PALESTINIAN JUSTICE

Palestinians Consider Resuming Executions
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority has taken steps toward resuming executions as part of a campaign to halt lawlessness and prevent revenge killings, despite the risk of European condemnation, legal and religious officials said.

A top Muslim religious official said President Mahmoud Abbas, responding to public pressure to crack down on crime, had asked him for Islamic legal rulings that would pave the way for him to carry out 16 death warrants, some issued years ago.

The move has worried human rights activists and threatens to make waves with the European Union, which is staunchly against the death penalty and is also the top donor to the aid-dependent Palestinian Authority.

I DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE EU JUST SENDS THEM MORE MONEY WHEN THEY KILL ISRAELIS AND TURNS ITS HEAD AN COUGHS WHEN THE PA EXECUTES "COLLABORATORS."