FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Man shot with live ammunition at Bil`in wall protest

by Conor Fri Sep 24, 2010 16:15

Horrible continuation of the inhumane occupation of Palestine

I send my sincerest and most genuine sympathy to Ashraf Al-Khatib, and to the people of Bil'in. It's nice, as always, to see the Irish flag. It represents the deep, beautiful and unbreakable solidarity between two people. I hear Dublin will be 'twinning towns' with Gaza in the near future.
End the occupation of Palestine.

by TD - Free Palestine Campaign Fri Sep 24, 2010 20:04

This targeting with live fire follows hard on the heels of the the IOF targeting brave Ashraf some weeks back with rubber bullets and hitting him in the leg with one. From many months in Bil'in, I know him; this thorn in the side of the criminals occupying his land for he's one tough, absolutely fearless, brave shabab and, as such, I salute him; Bil'in's finest.

X-ray Ashraf's leg

by Naomi Weinstein - Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall Sun Sep 26, 2010 14:30

The Palestinian Alternative Information Center is reporting: Ashraf Khatib was hit with an 0.22" caliber bullet, which was prohibited for crowd control use by the military's Judge Advocate General. Two demonstrators - 14 year-old Az a-Din al-Jamal in Hebron and Aqel Srour in Ni'lin - have already been killed by these bullets in 2009, despite the JUG's prohibition of their use.

Recently, a military officer who was in charge of operations in the Israeli Army's Binyamin Brigade said in military court that he is not familiar with the JUG directives and that the army does consider 0.22" caliber bullets as legitimate means for crowd control.

Live ammunition was also shot at demonstrators at the Friday protests in Ni'lin and Nabi Saleh.

by Paula K. Sun Sep 26, 2010 15:28

Comment No. 3 by Avi on Mondoweiss

by V for vendetta Sun Sep 26, 2010 18:53

You might give slimy Israeli PR mouthpiece Mark Regev ideas!!

by Voltaire Sat Oct 09, 2010 15:41

I trust the basic facts of the story because the author has such an incredible bias against Israel, he doesn't appear to realize how his report undermines the point he's trying to make.

He reports a youth threw a "stone" (these things are usually baseball sized and can kill a person) and says the Israelis responded with tear gas against "the peaceful crowd." I'll try to keep with the comments guidelines of "Play the ball and not the player" but it's hard to find the right non-insulting description for someone who would fail to recognize that once you attempt to kill someone with a rock, you cease to be peaceful.

At that point, security forces have a right to disperse a crowd. Oh, sorry, "a peaceful crowd" that managed to hit 3 photographers with rocks.

by Voltaires sister Sat Oct 09, 2010 15:47

voltaire throwing a rock at a heavily armed soldier with helmets and other bullet proof protection etc cannot in any way be described as trying to kill. Also how does an individual or a number of individuals throwing stones make other people non-peaceful.

This apartheid wall is an abomination that should be razed to the ground. Th einternational community should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this scandal continue

by opus diablos - the regressive hypocrite party Sun Oct 10, 2010 15:00

Those warmongering bastards, throwing rocks at our occupation tanks.

Next thing they'll be flying sharp-pointed paper planes into the flight-paths of our peaceful F-35s and trying to blind our pilots as we innocently cast a little lead so as to spread the wealth around and practise our customary inclusivity.