Re:virus: Observer on Palestinian vigilanttes

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Mon Aug 12 2002 - 11:35:50 MDT


On 12 Aug 2002 at 9:19, rhinoceros wrote:

>
> [Jonathan]
> "Since the uprising against Israel began in September 2000, 71
> Palestinians have been killed on suspicion of serving as spies and
> informers, according to the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group.
>
> Two were publicly executed by the Palestinian Authority after rapid
> proceedings that made little pretence of being a fair trial. The
> others were victims of vigilante justice exacted by Palestinian armed
> groups - mainly those linked to Fatah. They were killed by the mob.
>
> Most of the bodies were dumped in waste ground or in unmarked graves,
> denied a proper burial in a Muslim graveyard. Rajoub, however, escaped
> that final insult."
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,772205,00.html
>
>
> [rhinoceros]
> That has already been posted here by Hermit
>
> http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=51;action=display;threadi
> d=26000;start=0
>
> but I understand that we may have missed something. Is it the fact
> that rule of law is problematic in Palestine since the uprising, or is
> it some other conclusion we should draw?
>
It is not problematic. The PA has been decimated as an enforcement
vehicle by the Israeli response to its collusion with terror, and its
pronouncements are openly and contemptuously flauted by Hamas and
Islamic Jihad.
>
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