Israeli Army begins summary executions

RAMALLAH, West Bank, 1 April — Far from shying away from behavior that has made the world draw analogies between them and the Nazis who persecuted their Jewish brethren during the World War II, the Israeli Army yesterday launched a campaign of mass executions against Palestinians. At least 39 members of the Palestinian security forces in occupied Ramallah were killed in cold blood in two separate incidents. Once again, Israel’s economic, political and military backer, the United States, remained silent in the face of such outrage.

West Bank Preventive Security chief Jibril Rajoub told AFP: “The Israelis assassinated around 30 Palestinians last night in a building in central Ramallah. It was a collective assassination.”

Nine Palestinians were executed earlier in the morning. Palestinians said soldiers executed them in the Islamic Club and adjacent buildings. Four other Palestinians were shot dead by troops in clashes. The head of the hospital service told AFP yesterday the morgue in Ramallah’s central hospital is starting to overflow and doctors had to start putting two bodies in compartments designed for one.