The Execution of Palestinians -- Another Reason for Palestinian Anguish.

This article reports that the July 27 execution of Raed Khalil Al Mughrabi, convicted of the 2001 killing of accountant Khalil Zmullt, marks the 13th official Palestinian execution since 1994. Even though President Yasser Arafat agreed to a moratorium on the death penalty in 2002, nine sentenced prisoners have been killed extrajudicially, during Israeli invasions of the Palestinian territories, by gunmen who attacked prisons and courthouses. On June 12 of this year, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) executed four Palestinian prisoners convicted of committing murder and other crimes between 1995 and 2000. All four, it will be noted, were very young when they committed their crimes. Moreover, after allowing them to lanquish in prison for several years without any legal proceeding, the PNA suddenly and summarily executed them. INSET: The Palestinian Center for Human Rights on the Death Penalty.