Dahlan denies that Abbas promised not to execute collaborators

[drdon326]

Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Muhammad Dahlan on Monday called for firm action against Palestinians suspected of "collaboration" with Israel. He also denied that PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas had promised Israel that he would not authorize the execution of convicted "collaborators."

Last week the government announced – in response to a petition to the High Court by the Israel Law Center, Shurat Hadin – that it had received assurances from the PA that collaborators would not be executed. The petition was filed in the wake of reports that Abbas was about to approve the execution of dozens of Palestinians who were found guilty of assisting Israel in the killing of wanted gunmen.

Dahlan, who served as commander of the PA's Preventive Security Service in the Gaza Strip between 1994 and 2003, was responsible for the arrest of many suspected "collaborators," who were later sentenced to death by PA courts.

Dahlan made his remarks during a meeting with Palestinian businessmen in Gaza City on Monday.

"The Palestinian Authority did not make any commitment to Israel with regard to the execution of collaborators," he said. "We must deal with the collaborators firmly and in coordination with all Palestinian factions."

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Always good to see the progressive PA JUDICIAL system really making improvement.

[IndianaGreen]

1. Collaborators are generally shot!

Look at Iraq or Afghanistan. Or look at what happened to Quisling and others that collaborated with a foreign occupier. Shall we mention what we did to the Tories at the end of our War of Independence...

If the Palestinians had a nation of their own, they would be expected to have a judicial system in place that would make extra-judicial punishment a thing of the past. Let's see what happens then!

[pelsar]

2. the PAs judicial system

it exists today with no interference by anybody.....it is their own culture and their own decision to execute their own. ...as far as what the US did in the "past"...i'm always told that this is a "new day and age" with a new morality....so I would expect that it is also applied to the palestenians, or do they get a "pass here" because....

[IndianaGreen]

3. Their so-called judicial system sucks!

It fails to provide the basic rights to the accused. What you have instead is something that resembles tribal law in its application and that often resorts to vigilantism.

[pelsar]

4. so?.....

isnt that the job of the UN, the concerned citzens of the world? the EU?...the one thing that it isnt...is israels fault.

the PA system of justice is 100% PA manufactured, whatever it is....

it probably "hints" at what is come when they do have a state...but that will be "none of our business" and in fact we'll probably find ourselves with a palestenians who have "escaped" their homeland...living in exile in israel....but that irony will probably be lost as interest in the palestenians state will probably drop off the radar screen by then.

[drdon326]

5. Anyone have info on what % of palestinian deaths are "collaborators" ?

[pelsar]

6. mixed in

its too mixed in with "crime", family vendenttas, political killings etc.....there are some numbers here:

http://www.ict.org.il/

but there will obviously be an margin of error due to the ambiguities

or this palestenian site, lists 97, which may be more precise since its a palestenian website, and they probably have a better idea of whats going on.

http://www.phrmg.org/aqsa/collaborators.htm