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An Israeli settlement in the West Bank
NABLUS, West Bank – Israeli troops killed six Palestinians on Saturday in two separate operations, including a raid in the West Bank targeting members of president Mahmud Abbas’ Fatah movement.
The incursion in the northern West Bank town of Nablus saw dozens of Israeli jeeps surround three houses in the historic Old City before troops barged in and shot three men, witnesses said.
The military said all three were militants who had killed an Israeli settler when they ambushed a car elsewhere in the West Bank on Thursday.
“Special forces killed three terrorists responsible for carrying out the shooting,” the military said in a statement, adding that one of the men, Anan Subuh, 36, was armed.
The Israeli Special Forces shot and killed alleged criminals without arrest or questioning. No one’s lives were in immediate danger, yet the first option they chose was the use of deadly force. What has happened to justice? Did these alleged murderers have any rights to their day in court? Apparently not in Israel. If the person that they had allegedly shot been Palestinian instead of Israeli, would the Israeli Army have burst into that house with guns blazing to dispense immediate justice? I doubt it.
Are the Israeli Special Forces allowed to shoot and kill any individual carrying a gun even though that individual does not threaten them? I don’t know, but that is not American justice.
Family members said the troops entered without warning and killed the men in cold blood, insisting that none had resisted arrest or fired any shots.
Subuh was a member of Fatah’s armed wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, but had been granted amnesty by Israel. The other two men were party activists, according to a Palestinian security official who asked not to be named.
I can understand why he asked not to be named. Giving his name may be his death warrant. In the meantime, Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory continue to be built, thanks to the help from the Israeli Special Forces.
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via: Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank, Gaza | CommonDreams.org
The Israeli Special Forces shot and killed alleged criminals without arrest or questioning. No one’s lives were in immediate danger, yet the first option they chose was the use of deadly force. What has happened to justice? Did these alleged murderers have any rights to their day in court? Apparently not in Israel. If the person that they had allegedly shot been Palestinian instead of Israeli, would the Israeli Army have burst into that house with guns blazing to dispense immediate justice? I doubt it.
Are the Israeli Special Forces allowed to shoot and kill any individual carrying a gun even though that individual does not threaten them? I don’t know, but that is not American justice.
I can understand why he asked not to be named. Giving his name may be his death warrant. In the meantime, Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory continue to be built, thanks to the help from the Israeli Special Forces.
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