Gunmen belonging to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians suspected of "collaboration" with Israel on Wednesday. The shootings took place in Nablus, where the two "collaborators" were dragged to the main square and shot in the legs.
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A spokesman for Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, said the two, whose identities were not revealed, had "confessed" during interrogation to working for the Israeli security forces. The spokesman did not elaborate, though he promised that the group would later release a videotape of the alleged confessions. "We have shot these two traitors in the legs to punish them and deter others from helping the Israeli enemy," the Fatah spokesman said. "The Aksa Martyrs Brigades will strike against anyone who provides the occupation with information that helps in the assassination or capture of resistance activists."
Sources in the city said PA policemen who were at the scene did not make any effort to stop the gunmen. They pointed out that some of the gunmen were themselves members of the PA security forces. A leaflet distributed in Nablus by the same group issued a 30-day ultimatum to Palestinian "collaborators" to hand themselves over to the Aksa Martyrs Briagdes or the PA security forces or the nearest mosque. "Our men have succeeded in detecting a large number of traitors in Nablus," the leaflet read. "We will provide the necessary help to all those who repent and no one will know about his deeds."
I suppose progress can now be considered a relative term as “Israeli” collaborators used to be lynched in the public square, and now, they are just shot in the legs in the public square. Talk about enlightened justice in action.
Speaking of Fatah moderates, I found this story at Israel Matzav. Americans should all be asking themselves - why the US State Department acts as if Palestinian Fatah members deserve a pass for the murder of US citizens.
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