST AND KIDNAPPING OPERATIONS', HE NOTED. THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN MAKING CONTACTS WITH INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITIES TO END THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION. IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT THE ISRAELI FORCES KIDNAPPED EARLIER TODAY DR AL-SAH'ER FROM HIS HOUSE IN RAMALLAH.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/383660