Thumbs up to Sydney Morning Herld reporter Jason Koutsoukis for examing the case of Hamza Al-Shoubaki, a Fatah supporter:
Three weeks ago Hamza's tortured body was found dumped at Gaza's Shifa Hospital, with two gunshot wounds to the head. From the types of twigs and leaves that lined Hamza's pants and the inside of his jacket, Hamza's family believe he was murdered in a citrus grove somewhere on the outskirts of Gaza City.
Executed without trial, or even being charged, Hamza had been accused of collaborating with the government of the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, whose Fatah faction holds power in the West Bank.
A vocal supporter of Fatah, Hamza was in almost daily telephone contact with his brother, a senior officer in the Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah. His fate is a chilling example of the terror inflicted on political dissenters who live under the Hamas regime that has ruled Gaza since May 2007.
Even more admirable is that the Shoubaki family bravely spoke to the reporter on the record. Read the whole article.
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