The British secret services had helped develop in 2004 a secret plan to restrict the work of Hamas in the West Bank, according to confidential documents published Tuesday, January 25, the British daily The Guardian. The plan, which included the detention of leaders and activists of the Islamist movement, the closure of radio stations and replacement of imams in mosques, has been partially implemented by the branch of Fatah in the West Bank, more increasingly criticized for his authoritarianism and abuses its concern for human rights.
The plan included detailed proposals to establish a security force based on Palestinian Authority officials in which the UK has "confidence" - not "traditional chiefs of security" - which would be connected with services Israeli intelligence in a "hotline". The Palestinian security plan MI6 (British intelligence) recommended the "detention of the principal officers of middle rank" of Hamas and other armed groups, and proposed to "explore the possibility of temporarily detaining leadersdu Hamas and Jihad Islamic, ensuring they are well treated, with funding from the European Union ".
These documents revealed by Al Jazeera and then verified by the Guardian, also highlight the profound military and security cooperation between Palestinian and Israeli forces. Among the documents disclosed, there is the amazing story and an interview from 2005 between the Minister of the then Israeli Defense Shaul Mofaz and Interior Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Nasser Yousef.
Speaking of Hassan Al-Madhoun, a commander of the armed wing of Fatah linked to Martyrs Brigades Al-Aqsa held responsible by Israel of a suicide attack last year, Mr Mofaz asked Mr. Youssef: "We know his address ... why do not you kill?" Yousef responds: "The environment is not easy, our capabilities are limited." A few months after that meeting, Hassan Al-Madhoun is killed by an Israeli drone.
The spokesman of the Organization for the Liberation of Palestine and chief negotiator Saeb Erekat also appears in these documents. He reportedly told a senior American official in 2009: "We had to kill Palestinians to establish an authority and the rule of law ... We have even killed our own men to maintain law and order." Erekat would also complained to George Mitchell, U.S.
envoy to the Middle East, because there were insufficient measures taken to block the tunnels connecting Gaza to Egypt. Alistair Crooke, a former MI6 officer who also worked for the EU in Israel and the Palestinian territories, these documents reflect a policy direction taken in 2003 by Tony Blair.
The then British prime minister wanted to share security policies of the United Kingdom and the EU in the Palestinian territories with an American command of "cons-insurgency" against Hamas - a policy that has lost its relevance when Hamas won the 2006 parliamentary elections. Le Monde.
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The plan included detailed proposals to establish a security force based on Palestinian Authority officials in which the UK has "confidence" - not "traditional chiefs of security" - which would be connected with services Israeli intelligence in a "hotline". The Palestinian security plan MI6 (British intelligence) recommended the "detention of the principal officers of middle rank" of Hamas and other armed groups, and proposed to "explore the possibility of temporarily detaining leadersdu Hamas and Jihad Islamic, ensuring they are well treated, with funding from the European Union ".
These documents revealed by Al Jazeera and then verified by the Guardian, also highlight the profound military and security cooperation between Palestinian and Israeli forces. Among the documents disclosed, there is the amazing story and an interview from 2005 between the Minister of the then Israeli Defense Shaul Mofaz and Interior Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Nasser Yousef.
Speaking of Hassan Al-Madhoun, a commander of the armed wing of Fatah linked to Martyrs Brigades Al-Aqsa held responsible by Israel of a suicide attack last year, Mr Mofaz asked Mr. Youssef: "We know his address ... why do not you kill?" Yousef responds: "The environment is not easy, our capabilities are limited." A few months after that meeting, Hassan Al-Madhoun is killed by an Israeli drone.
The spokesman of the Organization for the Liberation of Palestine and chief negotiator Saeb Erekat also appears in these documents. He reportedly told a senior American official in 2009: "We had to kill Palestinians to establish an authority and the rule of law ... We have even killed our own men to maintain law and order." Erekat would also complained to George Mitchell, U.S.
envoy to the Middle East, because there were insufficient measures taken to block the tunnels connecting Gaza to Egypt. Alistair Crooke, a former MI6 officer who also worked for the EU in Israel and the Palestinian territories, these documents reflect a policy direction taken in 2003 by Tony Blair.
The then British prime minister wanted to share security policies of the United Kingdom and the EU in the Palestinian territories with an American command of "cons-insurgency" against Hamas - a policy that has lost its relevance when Hamas won the 2006 parliamentary elections. Le Monde.
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