A horrifying story, only in The National out of Abu Dhabi: Israeli soldiers have regularly shot at the home of Salam Amira, a 16-year-old Palestinian girl who shot video of an Israeli soldier shooting a handcuffed Palestinian protester at close range.
shown to the soldier and his commander involved in that incident.
B’Tselem,
an Israeli human rights group, has accused the Israeli army of seeking
“revenge” for the girl’s role in exposing the actions of its armed
forces in the West Bank.
[The soldiers] may also be hoping to dissuade other
families from airing similar evidence of army brutality, particularly
since B’Tselem began distributing dozens of video cameras to
Palestinians across the West Bank.
What's it all about? The villagers of Nilin are protesting the construction of the illegal wall that will separate them from most of the village lands. They are doing so nonviolently:
including praying in the path of the heavy machinery, using mirrors to
reflect sunlight at the construction workers, banging pots and pans and
placing rocks in the way of the bulldozers during the night.The
army has responded with tear gas and stun grenades, as well as on
occasion, with rubber bullets and live ammunition. Last month it was
reported that Israel was also experimenting with a new crowd dispersal
method called “skunk”, which involves firing a foul-smelling liquid at
demonstrators.
In the past few weeks, two youngsters have been
shot dead by the army, including one, Ahmed Moussa, who was 10. The
army claimed he was throwing stones.
Where is our press on this outrage? Abe Foxman? Where is the American Jewish community? The leadership is off bashing Jimmy Carter and Walt and Mearsheimer for being non-Jewish and criticizing Israel. And what is this Israel that we must so vigorously defend day and night? Read Haaretz. Read the Arab press…
