Amnesty International Criticizes Palestinian Fighting

October 23rd, 2007 Posted By The Bashman.

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JERUSALEM - Amnesty International on Wednesday harshly criticized rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah for harming civilians in their deadly infighting.

The international human rights group released a 58-page report titled “Torn apart by factional strife,” and said about 350 Palestinians were killed during the first months of 2007 in infighting in the Gaza Strip. Many of the dead were noncombatants, Amnesty said.

The clashes peaked in mid-June, when Hamas militants thrashed pro- Fatah security forces in the Gaza Strip and overran the territory.

After the Hamas takeover, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah dismissed the Hamas-led Cabinet and formed his own government, which controls the West Bank. Hamas, led by deposed Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, continues to rule Gaza.

During the clashes, militants mounted attacks from civilian apartment buildings and hospitals and targeted rival patients in their hospital beds, the London-based organization said. Fighter used crowded residential neighborhoods as war zones, firing mortars, rocket- propelled grenades and bullets from civilian buildings.

Amnesty charged that militants were killed by rivals while in captivity, and others were maimed, often by shooting captives in the shin bones and knees. Civilians also suspected of loyalty to rival groups were drawn into the conflict, the report said. Pro-Fatah security forces snatched Husam Abu Qinas, a 35-year-old tiler, and threw him off a roof, in apparent retribution for Hamas militants throwing a security force official off a high-rise hours before.

Amnesty International said after rival factions formed separate governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, both cracked down on suspected rival loyalists.

In the Gaza Strip, members of the Hamas military wing act as police and have detained and tortured Fatah activists and critics. Hamas police routinely beat protesters to break up demonstrations, and have roughed up journalists covering the events, Amnesty said.

Full AP article by Diaa Hadid Here.


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2 Responses

  1. Jim

    “Wednesday harshly criticized rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah for harming civilians in their deadly infighting.”

    and….

    Watchout–The only reason they are doing this is because the US is next and they want to be percieved as impartial

  2. Howie

    I’m still waiting for the 58 page report on the torture and murder of Iraqi civilians by Al Quada. Maybe I shouldn’t hold my breath while I wait for this one!

    Jim if the nuts at Amnesty International come after us it would not be unexpected and I am sure that we would end up with a lecture from both floors of Congress. But like most other things the Democrats will not be capable of derailing victory.

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