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Charge No.13: Falsely Accusing Palestinians of Treason <br />Haman uses the designation (the collaborator) as a pretext to attack its supposed enemies in <br />order to spread terror in the licarts of the people of Gaza, llamas authorities liberally <br />accuse their critics with collaboration with Israel. As several human rights groups have <br />noted, however, evidence in these cases is murky at best, and clue process non-existent. <br />In 2014 alone, Hamas executed at least 23 people accused of collaborating with Israel. But <br />in numerous cases, the only evidence of the supposed offense was a confession extracted <br />under torture, and a "grossly unfair" trial, <br />llamas uses the label of `collaborator' as a justification to attack its perceived enemies and <br />instil fear in Gazans. As noted by the MENA program at Amnesty International: "Hamas <br />forces took the opportunity to ruthlessly settle scores, carrying out a series of unlawful <br />killings and other grave abuses." <br />They did so with impunity, and, adds Luther "These spine -chilling actions, some of which <br />amount to war crimes, were designed to exact revenge and spread fear across the Gaza <br />Strip." <br />One Human Rights Watch report notes "that Harnas authorities routinely arrest and torture <br />peaceful critics and opponents with impunity," Another found that this ongoing abuse may <br />constitute "crimes against humanity, given its systematic nature over many years." In the <br />same period, abuse and harassment of women has soared, According to Freedom House, <br />Harms authorities are "reluctant to pursue such cases" so "rape and domestic violence <br />rernain underreported and frequently go unpunished." (20) <br />28 <br />