TULKAREM, West Bank, Aug. 27 — It is a new form of violence not seen before, even in the Middle East. For the first time, a Palestinian woman, a widow and mother of seven, has been executed by her own people for allegedly collaborating with the Israelis. There was no trial, no appeal, no mercy. NBC News has spoken to the man who says he ordered her execution, and the man who claims to have carried it out. We have also spoken to the teenage boy who says he was tortured into doing the unimaginable — identifying the woman, his own mother, as an informant.
THIS IS A STORY of vengeance, of children without a mother — not only suddenly orphans but outcasts for something their mother may have done.
Ikhlas Khouli, a 35-year-old widow, supported her seven children by selling vegetables at a market in the West Bank town of Tulkarem.
Last Friday night, her 17-year-old son, Bakir, was abducted from his home by masked armed men, members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a militia close to Yasser Arafat.
Several hours later they returned for his mother.
They accused her of being an Israeli collaborator, charging she spied on a Palestinian fighter and gave away his hideaway to the Israelis who later killed him. She was forced to confess.
War is hell, and this is a glimpse into it. Poor woman, poor children. I wonder what Jehova makes of his followers. I wonder what Allha makes of his followers.
Ok let me get this straight.
The son was a member of Al Aqsa.
His mother supported this move and that is why he was there.
Then her son was then taken and they came back for her later.
Ok now explain to me why would a society that holds women at higher standards than anything else kill a mother?
This isnt the west, where you send your mother to an old age home when she is 40.
I dont believe this article at all.
There are no sources:
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NBC News has spoken to the man who says he ordered her execution, and the man who claims to have carried it out. We have also spoken to the teenage boy who says he was tortured into doing the unimaginable
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who says,. who says.
there is no concrete proof other than the word of the journalist.
After the war crimes cover up do you expect people to believe the US media?
Imagine this scenario : Woman's family is threatened and is, lets say, forced to be an informant. She informs and somehow mysteriously her Muhalla wallas find out about it from an UN-identified informant.......
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Ok let me get this straight.
Ok now explain to me why would a society that holds women at higher standards than anything else kill a mother?
This isnt the west, where you send your mother to an old age home when she is 40.
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Oh, since when did they hold women higher than anything else?
This is a real article they had a segment about it on CBC Newsworld (A noted canadian news scource). Its sad what happend. But its a war over there. Expect some casualties. Even if the people are innocent. Its a war.