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Police by Day, Terrorists by Night: The PA Security Forces' Double Role

(Palestinian Media Watch) Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch - A new video released by Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party on May 25, 2022, emphasizes that U.S.-trained and funded PA Security Forces fulfill a double role: "By day Security Forces, and by night self-sacrificing fighters." The video glorifies four members of the PA Security Forces arrested or killed during gun battles with Israeli forces combating terror. The active participation of the PA Security Forces in acts of terror is well known and is often cited as a source of pride by Fatah members. On July 13, 2021, Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub asserted: "12% of the prisoners in the [Israeli] prisons are members of the [PA] Security [Forces]." This means that 600 members of the PA Security Forces have been arrested for their direct participation in acts of terror. The writer served for 19 years in the IDF Military Advocate General Corps and was director of the Military Prosecution in Judea and Samaria.
2022-06-27 00:00:00
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