Five months ago, David Hadari, a councilman of the Jerusalem Municipality on behalf of the National Religious Party, filed a complaint with the police against the Mufti, Sheikh Akrama Tzabari. Hadari claimed that in one of Tzabari's fatwas (religious rulings), he allowed the Palestinian Authority to execute the 15 suspected informers.
Hadari's complaint reached the Attorney General's desk, and Mazuz, in consultation with the Prosecution, decided a few days ago to close the case. The police informed Hadari of the decision not to begin a criminal investigation.
Hadari, speaking with Arutz-7's Shimon Cohen, said that the decision represents prejudice in favor of Moslem religious leaders compared with those of the Jews. "While rabbis are arrested and interrogated on suspicion of incitement for merely waving an orange flag," Hadari said, "a Moslem leader goes free after calling openly for the murder of those who helped the country's security."
Israel Police Atty. Rachel Edelsberg informed Hadari that Israeli government sources had turned to the PA on this matter, and that the PA promised not to use the religious ruling issued by the Mufti. The ruling still stands, however. The 15 are still alive, but executions are invariably carried out very suddenly - and informally - in the PA.
In 2004, several such executions were carried out, among them: On July 2, 2004, Fatah terrorists murdered, execution-style, Muhammad Rafiq Abdel Razek, a resident of the Jenin area, before a cheering crowd. Around the same time, a PA policeman threw a hand grenade into the jail cell of an accused Israeli agent in Gaza, injuring seven suspected Israeli agents. In February of 2004, PA taxi driver Tahseen Abu Arkub, 50, was killed, and a month earlier, the same fate met a 27-year-old resident of Shechem (Nablus).
Hadari's complaint reached the Attorney General's desk, and Mazuz, in consultation with the Prosecution, decided a few days ago to close the case. The police informed Hadari of the decision not to begin a criminal investigation.
Hadari, speaking with Arutz-7's Shimon Cohen, said that the decision represents prejudice in favor of Moslem religious leaders compared with those of the Jews. "While rabbis are arrested and interrogated on suspicion of incitement for merely waving an orange flag," Hadari said, "a Moslem leader goes free after calling openly for the murder of those who helped the country's security."
Israel Police Atty. Rachel Edelsberg informed Hadari that Israeli government sources had turned to the PA on this matter, and that the PA promised not to use the religious ruling issued by the Mufti. The ruling still stands, however. The 15 are still alive, but executions are invariably carried out very suddenly - and informally - in the PA.
In 2004, several such executions were carried out, among them: On July 2, 2004, Fatah terrorists murdered, execution-style, Muhammad Rafiq Abdel Razek, a resident of the Jenin area, before a cheering crowd. Around the same time, a PA policeman threw a hand grenade into the jail cell of an accused Israeli agent in Gaza, injuring seven suspected Israeli agents. In February of 2004, PA taxi driver Tahseen Abu Arkub, 50, was killed, and a month earlier, the same fate met a 27-year-old resident of Shechem (Nablus).