The Palestinian Authority is planning to begin rehiring teachers who were fired for “security reasons” due to their affiliation with Hamas, the Bethlehem-based Maan news reports. The move follows a PA court order to reverse the firings.

Several hundred Hamas supporters were fired from PA jobs for “security reasons” after the bloody Fatah-Hamas confrontation in late 2006 and subsequent split between the groups. Hamas fired Fatah supporters in Gaza, but they continue to receive salaries from the PA in Ramallah.

Hamas calls openly to murder Israeli citizens and non-Muslims and to destroy Israel.