Another Israeli War Crime

Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:49 pm » by **Ogmios**

Israeli soldiers face jail for using 9-year-old boy as a human shield: Two found guilty at closed trial of breaking protocols Palestinian man shot dead by police near Jerusalem
Oct, 04, 2010 12:01 AM - Guardian (UK)
Two Israeli soldiers were yesterday convicted of using a nine-year-old Palestinian boy as a human shield during the three-week Gaza war in 2008-9 and could face a prison sentence of up to three years.

The soldiers, who ordered the boy to open bags suspected of containing explosives, were charged with inappropriate behaviour and overstepping authority in a closed military trial.

Israeli military protocols forbid the use of human shields.

"The option of using a civilian, especially a child, was not among the legitimate options at the defendants' disposal," the judges said in their verdict. "Combat is no excuse for applying improper force."

The child's mother told the Ynet news website that her son had been traumatised by the incident and now demanded that the door to their apartment be kept locked all the time.

Supporters of the two soldiers protested outside the court wearing T-shirts saying "We are all Goldstone's victims" in reference to the UN report accusing Israel of war crimes during the conflict. The use of human shields is prohibited under the Geneva conventions.

The verdict came as a Palestinian man was shot dead while trying to enter Israel near East Jerusalem.

The man, Izz al-Din Qawezba, a 38-year-old labourer and father of six, was among around 15 workers being pursued by border police.

According to the police, the gun was fired accidentally during a struggle. This version was disputed by the dead man's cousin, who was at the scene and claimed Qawezba was shot at close range while running away from the officer.

Ahmed Tibi, an Israeli Arab member of the Knesset, said in a statement: "Once again Israel's police officers and border police shoot and kill an Arab in cold blood. This time it was a father to many children who was trying to enter Jerusalem to find work for livelihood.

"Again the automatic false claim was made that a Palestinian tried to take a border policeman's weapon."

Meanwhile, Israel's supreme court will this morning hear an appeal by the Nobel peace laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who has been held in a detention cell since last Tuesday after being refused entry into Israel at Ben-Gurion airport.

The authorities attempted to deport Corrigan Maguire, a peace activist from Northern Ireland who has become an outspoken critic of Israeli government policies, saying she was banned from the country after participating in an attempt to break the blockade of Gaza by sea.

Corrigan Maguire refused to board a Lufthansa flight out of Israel. A court hearing on Friday rejected her case.

Efforts to prevent the breakdown of Israeli-Palestinian talks, following the expiry of the 10-month freeze on settlement building a week ago, continued over the weekend.

On Saturday, the Palestinian leadership insisted on an extension of the moratorium for talks to continue, although a final decision will be taken at an Arab League meeting in Libya on Friday.

The US is pressing Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, to prolong the settlement building freeze by 60 days in exchange for a raft of guarantees on security and military aid.

Israel, meanwhile, was reported to have expressed concern at a planned visit to Lebanon this week by the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, citing a proposal to visit the area close to the border between Lebanon and Israel.

Israeli officials have described the visit as a "provocation", and the Israeli media have quoted a report in an Arabic newspaper saying Iranian leader intends to throw stones at Israeli soldiers.

(c) 2010 Guardian Newspapers Limited.

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Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:01 pm » by **Mochon**

I hope the get tried like palestinian terrorist cause what they did is an act of terror agains a nine year old...no war justifies fucking up a kids head and breaking down their family due to the stress disorde the kid will grow up with besides maybe they just helped hamas get another suicide bomber...fucking assholes....

u know when i saw the flotilla raid news and vids i totally disagreed with the fact that israel did something wrong...(say what u want thats my opinion) but now there is nothing they can say...they say to be defndig israel and its citizens but....taking cover behind a fucking child is for pussies plus none of the ideologies/mentality of the idf approves this kind of behavior.i know cause i was there. These guys should be taken off the army stripped of their uniforms and trialed for war crimes.

Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:33 pm » by **Ogmios**

I agree (except from the flotilla part). To dehumanise a child in such a manner is, in my opinion, to see him as sub-human and must be considered an act of racism. It sounds like something that would happen in the Warsaw ghetto.

What I'm worried about is that these guys will be offered to the world as a kind of olive branch and other crimes committed in Gaza will be overlooked.

Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:01 pm » by **Coopnutts**

You guys got to realize one thing,,,jews are taught that they can do what they want to a non jew, it is ok for a jew to take from a non jew....and this is just some of the bullshit they teach their kids....so with that mentality do u think it was hard for that soldier to pick up that child and stop and think of it as a innocent person????you would think but they are not bound by morality.....no sir....

Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:15 pm » by **Mediasorcerer**

proto will argue its propaganda,and that life for the palestinians is fine,he will even show you photos of how great it is there,

he will show up soon.so will zinzana,they cant admit,like in many countries,that crimes happen.

no room for self critique.

Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:33 pm » by **Boondox681**

is it 'wrong'?
probably.
does it happen in dozens of other countries every day?
yes.

Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:54 pm » by **Domdabears**

I don't think it's right, but this happens in all those other countries too. Somalia, etc.
Why don't you post that?
Tell me why.
Another fuckin hypocrite.
Fuck your propaganda.
And why should you care? With your anarchy logo. You don't give a shit about law and order.
Just another POSER here at DTV.

And fuck your future response.

Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:42 pm » by **Ironlikealion**

mediasorcerer wrote:proto will argue its propaganda,and that life for the palestinians is fine,he will even show you photos of how great it is there,

he will show up soon.so will zinzana,they cant admit,like in many countries,that crimes happen.

no room for self critique.

woha i see you are obsessed with me today , probably a result of you keeping
your real feelings in the stomach for the last few months, while you attempted to convince
everyone that you had a "enlightenment" .

well , i dont need to say anything about this ,even the biased guardian all ready said it :

"Two soldiers" .... does not equal Israel .

"convicted" .... as in they were sentenced for doing this, In Israeli court .

"could face a prison sentence" and could pay for this because they acted wrong .

"Israeli military protocols forbid the use of human shields." and those 2 soldiers broke that law
and are now facing jail time. because this kind of behavior is not acceptable .

maybe you now want to talk about the perfectly acceptable use of human shields
in the Palestinian society ? probably not .

Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:01 pm » by **Mediasorcerer**

sure,ok,i win the bet,you showed up,lol.i dont care,you can kill each other if it makes you happy,
enlightnment is a process.i didnt post it,i just made a prediction,

i also said it happens in every country,but you fail to mention that,as per your form.

im not here to convince anyone of anything,but funny you mention that,seeing how you are the one who can be predicted to show up and post your photos in an attempt to do the convincing,

its called repression,try not to hold it in your stomach,you may grow fat like zin.haha.

Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:21 pm » by **Ironlikealion**

mediasorcerer wrote:sure,ok,i win the bet,you showed up,lol.i dont care,you can kill each other if it makes you happy,
enlightnment is a process.i didnt post it,i just made a prediction,

i also said it happens in every country,but you fail to mention that,as per your form.

im not here to convince anyone of anything,but funny you mention that,seeing how you are the one who can be predicted to show up and post your photos in an attempt to do the convincing,

its called repression,try not to hold it in your stomach,you may grow fat like zin.haha.

lol yeah, you win the DTV idiot reward for today, congrats .

i didn't posted any photos in this thread you moron what are you talking about ?

and this is old btw , happened in 2008-9 as the article says ,
so really it got nothing to do with how Gaza looks today .