The trial opened of a Palestinian man accused of providing the Israeli army with information that led to an air raid on the military leader of the radical Islamic group Hamas, which left 17 people dead. Akram al-Zatma, a 22-year-old student from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, was charged with helping Israel kill Salah Shehade in Gaza City in July, prosecutor Khaled al-Qudra told AFP. Shehade was killed together with his bodyguard, wife and daughter, as well as 13 other people, most of them children. Zatma was arrested in early August and faces the death penalty if convicted.
Or even if he isn't. This is Paleostine we're talking about, y'know... The significant point in this incident is that there are Paleostinians who are willing to risk their lives to fight against the crooks, gunnies, snuffies, and boom artists who are running the place. We can only hope that there are more of them, and that eventually they win out in the end. 'Course, the end is probably still a way off... |