Mahmoud Abbas may have trouble trying to get Palestinian "militants" to lay down their arms against Israelis, but he has no problem allowing them to kill Palestinian "collaborators".

A young Palestinian man suspected of "collaboration" with Israel was executed on Friday in a public square in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus....

In recent months, at least 13 "collaborators" have been ruthlessly murdered in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, all by Fatah gunmen.

Mahmoud Abbas has been chariman of Fatah since the death of Yasser Arafat.