The body of Tahseen Abu Arkub, 50, a resident of Ramallah was delivered to a PA hospital late last night (Monday). The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorist organization, a branch of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the gangland-style execution.
A masked spokesman for the terrorist group accused Abu Arkub of assisting the Israel Defense Forces in identifying and arresting wanted terrorists. "We shot him dead with four bullets to the head and chest in Ramallah because he was a collaborator who has helped Israel kill and detain many Palestinians," the unidentified Palestinian told the Reuters news agency.
Abu Arkub's son had also been killed by Al-Aqsa Brigade terrorists earlier this year.
Shurat HaDin – The Israel Law Center strongly condemned the killing in addition to the failure of human rights organizations to properly address the issue.
The killing of accused “collaborators” is not new. In October, 2003 Palestinian gunmen killed 25-year-old Nasser Kalawleh in Ramallah, alleging he was also working for Israel. In September, 2003 terrorists claimed responsibility for the murder of another suspected Israeli agent in Tulkarm - Fida Tirawi, 27, was shot to death in a hospital ward as he was recovering from surgery.
In July, 2003 Al-Aqsa Brigade assassins murdered Qaad Abu Shalbayah in Ramallah after accusing him of working for Israel's General Security Service. Abu Shalbayah had been in Palestinian police custody on his way to court when three masked men ambushed and killed him. The police officers escorting Abu Shalbayah made no effort to protect him nor did they seek to capture the masked assailants as they fled. Eyewitnesses to the shooting in Ramallah have told Shurat HaDin that the "hit" on Abu Shalbayah was "quite obviously arranged by his police guards."
Since the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 1993, several hundred so-called "collaborators" have been murdered by Palestinian terrorist groups. To date, the PA police have never conducted any investigation into the killings, nor indicted a single suspect.
In recent months, hundreds of Palestinians accused of being Israeli agents have been arrested by the Palestinian police in the areas under the PA's control and are being held without trials. At least nine such prisoners have been sentenced to death after receiving speedy "trials" before Palestinian military tribunals that lasted less than one hour.
"The political turmoil in the Palestinian Authority has provided a green light to Arafat's terrorists to hunt down and kill anyone they allege is assisting Israel,” according to Shurat HaDin Director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner. “The PA is the only area in the world where terrorist killings of suspected collaborators are a regular event and the international human rights groups refuse to protest."
In the past year, masked gunmen of the Fatah faction have murdered at least three Palestinian women, who were accused of "collaborating" with Israel. In August 2002 Fatah killed Ikhlas Khouli, 35, a mother of seven, in the streets of Tulkarm. Three days later, the terrorist group murdered Rajah Ibrahim, 18, in Tulkarm's public square. Last October, Fatah shot to death Haifa Sultan, 39, in an alley in Nablus.
According to international groups monitoring the PA, less than half of those accused of being collaborators were actually in the Israeli security services' employ. Many are merely victims of family/clan disputes with members of the various terrorist organizations, while others were owed substantial sums of money by their assailants, who found the murders as an easy way to discharge their debts.
A masked spokesman for the terrorist group accused Abu Arkub of assisting the Israel Defense Forces in identifying and arresting wanted terrorists. "We shot him dead with four bullets to the head and chest in Ramallah because he was a collaborator who has helped Israel kill and detain many Palestinians," the unidentified Palestinian told the Reuters news agency.
Abu Arkub's son had also been killed by Al-Aqsa Brigade terrorists earlier this year.
Shurat HaDin – The Israel Law Center strongly condemned the killing in addition to the failure of human rights organizations to properly address the issue.
The killing of accused “collaborators” is not new. In October, 2003 Palestinian gunmen killed 25-year-old Nasser Kalawleh in Ramallah, alleging he was also working for Israel. In September, 2003 terrorists claimed responsibility for the murder of another suspected Israeli agent in Tulkarm - Fida Tirawi, 27, was shot to death in a hospital ward as he was recovering from surgery.
In July, 2003 Al-Aqsa Brigade assassins murdered Qaad Abu Shalbayah in Ramallah after accusing him of working for Israel's General Security Service. Abu Shalbayah had been in Palestinian police custody on his way to court when three masked men ambushed and killed him. The police officers escorting Abu Shalbayah made no effort to protect him nor did they seek to capture the masked assailants as they fled. Eyewitnesses to the shooting in Ramallah have told Shurat HaDin that the "hit" on Abu Shalbayah was "quite obviously arranged by his police guards."
Since the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 1993, several hundred so-called "collaborators" have been murdered by Palestinian terrorist groups. To date, the PA police have never conducted any investigation into the killings, nor indicted a single suspect.
In recent months, hundreds of Palestinians accused of being Israeli agents have been arrested by the Palestinian police in the areas under the PA's control and are being held without trials. At least nine such prisoners have been sentenced to death after receiving speedy "trials" before Palestinian military tribunals that lasted less than one hour.
"The political turmoil in the Palestinian Authority has provided a green light to Arafat's terrorists to hunt down and kill anyone they allege is assisting Israel,” according to Shurat HaDin Director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner. “The PA is the only area in the world where terrorist killings of suspected collaborators are a regular event and the international human rights groups refuse to protest."
In the past year, masked gunmen of the Fatah faction have murdered at least three Palestinian women, who were accused of "collaborating" with Israel. In August 2002 Fatah killed Ikhlas Khouli, 35, a mother of seven, in the streets of Tulkarm. Three days later, the terrorist group murdered Rajah Ibrahim, 18, in Tulkarm's public square. Last October, Fatah shot to death Haifa Sultan, 39, in an alley in Nablus.
According to international groups monitoring the PA, less than half of those accused of being collaborators were actually in the Israeli security services' employ. Many are merely victims of family/clan disputes with members of the various terrorist organizations, while others were owed substantial sums of money by their assailants, who found the murders as an easy way to discharge their debts.