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The Palestinian minister of justice, Mohammad Shalaldeh, has expressed in private concerns on the latest law-by-decrees issued by president Mahmoud Abbas regarding the judiciary’s independence, Palestinian media reported on Monday. According to reports, Shalaldeh said that his ministry has “lost its power” over the Palestinian court system, as a result of laws-by-decree expanding up the jurisdiction of the supreme judicial council. The reports came a few days after the Palestinian president issued a new law-by-decree to form new administrative courts in Palestine. Earlier in January, Abbas iss…