0:00:00 > 0:00:13and exploitation in Our World.
0:00:13 > 0:00:25It is being called the world's largest open prison. The Gaza Strip.
0:00:25 > 0:00:32Penned in by walls, barbed wire and gun turrets. The 1.8 million people
0:00:32 > 0:00:39living here can only get into Israel with special permission. And even if
0:00:39 > 0:00:45their lives depend on it, they have to enter through here. The Haartez
0:00:45 > 0:01:02Crossing, the main gateway into Israel. -- Haaretz. This is the
0:01:02 > 0:01:06story of the desperate choices people have to make.
0:01:12 > 0:01:20It is the story of how the Israeli state seeks to protect its citizens.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I wouldn't rule out that 9000 people are still alive, they don't even
0:01:24 > 0:01:29know they were about to be killed. And of those who now lives tortured
0:01:29 > 0:01:31by shame and regret.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44This is a film about Palestinians to collaborate with the Israeli state.
0:01:44 > 0:01:50Those who would work for the enemy.
0:01:56 > 0:02:02In May 2017, the ruling Hamas government in Gaza released this
0:02:02 > 0:02:04video to a shocked public.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Some Palestinian men had apparently been caught working for Israel in
0:02:13 > 0:02:19Gaza. They were explaining how they were recruited.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Each had been cleverly targeted according to their needs and
0:02:36 > 0:02:44beliefs. They were then recruited by Israeli agents to kill a senior
0:02:44 > 0:02:49leader of the Hamas military wing.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03He was one of those behind a series of bombings in 2002, killing and
0:03:03 > 0:03:07wounding Israeli citizens. He received a nine life sentences for
0:03:07 > 0:03:15murder. Bartee was released in a controversial prisoner exchange in
0:03:15 > 0:03:292011. -- but he was. Mahmoud is one of the founders of Hamas. He had
0:03:29 > 0:03:34known him for years.
0:03:52 > 0:04:01But somebody seemed to think that's Fuqaha was still active. This man
0:04:01 > 0:04:06received his instructions on the 24th of March, 2017. He outlined the
0:04:06 > 0:04:08plan in the Hamas confessional video.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21Hamas officials say that this is Ashraf, caught on CCTV as he walks
0:04:21 > 0:04:24past the hospital, into the yard. And towards his target's parking
0:04:24 > 0:04:35lot. Fuqaha had spent a family day on the beach. He was alone in his
0:04:35 > 0:04:41car. The gunman followed him, knocked on his window, and shot him
0:04:41 > 0:04:50five times. Ashraf's job was done. Hamas had lost one of its key
0:04:50 > 0:05:00assets, and there was an out pouring of grief at Fuqaha's funeral. Shoot
0:05:00 > 0:05:04-- soon after, Ashraf and his suspected accomplices were arrested.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07In their confessions, they warned the audience not to fall for Israeli
0:05:07 > 0:05:20recruiters.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Days after these confessions were filmed, all three men were executed
0:05:28 > 0:05:36as traitors, and as a warning to others. We cannot verify the
0:05:36 > 0:05:42testimonies in the video. Hamas would not share there evidence. But
0:05:42 > 0:05:48collaborating with Israel is not such a rare thing here. Working for
0:05:48 > 0:05:53Israel, the security forces, is a matter of taboo here among
0:05:53 > 0:05:58Palestinians. I am on my way to a prison to speak to an inmate who
0:05:58 > 0:06:08knows able to bow to the subject. -- knows a lot about. According to the
0:06:08 > 0:06:12guards at this Palestinian jail, a quarter of the inmates are convicted
0:06:12 > 0:06:15collaborators. This inmate runs a support group for prisoners who have
0:06:15 > 0:06:18worked for the Israeli state.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Ivory and told me that Israeli recruiters prey on the needs of
0:06:45 > 0:06:48people in Gaza. -- Ibrahim told me.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35The Israeli authorities told us they do not try to recruit people and is
0:07:35 > 0:07:43vulnerable situations. -- in these vulnerable situations. Most of those
0:07:43 > 0:07:46in prison for collaboration have been prosecuted for simply giving
0:07:46 > 0:07:54information to the Israelis. But Ashraf, and others convicted of
0:07:54 > 0:07:58killing Mazen Fuqaha, went much further. Hamas says they committed
0:07:58 > 0:08:02murder. What could make a Palestinian like Ashraf kill a
0:08:02 > 0:08:06leading Hamas militant? And how much the Israeli security forces have
0:08:06 > 0:08:14found and recruited such a man. The Fuqaha murder confession was not a
0:08:14 > 0:08:18first-time Ashraf was noticed. He was active in the violence which are
0:08:18 > 0:08:24daft attempt on -- Hamas took power here in 2007. -- which erupted after
