Ramallah: Palestinian security officials on Monday demanded that collaborators with Israeli police and Israeli intelligence be treated equally before law.
Officials said while collaborators with the intelligence are referred to the military prosecutor, those working with the police are referred to the civil prosecutor. In latter cases, collaborators are usually let out on bail till the trial date, and mostly dismissed for lack of evidence.
Security sources told Gulf News that in both cases collaborators provide the Israelis with security-related information which is used against Palestinians.
Israel has been active in recruiting collaborators to destroy the Palestinian society and unless the issue is dealt with seriously, their numbers will increase, the sources stressed.
In this context, the sources referred to a case where the Palestinian police have arrested a collaborator after the Israeli police raided two trucks loaded with eggs heading to Israel. According to the Israeli policy, Israeli products can be sold in all Palestinian cities, not a single Palestinian product is allowed into the Israeli market.
The security officials arrested the taxi driver who confessed to have been recruited by the Israeli police to monitor the economic conditions in the West Bank.
The sources said that the collaborator, who was referred to the civil prosecutor, was interrogated and released on bail. He is now collaborating again with the Israeli police, they said.
Such cases should be handled seriously so that others will not dare to collaborate with the Israeli police, they said.
