Another PalArab "human rights" org

I found another Palestinian Arab "human rights" organization based out of Gaza, Al-Mezan, that again downplays internal PalArab security issues and emphasizes any perceived Israeli issues. But digging deep in the website I saw that they do pretend to keep track of internal security incidents, although without giving details so I can see which they are missing.

It is still instructive to see how the number of internal PalArab incidents soared as Israel left Gaza, even if the numbers themselves seem underreported:

STATISTICS ON INCIDENTS OF SECURITY UNREST IN THE GAZA STRIP No. of the victims during the last four years. Year Incidents Injured killed Kidnapped No. minors No. minors foreign Pals 2002 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 2003 39 111 9 18 3 0 0 2004 121 178 6 57 6 6 10 2005 394 895 151 101 23 16 23 16/8/2006 453 636 77 107 15 14 40 Incidents of the state of insecurity and internal violence during the period 3/3/2002 to 24/8/2006 Type of incident No. of incidents family feud 199 Conflict between political factions 43 Conflict inside the PNA apparatuses 13 Clashes between political factions and security apparatuses 60 Clashes between families and security apparatuses 29 Clashes between families and political factions 16 Firing in Ceremonies 21 Firing in Marches 11 Misuse of weapons 90 Assassination of traitors 4 Kidnapping 83 Killing 70 Assault against employees, public characters and foreigners 101 Closure of road 57 Assault against Institution 163 Explosion 67 Other 73

I suppose "Other" includes honor killings.

The main site will occasionally mention some internal security chaos but will downplay it or ignore it most of the time. For example, the internal fighting between Hamas and Fatah in the beginning of October left about 12-15 dead, but Al-Mezan had a single article mentioning two deaths and no follow-up. Meanwhile, every minor Israeli incident is highlighted.

This biased, anti-Israel site (which, along with other Palarab "human rights" organizations, supports PalArab human shields that HRW condemned) is funded by:

Core Donors
• Netherlands Representative Office (NRO)
• Swiss Agnecy for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
• Global Ministries of Churches (Kerkinactie)
• International Commission of Jurists- Sweden
• Norwegian Representative office(NORAD)
• The Ford Foundation(FF)
Project Donors
• Mertz Gilmore Foundation
• The French Consulate (funded the library in 2002-2003)
• Swiss Agnecy for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
• The Ford Foundation
• Save the Children Sueden (SCS)