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Palestinian youth ready to lob stones at the Israeli army during clashes at the entrance to the West Bank village of Nilin close to the city of Ramallah on August 14 2008. Over the past four years, Nilin has been the scene of near daily demonstrations against Israel’s barrier of concrete and steel that cuts through parts of the West Bank. Israel says that the barrier is needed for its security, critics describe it as a land grab. Earlier in the week a young Palestinian boy was fatally shot in the back of the head at one such demonstration in the village.
Yeah, I’m sure the man in the foreground is just drinking. Kind of like Popsicle Man, only with a hankering for treats of the liquid variety.
Alternatively, he’s going to lob it at the troops, which is dangerous enough because it’s glass, and could be even deadlier if he decides to get creative in the Molotov sense.
Not that stones don’t do a lot of damage themselves. But the point is AFP are once again being dishonest.
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About the Author: An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
The even less accurate claim is that they are Palestinian “youth”.
That guy with the rock looks 40. And the kaffiyeh-ed hoodlum in the background has been working on that beer gut for decades.
It’s like the opposite of the Chinese female gymanstic team.
Notice how they say “Earlier in the week a young Palestinian boy was fatally shot in the back of the head at one such demonstration in the village.” I’m going to take a stab and say that he was killed by one of his own. Otherwise, they would have stated so. It’s not incorrect, but it could be considered dishonest. Not that that should surprise anyone.
[...] this story in mind next time you hear someone refer to the palestinian protests – which involve rocks and other projectiles being thrown at IDF soldiers – as “peaceful” or “unarmed” demonstrations. [...]
Aaaah. Those little fuckers defending their land with stones. (since they are, worth remembering, on THEIR land, not in Israel).
Shoot the living hell out of them. This is how you do it, Dave, right?
Steve: “I’m going to take a stab and say that he was killed by one of his own.”
Naaaah. Rubber bullets. Unless it was a Palestinian shooting with a rifle with IDF rubber bullets?