GayandRight

My name is Fred and I am a gay conservative living in Ottawa. This blog supports limited government, the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security, and tries to expose the threat to us all from cultural relativism, post-modernism, and radical Islam. I am also the founder of the Free Thinking Film Society in Ottawa (www.freethinkingfilms.com)

Sunday, June 12, 2005

Palestinian Justice!

No, thanks.
Fatah gunmen admitted over the weekend that nine
Palestinians who were murdered in Bethlehem on suspicion of collaboration with Israel were actually innocent victims of lawlessness.

The suspected "collaborators" were executed by members of Fatah's armed wing, Aksa Martyrs Brigades, shortly before the IDF raided Bethlehem in 2002 as part of Operation Defensive Shield.

Some of the suspects were being held by the Palestinian Authority security forces before they were handed over to the gunmen.

This was not the first time that a Palestinian group had exonerated Palestinians who were murdered on suspicion of assisting Israeli security forces. Earlier this year, Hamas admitted that its members had mistakenly murdered a man from a village near Ramallah after accusing him of collaboration with Israel. Hamas also agreed to pay $30,000 in compensation to the family of the victim.