The big lie of the Palestinian “security forces” continues. That lie is the pretense that if only Mahmoud Abbas (and before him, Yasser Arafat) were allowed to use Palestinian security forces in the territories, terror would cease.
The problem is, the security forces are made up of the very people that carry out terrorist attacks. This has been proven time and time again. But the evidence is continually ignored.
Two of the terrorists who shot dead off-duty IDF soldiers Cpl. Ahikam Amihai (20) and Sgt. David Ruben (21) as they were hiking near Hebron last Friday were members of Fatah’s security forces and are on the Palestinian Authority’s payroll, Israeli sources said.
One of the terrorists was identified as 26-year-old Hebron resident Amar Taha, a Fatah member and a member of the Palestinian national security forces. The other terrorists was named as 24-year-old Hebron resident Ali Dandanes, a court clerk and Fatah member with links to the Palestinian general intelligence.
The two turned themselves in to the Palestinian Authority’s general intelligence custody immediately following the attack, fearing being captured by Israeli security forces.
Why is that? Because they know that they’d serve life sentences for murder in Israel, but they’ll be out in a matter of weeks or months after the kanagaroo court that is the PA. And get this: The PA had them in custody and didn’t mention that fact until the Shin Bet came knocking.
The PA did not immediately inform Israel that the terrorists were in its custody, but did so only after Shin Bet officials approached Palestinian officials on the matter.
And the PA lied about the terrorists from the get-go.
An Israeli security official said Palestinian statements claiming that the attack was criminally-motivated contradict the evidence the shin Bet has gathered and the admission of the terrorists themselves during their interrogation by PA security forces.
“These statements were issued in an apparent attempt by the PA to evade responsibility in light of the fact that the attack was carried out by members of Fatah and the Authority’s security services,” the official said.
This is the security force that Olmert is allowing to import 50 Russian armored personnel carriers. No way that move can backfire.
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