three weeks later, kholoud died. entry to israel is not conditional on providing information or cooperation, and they denied any irregularities in their dealings with kholoud. some palestinians work with israel because they genuinely believe this is the right way to protect their own people. i have come to a tiny village in the far south of israel. it is the home of a bedouin community of around 20 families that were moved from gaza, where they had devoted their lives to working with the israeli state. hassan is a community leader here, a role he inherited from his father, a bedouin sheikh from the sinai desert. his father sided with the israeli state after the palestinians were defeated in the 1967 arab—israeli war, and israel occupied his land. but israeli counter—terror operations have also been far more aggressive. over the last 15 years, more than 300 palestinian militants have been targeted and killed in gaza. how often have collaborators helped in these killings? in a side street in a provincial israeli town,