Palestinian Territories
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- administration of the ANP
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Christian and Jewish minorities
From the country
- AUGUST 9, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court in the West Bank sentenced...
A Palestinian security court in the West Bank sentenced a 43-year-old Palestinian man to death by firing squad for treason and collaborating with the Israeli military
- AUGUST 2, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed...
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed Abu Ayash, 50, on charges of collaborating with Israel in the assassination of a local Hamas leader, Salah Darawesh
- AUGUST 1, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Field commanders of the Palestinian intifada declared...
Field commanders of the Palestinian intifada declared open season on suspected traitors in their ranks
- JULY 31, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian Authority security court sentenced three...
A Palestinian Authority security court sentenced three Palestinian men, Samir Abu-Zeina, Amjad Hafarza and Hussein Abu-Alayoun, to death for collaboration with Israel over the killing in December of a senior Fatah official
- JULY 28, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In the West Bank town of Tulkarm, 3,000 people marched...
In the West Bank town of Tulkarm, 3,000 people marched to demand the death sentence for five Palestinians accused of treason and collaboration with Israel over the killing in December 2000 of Thabet Thabet, a Fatah leader
- JUNE 14, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union commissioner for external affairs...
The European Union commissioner for external affairs Chris Patten called on the Palestinian Authority to stop using fast-track security courts to impose death sentences
- MAY 29, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian...
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian policeman to death by firing squad for murdering a fellow security man in a revenge killing
- MARCH 15, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Sweden's representative, speaking on behalf of the...
Sweden's representative, speaking on behalf of the European Union at the Security Council during an open debate on the situation in the Middle East, said that Israel's policy on extrajudicial killings was unacceptable and encouraged [the Palestinian Auth
- MARCH 4, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Head of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service...
The Head of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service Staff Major-General Musa Arafat al-Qudwah stressed that in order to counter Israeli intelligence penetration, "it was necessary increase some of the sentences up to the death penalty to deter othe
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating...
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel in the killing of a Hamas activist was tortured to death by the Palestinian Authority's military intelligence
- FEBRUARY 11, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian military court sentenced to death a Palestinian...
A Palestinian military court sentenced to death a Palestinian security officer, Hassan Mohammed Hassan Musalam, 55, to death by firing squad
- FEBRUARY 3, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection...
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection to the execution of collaborators and those suspected of dealing with the Israeli Shin Bet outside the framework of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)