A mob demanded their heads. So their heads were delivered. The Houston Chronicle reports that the Palestinian secret police is populated by many people formerly imprisoned for terrorism. Their numbers have increased beyond reason. They are limited by no law.
Outside powers help pay their salaries.
No independent judges decide the fate of the accused. No authority independent of Mr. Arafat and his friends exists to protect the rights of the innocent. And so those rights are not protected. The Palestinian Authority controls the press. It is given to wholesale thievery.