A major crackdown in the Israeli-occupied West Bank saw troops shoot and kill 14-year-old Palestinian-American Orwa Abed El-Wahan Hammad Wahab, who Israeli officials say was among a group of teens throwing rocks near the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
Hammad was born in New Orleans and his family moved back to the West Bank when he was six. The US State Department urged a “speedy and transparent investigation.”
He was the only Palestinian killed today, and Israeli soldiers accused him of planning to throw a Molotov cocktail at traffic, “endangering lives.” 12 other Palestinians were wounded.
A number of Israeli officials were calling for troops to increase their use of force in a violent crackdown against “Palestinian unrest.” Israeli troops killing Palestinian teens rarely involves a significant public investigation, though the fact that this particular teen was a US citizen could make the incident more difficult to sweep under the rug.
Were an isRaeli killed in the US, the isRaelis would be screaming "antiSemitism" so loudly that Abe Foxman would commence to weep. The State Department "urges" a speedy and transparent investigation. Yeah, whatever…
Israel occupied and stole his country, massacred his people, he threw a rock back, so they shot him to death.
If that is what is to be expected for throwing a rock at them; might as well throw a bomb. As the saying goes, "may as well get hung for a sheep as for a lamb."
"…could make the incident more difficult to sweep under the rug."
Not when the MSM doesn't report it to the American people. There will be no American uproar, no demanding of justice. It will never really hit the radar. After all, he was only a Palestinian teenager sure to grow up to be a Hamas terrorist.
Even when it is reported the American people have become so indifferent that Israel is confident it is above the law. It started in 1967 when they murdered 34 and wounded 171 crew members of the USS Liberty and a white wash by traitors in the U.S. government. After getting away with this slaughter, they knew that they could kill Americans with impunity. The Mossad agents that danced and filmed as the planes hit the towers on 9/11 were released and further investigations stopped.
When an Israeli is killed who also has an American passport, it is reported as "an American."
When the Israelis kill someone with an American passport, he is reported as just a Turk or Palestinian, not an American.
My fellow posters, I must yield to your greater wisdom and I thank you.