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| Paleo father, son sentenced to death for collaborating with Israel |
| 2004-11-30 |
| A Palestinian man and his son accused of collaborating with Israel were sentenced to death on Monday by a civilian tribunal in Gaza City, Palestinian security officials said. Mohammed Abou Keymas, 50, and his 20-year-old son Rami were found guilty of passing information that led to a failed June 2003 attempt by the Israeli army on the life of Hamas leader Abdelaziz al-Rantissi. If the two appeal the sentences and lose, the president of the Palestinian Authority may pardon them. After the death of veteran Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, the Authority's acting president is Rawhi Fattuh pending elections in January. In a separate case the same court jailed two other Palestinians to 10 years each, also for collaborating with Israel. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #9 Well, in Paleoland, toe tags will do that, but I think you mean something else... "dead men walking", perhaps? Or highly-motivated emigrants? Sorry, drawing a blank... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-30 1:19:21 PM |
| #8 They don't qualify as Paleos. They're gutsy, forward-looking individuals. Maybe we need a term to ID them???? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2004-11-30 1:15:25 PM |
| #7 Goes to show that any Paleo-Arab who disagrees with the suicide bombers has to either leave or hide. There is no hope for peace in that part of the planet, until they are eradicated or transferred. I venture that the West have not seen such tribal taste for death in a very long time and we have lost the stomach for the way to deal with such beasts. When encountering such a death tribe, kill them in large numbers. Saving the few innocents there would cost us too many lives of our own innocents. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-30 12:05:18 PM |
| #6 The potential only exists if the Pali negotiators actually planned to honor any agreements. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-11-30 9:42:07 AM |
| #5 Does negotiating with Israeli government officials constitute collaboration? I see potential here. |
| Posted by: Don 2004-11-30 9:19:05 AM |
| #4 There have been jailings before, Bryan. That this usually leads to lynchings, or fatal falls down stairs, is politely not mentioned. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-11-30 6:56:09 AM |
| #3 This is the first time I've ever heard of Palestinians being jailed for collaboration or even being tried in anything more than a kangaroo court before being lynched. I would like to be positive and give them the benefit of the doubt but I suspect that their apparent embrace of civilization will only last until they get their state. They'll display an apparent desire for democracy because they know that's what makes the world misty-eyed as it contemplates the difficult birth of the nascent Paleo state. Then their true nature will reassert itself and yet another dictatorial, oppressive Arab state will have been born. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-11-30 5:01:06 AM |
| #2 JFM, Please don't! I don't condone suicides! |
| Posted by: Conanista 2004-11-30 2:23:15 AM |
| #1 Holding breath until anti-death penalty Europeans protest for this. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-11-30 2:16:13 AM |