Posted on 07/26/2011 12:12:32 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Hamas again resorted to executions by hanging to punish two Gaza Arabs for allegedly collaborating with Israel. The executions are legal under Palestinian Authority law.
The Hamas Interior Ministry announced the executions after appeals were rejected for convictions handed down in 2004. Human rights activists have not commented on the executions.
Earlier this year, a Hamas firing squad executed one man convicted for helping Israel, and three others are on death row.
The IDF routinely relies on collaborators for information on the location of terrorists, smuggling tunnels and weapon storerooms.
The Palestinian Authority law allows a death sentence for the offenses of collaborating with Israel, murder and drug trafficking, but execution orders must be signed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, whom de facto Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh does not recognize.
Abbas also has previously approved executions, mainly for the crime of selling property to Jews...
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And all the liberals love those opposed to Israel.
They have a better record of executing murderers than everyone in the face if the earth. Cept Texas.
I’ll alert the media. I’m sure they’ll make a big stink!
Imagine, selling property to a JEW!!! That’s definitely a call for a neck tie party!!!
Hillary is all over this, I’m sure:)
Waiting for the Amnesty International crowd to condemn. Hello Bono? David Byrne? anyone?
Oh wait - Gaza is not in Texas so I guess this execution is OK.
“They have a better record of executing murderers than everyone in the face if the earth. Cept Texas.”
The murderers run the PA.
The PA executes its political enemies, people who don’t pay bribes, the occassional Christian, and, very rarely, a real spy.
Instead of murdering someone, they prevented murders (of Jooos!, no less!), so of course they deserve to die. Hang ‘em high.
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