GAZA, March 7 (Xinhuanet) - The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), which is overwhelmed by parliament members from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), convened on Tuesday in a second session in both Gaza and Ramallah, as members of the Fatah movement decided to boycott it.

    The PLC second session commenced as 46 Fatah members, out of 132 total members of the PLC, didn't attend the meeting.

    Fatah members boycotted the meeting in a protest step following a PLC decision to annul all decisions made by the previous Fatah-dominated council.

    At the beginning of the session, the PLC condemned the Israeli assassination carried out in an Israeli airstrike Monday in Gaza City, during which five Palestinians, including two children, were killed.

    PLC Speaker Aziz Dweik read a statement saying the PLC condemns the ugly crime carried out in Gaza and killed five Palestinians, adding the PLC holds Israel responsible for the crime that is apart of continuous killings and aggression.

    The PLC urged the Arabs and Muslims to stand to the Palestinian people's side, calling on the brother parliaments to immediately interfere and pressurize Israel to free the Palestinian people from occupation and slavery and let them to live in an independent state with Jerusalem its capital.

    Meanwhile, Fatah members preferred to boycott the session after the arguments showed up in Monday's first session with Hamas members around the fact that Hamas wanted to delete former motions which were passed by the former PLC in its last session held on Feb. 13.

    Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told reporters Tuesday that he decided to appeal to the highest court, adding that democracy means if two sides disagree then there is the court would decide between them. Enditem