0:08:24 > 0:08:30Hamas to power. It turned out that Ashraf was a member of the Hamas
0:08:30 > 0:08:34security forces. He was heavily involved in fighting against Hamas
0:08:34 > 0:08:42opponents. In 2007, he started to adopt more radical views. In 2007,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Ashraf kidnapped and murdered the owner of a Christian bookshop in
0:08:44 > 0:08:52Gaza. When his body was recovered, it was disfigured by multiple stab
0:08:52 > 0:08:56wounds and gunshot wounds. Ashraf was a brutal killer. I wanted to
0:08:56 > 0:09:00find somebody who could explain his motivation.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Jihadist two are not welcomed hereby Hamas authorities in Gaza, but I
0:09:16 > 0:09:20have managed to contact one of them who is very influential in these
0:09:20 > 0:09:25circles. -- jihadists are not. I hope he will be able to tell me more
0:09:25 > 0:09:38about Ashraf. Did Ashraf share his plans with other radicals here?
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Jihadists had been arrested in Gaza, and even killed. The Hamas
0:09:42 > 0:09:48authorities had attacked mosques. Was Ashraf motivated by revenge? I
0:09:48 > 0:09:53am hoping my contact will give me some answers. So, I met him. He
0:09:53 > 0:09:59didn't want to be filmed. But he told me very interesting stuff.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Ashraf approached the jihadists, claiming he was a member of the
0:10:02 > 0:10:07so-called Islamic State, at the jihadists rejected him. As a loner,
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Ashraf might have been easier to control. But would the Israeli
0:10:12 > 0:10:18security forces really recruit a jihadist? A man dedicated to the
0:10:18 > 0:10:26violent destruction of Israel? It seemed an extraordinary risk. VC
0:10:26 > 0:10:32funds in nearby Tel Aviv feels like a different world from Gaza. -- the
0:10:32 > 0:10:37seafront in nearby Tel Aviv. These swimmers, joggers and holidaymakers
0:10:37 > 0:10:41seem to take their safety and protection for granted. But I have
0:10:41 > 0:10:47come to meet a man whose job was to guarantee this protection. For five
0:10:47 > 0:10:52years, he was the director of Shinbet, Israel's secretive internal
0:10:52 > 0:10:57security services. He now heads the foreign affairs and defence
0:10:57 > 0:11:06committee of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset.During those three
0:11:06 > 0:11:13years, 2001, 2002 and 2003, we have lost 900 people. Mainly civilians.
0:11:13 > 0:11:21Mainly in suicide bombings. In many cases we have succeeded in foiling
0:11:21 > 0:11:28attacks. So the number of people getting killed as 900, then I
0:11:28 > 0:11:34wouldn't rule out that 9000 people, if not more, are still alive, they
0:11:34 > 0:11:41don't even know that they were about to be killed.I asked him how easy
0:11:41 > 0:11:46it was to recruit reliable informers.When you are interested
0:11:46 > 0:11:55in somebody you tried to -- try to map, will tie his skills? What are
0:11:55 > 0:12:03his weaknesses? What is his usefulness? Otherwise you don't need
0:12:03 > 0:12:07him, you can take another one.Would you recruit a jihadist to kill a
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Hamas operative?Everything is possible in the fight against
0:12:11 > 0:12:17terrorism. Everything. There is one very strong principle in my eyes. I
0:12:17 > 0:12:21always used to tell it to my people. If you decide to become a terrorist,
0:12:21 > 0:12:29you'd better no that's the Israeli Shinbet, military, police, never
0:12:29 > 0:12:35mind, it any Israeli, in one way or another, you get to yourself in
0:12:35 > 0:12:40prison, or your grave in the cemetery.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49In a Tel Aviv Park, I am eating a reserve officer from Israeli
0:12:49 > 0:12:54military intelligence. We are protecting his identity, and he has
0:12:54 > 0:13:04to be careful about what he says, in order to avoid arrest. The role of
0:13:04 > 0:13:08his unit was to recruit informers among the Palestinian population, in
0:13:08 > 0:13:14places like Gaza. And that meant mass covert monitoring. Phones,
0:13:14 > 0:13:22e-mail and social media. TRANSLATION: People's visor like an
0:13:22 > 0:13:26open book for us. We know so much about people's personal lives. The
0:13:26 > 0:13:29romantic affairs, their sexual affairs, their health problems,
0:13:29 > 0:13:37everything. So, if you want to gain co-operation from people, it is
0:13:37 > 0:13:43obviously best if we can blackmail this person. In some basic causes of
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Arabic in the unit, you learn specific words, like different
0:13:46 > 0:13:53synonyms for homosexual in Arabic. So you will tell this guy, let's
0:13:53 > 0:14:03say, for instance, you are luti, in order to break him? Why?
