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4 Palestinians Sentenced to Death for Helping1 Israel
Ross Dunn
Jerusalem
2 Aug 2001 18:42 UTC
The Palestinian Authority has sentenced four Palestinians to death since Tuesday, after convicting them of 1)collaborating2 with Israel. The action is aimed at deterring3 informers from helping Israel assassinate4 Palestinian activists5 suspected of planning attacks against Jews.
A Palestinian security court in the West Bank city of Nablus has sentenced a Palestinian man to death by firing 2)squad6 for collaborating with Israel in its killing7 of a senior 3)activist from the militant8 Islamic group Hamas.
Ahmad Abu-Ayshah was found guilty of treason for helping Israeli intelligence agents kill Salah Darwaza, whose car was hit by tank shells last week in the West Bank.
Mr. Ayshah, who allegedly received about $45 from Israel each time he passed on information, begged 4)forgiveness from his 5)accusers. But Palestinians in the packed 6)courtroom demanded the 7)execution of Mr. Ayshah, a father of nine children.
He is the fourth Palestinian to be sentenced to death this week for collaborating with Israel.
Israel's policy of 8)assassinating militant Palestine Liberation Organization PLO and Islamic leaders has sparked an intense search within Palestinian society for local 9)informers, who may have helped Israel carry out targeted killings9.
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority acted 10)swiftly in a bid to contain 11)rage and 12)suspicion, following Israel's 13)helicopter gun-ship strike that killed eight people, including two Hamas leaders in the West Bank town of Nablus.
In a strong warning to other suspected collaborators, three Palestinian men were sentenced to death by firing squad for their part in the earlier assassination10 of Thabet Thabet in Tulkarem, also in the West Bank.
A fourth was sentenced to 15 years behind bars.
Mr. Thabet, was a senior member of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah 14)faction of the PLO.
Mr. Arafat must still ratify11 the death sentences and although he has approved capital punishment in the past, he has 15)blocked some executions in the face of international criticism.
For such operations as the one in Nablus, Israel has often relied on Palestinian informers, who pass on sensitive information concerning the movements of activists targeted for assassination.
On Monday, in Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem in the West Bank, three masked men killed a 57-year-old Palestinian, firing bullets into his head, after 16)alleging he had been collaborating with Israel.
(1) collaborate[kE5lAbEreIt]vi.合作, 通敌
(2) squad[skwRd]n.班
(3) activist[5AktIvIst]n.激进主义分子, 行动主义分子
(4) forgiveness[ fE5^IvnIs]n.宽恕, 宽仁之心
(5) accuser[E`kjU:zE(r)]n.原告
(6) courtroom[5kC:tru:m]n.法庭, 审判室
(7) execution[eksI5kju:F(E)n]n.实行, 完成, 执行, 死刑, 制作
(8) assassinate[E5sAsIneIt]vt.暗杀, 行刺
(9) informer[In5fC:mE(r)]n.密告者, 控告的人, 通知的人
(10) swiftly adv.很快地, 即刻
(11) rage[reIdV]n.愤怒, 情绪激动, 精神错乱vi.大怒, 狂吹
(12) suspicion[sE`spIFEn]n.猜疑, 怀疑
(13) helicopter[5helIkRptE(r)]n.直升(飞)机, 直升机
(14) faction[5fAkF(E)n]n.派别, 小集团, 派系斗争, 小派系
(15) block[blCk]n.木块, 石块, 块, 街区vt.防碍, 阻塞
(16) allege[E5ledV]vt.宣称, 断言
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2 collaborating | |
合作( collaborate的现在分词 ); 勾结叛国 | |
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4 assassinate | |
vt.暗杀,行刺,中伤 | |
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5 activists | |
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 ) | |
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6 squad | |
n.班,小队,小团体;vt.把…编成班或小组 | |
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7 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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8 militant | |
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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9 killings | |
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发 | |
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10 assassination | |
n.暗杀;暗杀事件 | |
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11 ratify | |
v.批准,认可,追认 | |
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