Summary
A uniformed collaborator militia the IDF formalized in Ain al-Hilweh, policing the camp and denouncing political activists; its members were often anonymous, were reported to abuse civilians in expressly gendered ways, and its creation was linked to an uptick in assassinations, kidnappings and disappearances (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.128-130).
Details
- PNG members manned the camp-entry checkpoint where girls were regularly harassed, and conducted after-dark patrols delegated by the IDF (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.129).
- From summer 1983 reconsolidated underground cliques clashed with the PNG, bombed shops serving the IDF and assassinated collaborators; an Associated Press report in November 1984 covered the killing of two collaborators claimed by “The People’s Court, Forces of the Palestinian Martyrs” (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.132).
Related pages
Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, Ain al-Hilweh