0:14:03 > 0:14:08TRANSLATION: That is a possible course of action, yes. You put this
0:14:08 > 0:14:12person in a lose lose situation. Either way, his life is a great
0:14:12 > 0:14:18risk.What it is not just sexual orientation that makes people
0:14:18 > 0:14:22targets.If someone's daughter has cancer, for example, and he wants to
0:14:22 > 0:14:26get treatment in one of the Israeli hospitals, which is known to have
0:14:26 > 0:14:30better treatment than Palestinian hospitals, and if we know about it,
0:14:30 > 0:14:34maybe we can stop him and tell him, OK, you can have this, but only if
0:14:34 > 0:14:43you co-operate.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57This woman knows all about this coercion. Today, she is with her
0:14:57 > 0:15:00grandchildren. A year ago, their mother needed urgent treatment for
0:15:00 > 0:15:08cancer. The Israeli authorities granted her permission to go to a
0:15:08 > 0:15:14hospital in Jerusalem. It was six o'clock and barely light went she
0:15:14 > 0:15:22arrived here at the Haaretz Crossing one morning in January 20 17.
0:15:45 > 0:15:54The officers wanted information about a man married to Khaloud's
0:15:54 > 0:15:59cousin. She said he was an olive tree farm. -- farmer.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13She says her daughter was not able to give any information about the
0:16:13 > 0:16:15man.
0:16:23 > 0:16:29But the Israeli authorities did not allow Khaloud to board the bus.
0:16:32 > 0:16:41Three weeks later, WACA three died. -- Khaloud died. The Israeli
0:16:41 > 0:16:46authorities told us that entry to Israel is not conditional on
0:16:46 > 0:16:49providing information or cooperation, and they denied any
0:16:49 > 0:16:52irregularities in their dealings with Khaloud.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Some Palestinians work with Israel because they genuinely believe this
0:17:35 > 0:17:40is the right way to protect their own people. I have come to a tiny
0:17:40 > 0:17:47village in the far south of Israel. It is the home of a Bedouin
0:17:47 > 0:17:52community of around 20 families that were moved from Gaza, where they had
0:17:52 > 0:17:55devoted their lives to working with the Israeli state.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Hassan is a community leader here, a role he inherited from his father, a
0:18:13 > 0:18:21Bedouin shake from the Sinai Desert. His father sided with the Israeli
0:18:21 > 0:18:26state after the nation was defeated in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Israel occupied his land.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30But is rarely counterterror operations have also been far more
0:19:30 > 0:19:36aggressive -- Israeli. Over the last 15 years, more than 300 Palestinian
0:19:36 > 0:19:41militants have been targeted and killed in Gaza. How often have
0:19:41 > 0:19:50collaborators helped in these killings? In a side street, in a
0:19:50 > 0:19:53provincial Israeli town, I found someone who might be able to tell
0:19:53 > 0:19:56me. We have to protect his identity.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41I could now understand why this man wanted his identity concealed. He
0:20:41 > 0:20:47told me he had worked in Gaza for the Israelis from the age of 17. But
0:20:47 > 0:20:52that was before he had to get out.
0:21:25 > 0:21:33This bird told me his testimony had insured many Hamas cellmates
0:21:33 > 0:21:38remained behind cars for decades, but it has taken its toll. -- behind
0:21:38 > 0:21:41bars.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Normality, more than anything, is what people in Gaza crave. But for
0:22:21 > 0:22:33most here, it is out of reach. Constant scrutiny, suspicion and
0:22:33 > 0:22:37human need mean collaboration will keep shaping and poisoning lives,
0:22:37 > 0:22:42and some will continue to work for the enemy.