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Jason

No, thank you.

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  • Ghost of the Warsaw Ghetto says: 'I was scrounging for scrap metal when they killed me'
    • Jason August 26, 2009 at 4:41 am with 1 replies

      I don't think "let my people go" quite works as a catchphrase for the Palestinians, since "OK, go ahead and leave" would be the likely response. As to the shooting, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has an unfortunate habit of lying about the ages, circumstances of death, and affiliations of Palestinians killed by Israelis. For example, in the Gaza war, they listed well known terrorist leaders among the "civilians" killed by Israel. Here, we have no way of knowing whether these young men were unarmed or not. We have no way of knowing whether warning shots were fired and ignored. That is the problem with making easily detectable lies (like that a famous terrorist leader is a civilian) it destroys your credibility to anyone who is paying attention.

  • An arrest on the West Bank
    • Jason August 26, 2009 at 5:03 am

      Not a lawyer here, but running from the scene would probably be admissible in court. I think the defense would question whether it proved anything, and by itself it wouldn't, but just the fact of running would be allowed in.

      BTW, a smoking gun is circumstantial evidence. If you didn't see the shooting, you are still inferring an event that you didn't see, though with very strong circumstantial evidence.

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