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To: goldsnow who wrote (85973)	5/28/2002 7:54:57 AM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 116822

ONE COLLABORATOR'S STORY 'The Israelis set me up' ONE such Palestinian informer is Hani (not his real name), who says he was set up. He was caught in the middle of a tryst with a woman who he said had seduced him in a field near his house two years ago and he never suspected what was to come. The couple were ambushed by Israeli security agents who told Hani his wife would be told of the infidelity unless he cooperated, said the Christian Science Monitor. Hani admits he was an easy target - wanted for a raft of petty crimes and with a wallet full of fake identity cards. Within days he had agreed to trade his freedom for life as a collaborator. In Hani's case, the motivation was fear, not greed. 'I agreed to work with them in return for clemency. I agreed to help them solve cases involving theft and drug dealing,' he says. Last year, Hani said, his Israeli supervisor asked him to watch two men from his West Bank village - one a member of Hamas, the other a member of Fatah. ''I didn't want to do it but he said that he merely wanted to know their movements. I gave away extensive information about them but fear came over me that they planned to do more than just monitor them. 'I saw on television how Israel was assassinating people, they went after them methodically. I came to the conclusion I was helping this to happen and ran away.' His odd behaviour was noted by Palestinian police, who arrested him. He said it was a relief to escape 'this deep hole I had got myself into. I confessed everything. I spoke faster than my interrogator could write.' Hani, now in jail, may have escaped alive from his life as a collaborator, but he says he has ruined his future: 'If I ever get out of jail I will leave immediately without seeing anyone. My life here has come to an end.'