Though the detention of an Israeli medic who shot and killed an already incapacitated Palestinian is set to continue for two more days, the Israeli military courts seem to be set to turn him loose, with Judge Lt. Col. Ronen Shor insisting the video plainly shows the killing was “inconclusive.”
Shor insisted there was a “reasonable doubt” against the prosecution’s insistence that the killing was intentional because of the “complexity of events.” The defense hadn’t appeared to contest this previously, insisting the medic thought the wounded and already searched Palestinian might’ve had a bomb.
The medic was reported to have told multiple soldiers at the scene that the Palestinian “deserves to die” before the shooting, and then was seen on a second video shaking hands with a high-profile Kahanist leader after the killing.
A rally of far-right demonstrators, backed by supporters from a right-wing leaning soccer club gathered outside the court before the trial, demanding the medic’s immediate release, and chanting “Kahane lives!” Several MPs attended the rally in support of the killing.
Polls initially showed Israelis split roughly down the middle on the shooting, but have since then showed massive majorities opposed to any investigation of the medic, and insisting he shouldn’t even theoretically face charges for killing a Palestinian.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has harshly criticized the far-right, saying they are advocating a military with no moral code and in which individual soldiers can engage in killings in violation of military rules of engagement with impunity.
My, that was quick! The body hasn’t even cooled and someone who committed murder in plain sight is exonerated. Fog of war and all that.
Being murdered on your lands reminds me of the invasion of IRAQ
Along with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Ukraine.
All Zionist designed operations carried out by the American underclass.
Israeli soldiers: Thugs in uniform.
“Inconclusive:” Don’t believe everything you see in that video.
Eventually it will be payback time for the Zionist entity on occupied Palestinian lands.
In the meantime Americans can take it out on the USA “leaders” who kiss Israel’s ass every day and ignore the plights of Americans! Hillary is the biggest Israel ass kisser and if she is “elected”(wins by cheating) many more Palestinians are going to be murdered in cold blood under the protection of the USA! She already was quoted as saying to one of her biggest Israeli supporters “Next time I will let them(IDF) kill 200,000!”, referring to Israel’s two recent attacks on the Gaza Strip. An aide of Clinton actually amended this number to 20,000 when asked about it! Now you know why US law enforcement seems to have a shoot first policy- Israeli “security” firms are subcontracted with OUR tax dollars to teach US law enforcement the Israeli way. Sickening!
This is no surprise. A large segment of Israel is quite sure what happened was an execution, and they support such execution. The government comes from that segment. They are just monsters.
Nazis pure and simple. This was the kind of thing the SS did. Remember when people used to condemn WW2 German civillians and always would say, ” they had to have known”. Well, that was in a totalitarian society in a total war with complete censorship and the atrocities mostly committed outside Germany. Israelis have no such cover. Their atrocities are committed by their citizens and citizen army, in front of a free press and with the approval of the people, press, government, military command , and even religious leaders. Think about it.
If it had been an Israeli killed in a similar manner
It would have been conclusive enough to call for another “Cast Lead”
Killing hundreds in retaliation.
When will there be a “Palestinian’s Live Matter” movement?
It is very simple. As long as the US stands between Israel and justice, there will be no justice.