While the Israeli military initially reported an incident of two Palestinian “terrorists” killed in occupied Hebron, a subsequent video release showed that one of the two was alive after the incident, and was summarily executed by an Israeli medic, who shot the disarmed and wounded Palestinian in the head.
The Israeli military has since said they have detained the medic, calling the incident a grave breach of the rules of engagement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also condemned the attack, saying such killings don’t represent the military’s values.
The medic defended the killing in comments made hours later, saying he had done nothing wrong and figured the Palestinian, initially accused of having a knife, might have a suicide vest on. His lawyer warned the public not to criticize the killing, saying they should “not forget who was defending them.”
The Israeli military has been having a problem with soldiers using excessive force against Palestinians, with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot insisting last month that the military shouldn’t be killing every perceived attacker they see.
This sparked a condemnation of the general earlier this month by Israeli Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who called on Israeli troops to ignore their orders and just kill any armed Palestinian they can, saying they have a religious responsibility to do so.
Arab groups have complained repeatedly about excessive use of force by Israeli troops since then, but this is the first time such an incident was actually caught on video, and that is drawing some serious international attention to the problem.
Go on Thomas, block my ip address. I can spoof it all day and make “moderating” me a full time job.
You want to go there?
If you want to take this “issue” out of the comments section, reply to my email.
You only get one warning on this, Mr. Davis. If you play the spoofing game, no, moderating you won’t be a full-time job. I’ll find you and then report your abuse to your ISP. That’s not negotiable. And so far as I can tell, I’ve had no email from you to reply to — and no desire for one.
Okay, it appears that you have not blocked me. My bad on that one. But in my original post, which was held for moderation…
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“I’m shocked! — shocked! I tell you — to discover that Zionist killers are… er… killing uncooperative brown people.
Does anyone really care?”
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…the only word which could possibly have flagged the comment for moderation was “Zionist”, (or maybe “killers”?).
Does “Zionist” draw a moderation flag? And if so, why?
And you know, I’m still pissed off about your arrogant attitude, so I repeat my earlier request:
“…you might want to [***PLEASE***] detail for the commentariat just what constitutes your personal criteria for “hate speech” (a Zionist invention used to suppress criticism of Israel/Zionism) and “Jew-baiting”. For example, is it “Jew-Baiting” to remind the 90% of American Jews who support Israel that in so doing they are not only complicit in Zionist crimes but that they also endanger Jews everywhere?”
Regarding the ISP threat business, it’s moot since I’m not blocked and since I will never be shy about calling you out for moderator abuse. That said, I’m posting from Mexico, where I live. Do you really think the Mexican telecom Telmex is going to give a shjt about some panties-in-a-twist gringo “moderator” from some minor league Norte Americano website? Puleese!
Get off your high horse, and if you have a problem with me, email me (the email Antiwar has on file for me may be out of date) at jrd31415 at yahoo dot com, and we’ll work it out.
I am not going to tell you what Antiwar.com’s moderation flags are. That’s the oldest trick in the book for trolls — find out what gets held and then figure out ways around it. Sorry, not playing that game.
After your last little temper tantrum, I banned you — then unbanned you pursuant to a request from someone else here at Antiwar.com.
You might want to discard the notion that I owe you explanations or anything else.
Note for moderator Thomas Knapp, who has put my ID on automatic moderation, and who wrote in response to my complaint:
“I look at the “held” comments, delete those which are spam or which do contain hate speech, and approve those which aren’t and don’t.
I’m tempted to hold out for a “please,” since I don’t owe you any explanations, but hey, I’m in a good mood today:
Criticize Israel all you want. Criticize Zionism and Zionists all you want. Jew-bait, and your comments — and eventually you — are out of here.”
Someday Thomas, when you stop being an arrogant asshole, you might want to detail for the commentariat just what constitutes your personal criteria for “hate speech” (a Zionist invention used to suppress criticism of Israel/Zionism) and “Jew-baiting”. For example, is it “Jew-Baiting” to remind the 90% of American Jews who support Israel that in so doing they are not only complicit in Zionist crimes but that they also endanger Jews everywhere?
No, I have not put your ID on automatic moderation. As I’ve said before, lying (about me or anything else) is not a banning offense here. Threatening to spoof IPs, etc., however is not just a good way to get banned but to get your ISP involved. So you might want to cut back on that.
His lawyer warned the public not to criticize the killing, saying they should “not forget who was defending them.”
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Some (Good German’s) used to make the same argument. See how well that worked out for them, …and they’re victims? You figure if anyone would have learned the lessons of history…….
That the biggest tragedy in this!
If that video was never made, that soldier would have never been held accountable