Palestinian court sentences collaborator to death

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian military court in the occupied West Bank on Monday sentenced to death a security officer for collaborating with Israel, court officials and security sources said.

The court ruled that Imad Saad, an officer in President Mahmoud Abbas's National Security Forces, provided Israel with information that led to the killing of four Palestinian militants and the arrest of several others.

"The suspect was found guilty of treason," the head of the military court, Ahmad Abu Daya, said during the trial in the West Bank city of Hebron.

"He did not deny the charges," Abu Daya said.

Abbas, who must approve the sentence, has never authorized the execution of convicted collaborators.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSL2878800920080428

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And many states that still have the death penalty for only very extreme cases usually have a law saying that treason during war-time is punishable by death...

While I think Abbas is a wimp, it's good to see that he hasn't authorised any executions...