Editing Palestinian Authority (section)

====Violence against civilians====
The [[Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group]] reports that through "''everyday disagreements and clashes between the various political factions, families and cities that a complete picture of Palestinian society is painted. These divisions have during the course of the al Aqsa Intifada also led to an increasingly violent 'Intrafada'. In the 10-year period from 1993 to 2003, 16% of Palestinian civilian deaths were caused by Palestinian groups or individuals''."<ref name="Ref_r">{{Citation |title=The 'Intra'fada |publisher=PHRMG.org |url=http://www.phrmg.org/intrafada.htm |access-date=19 February 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040606055755/http://www.phrmg.org/intrafada.htm |archive-date=6 June 2004 }}</ref>

Erika Waak reports in ''[[The Humanist]]'' "''Of the total number of Palestinian civilians killed during this period by both Israeli and Palestinian security forces, 16 percent were the victims of Palestinian security forces.''" Accusations of collaboration with Israel are used to target and kill individual Palestinians:
"''Those who are convicted have either been caught helping Israelis, spoken out against Arafat, or are involved in rival criminal gangs, and these individuals are hanged after summary trials. Arafat creates an environment where the violence continues while silencing would-be critics, and although he could make the violence impossible, he doesn't stop it.''"

[[Freedom House]]'s annual survey of political rights and civil liberties, Freedom in the World 2001–2002, reports "''Civil liberties declined due to: shooting deaths of Palestinian civilians by Palestinian security personnel; the summary trial and executions of alleged collaborators by the Palestinian Authority (PA); extrajudicial killings of suspected collaborators by militias; and the apparent official encouragement of Palestinian youth to confront Israeli soldiers, thus placing them directly in harm's way.''"<ref name="Waak2003">{{Citation |author=Waak, Erika |year=2003 |title=Violence among the Palestinians |work=Humanist |url=http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1374/is_1_63/ai_96417155 |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110713085751/http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1374/is_1_63/ai_96417155 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2011 |access-date=19 February 2006 }}</ref>

Palestinian security forces have, as of March 2005, not made any arrests for the October 2003 killing of three American members of a diplomatic convoy in the [[Gaza Strip]]. [[Moussa Arafat]], head of the Palestinian Military Intelligence and a cousin of the former Palestinian Authority Chairman [[Yasser Arafat]] has stated that, regarding the United States pressure to arrest the killers; "They know that we are in a very critical position and that clashing with any Palestinian party under the presence of the occupation is an issue that will present many problems for us". Since the October 2003 attack, United States diplomats have been banned from entering the Gaza Strip.<ref name="Ref_s">{{Citation | title= PA: We can't arrest those behind deadly strike on U.S. convoy |work=Haaretz |location=Israel | url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/480576.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041009145241/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/480576.html | archive-date=9 October 2004 | access-date=22 August 2004 }}</ref>