Friday April 16, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

Hamas has begun to execute people for collaborating with Israel. Two were executed yesterday.

There are a whole slew of people on death row in Gaza. Eight are Fatah officers. Most of the Fatah officers were tried in absentia and have been convicted. But there are large numbers of people who await execution and are in the hands of Hamas. All of them convicted of treason.

All of these executions violate Palestinian law. But Hamas has its own law and they do not follow the Palestinian law that requires the Presidents signature to execute anyone.

Hamas claims that it is following British Mandate law from 1936 and Jordanian law from the 1960's. But this is also untrue. These laws require British Colonial approval and the Jordanian law required the Kings approval. So who approves the executions? The same people who tried and convicted the prisoners.

Most often the trials were in the middle of the night there was no defense and no appeal.

Hamas has its own government. They are not even playing by the Palestinian Authority rules. They play by Hamas' rules.

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