The Israeli Army has announced it is closing the criminal investigation into an officer who shot and killed a fleeing 17-year-old Palestinian last summer, insisting that the killing was a “justified” part of an attempted arrest procedure.
The teen, Mohammad Kosba, was accused of throwing a rock at a military vehicle in the occupied West Bank. Soldiers emerged from the vehicle, and one of the officers within carried out what is being described as the “sanctioned procedure,” which is to say, shooting him in the back.
Officials say the proper way to arrest somebody is to shoot them in the legs, but this this was just an “professional mistake” and not any sort of criminal action. The soldiers claimed they “sensed further danger” from the fleeing youth.
As with most incidents in which Palestinians are killed by Israeli troops, the incident was cheered by the Israeli far-right, while Israeli NGOs and other human rights groups were critical of the casual killing of people on the streets of an occupied territory.
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NOT THE FIRST TIME, Cold blooded murders, have been caught on video tape. There will be no justice for the victims. Israeli soldiers, know murder is OK, for them. Like murder in the U S, by police. U S police are being trained by the Israeli’s, is it a growing trend in the U S for the disrespect of life? Our continued praise of impunity by candidates like Hillary Clinton, and Cruz are fuel for Israel.?
What is good is the momentum of BDS. INCH BY INCH IT’S A CINCH is starting to look better everyday.?
The Palestinians have done nothing to deserve the unbelieveable violence brought upon them. If only the U N would do more than verbally condemn Israel. I believe that BDS is going to be the start of pressure on a criminal state like Israel. For Benjamin Netanyahu, he is guilty of war crimes, PROSECUTE AND EXECUTE.?
Wake up, Israel breaks into homes of Palestinians, not to rape, but to murder, torture, and tear families apart. A 12 year old boy maybe shot down dead for throwing stones, but the future,” light to the gentiles”(from her own mouth), can do no wrong, and a settler is not even charged with a crime of any time for throwing stones. Open your eyes Kerry, Mrs Clinton, and Cruz just once stand up for justice, the old fashioned American way. A criminal isn’t your friend, he’ll kill you too, even if he is wearing an official uniform.????
Not even Bernie Sanders will call what walks like Apartheid, Talks like Apartheid, Apartheid. Jimmy Carter is the man, a great humanitarian, and truth teller of our time.
A crack in U S media is still a powerful step forward. A sleeping giant is bound to be appalled by the injustice of Israel. It’s what an Apartheid state does, not what you call it.
Let’s face it, the U.N. Resolution U. N. General Assembly Resolution 3379 that stated Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination was very accurate.
Chief Israeli Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu said “Israeli army has to stop arresting Palestinians,” he posted on his Facebook wall, “but, it must execute them and leave no one alive.”
He went one: “We must not allow a Palestinian to survive after he was arrested. If you leave him alive, there is a fear that he will be released and kill other people.” He added: “We must eradicate this evil from within our midst.” He insisted that terror is innate in the Palestinian soul.
Chief Israeli Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu is a member of he Chief Rabbinate of Israel, which is recognized by law as the supreme rabbinic and spiritual authority for Judaism in Israel.
This racism and supremacism is not isolated to a few soldiers or squatters in the West Bank, it infects the senior ranks of politicians and the “religious” community. Netanyahoo is not an outlier, he faithfully represents the majority of Israelis and America has blood on its hands by supporting these sociopaths.