Post by Teddy Bear on May 22, 2014 22:34:41 GMT
I am going to predict that the following story presented by the BBC as fact, will turn out to be another Pallywood attempt by the Palestinians to demonise Israel.
Now the video linked to in the article is this one
You will notice that there is no evidence in it to show the claim that it was Israeli soldiers who shot these youths. Considering that passers-by had no reservations about coming immediately over to these 'victims', if they truly were, makes it very suspect. Purely to demonise Israel.
It wouldn't surprise me, as we have seen so often before, that these 'poor victims' miraculously turn up alive and well.
Video 'shows shootings of Palestinian protesters'
Screengrab of a video purportedly showing two teenage Palestinians being shot dead by Israeli security forces at a protest on 15 May 2014
DCI said Nadim Nuwara (left) was filmed by CCTV cameras shortly before being shot
A human rights group has released a video it says shows two teenage Palestinians being shot dead by Israeli security forces at a protest last week.
Defence for Children International (DCI) said the footage proved Muhammad Abu Thahr and Nadim Nuwara had posed no threat and been killed unlawfully.
But the Israeli military said the video had been edited and did not document the "violent nature" of the incident.
It also questioned a claim that live ammunition had been fired at the boys.
A senior Palestinian official meanwhile said Israel's "use of excessive and indiscriminate violence" against protesters constituted a war crime.
'Zero danger'
Palestinian medics said Muhammad Abu Thahr, 16, and Nadim Nuwara, 17, and a third teenager were shot in the chest by live rounds at a protest in the West Bank town of Beitouniya on Thursday.
During the protest - on Nakba (Catastrophe) Day, when Palestinians mark the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 - several dozen Palestinians threw stones towards Israeli troops deployed outside Ofer military prison.
Defence for Children International said the two-minute video of the incident that it published had been edited from six hours of surveillance footage from fixed CCTV cameras at a Palestinian-owned business.
Palestinian protester uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli troops near Ofer prison (15 May 2014)
Dozens of Palestinian protesters threw stones towards the Israeli troops at Thursday's protest
No Israeli troops can be seen in the video, which begins with a youth throwing a stone from the end of a street, beside a row of shops.
Seven minutes later, according to the timestamp, a youth wearing a backpack is seen slumping to the ground.
An hour and 13 minutes after that, a second youth collapses as he walks away from the area, his back turned to the scene of the earlier confrontations.
An Associated Press cameraman and a photographer who were at the scene confirmed the footage was of the two shootings.
"The images captured on video show unlawful killings where neither child presented a direct and immediate threat to life at the time of their shooting," said Rifat Kassis, executive director of DCI-Palestine.
Brad Parker, a lawyer for DCI, told the Reuters news agency that he could not rule out the possibility that the two teenagers had been involved in earlier violence at the scene, but noted: "At the exact moment they were shot they weren't active."
Palestinian security forces carry the bodies of Muhammad Abu Thahr, 16, and Nadim Nuwara, 17, during their funerals in Ramallah (16 May 2014)
A senior Palestinian official called the killings a "deliberate execution"
Under the Israeli military's rules of engagement, troops can use live ammunition only if they feel their lives are in danger.
An Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem, said the video supported the findings of its own investigation, based on witness accounts and medical records, which indicated that the Israeli troops had used live ammunition "in conditions where there was no feasible justification".
Spokeswoman Sarit Michaeli said the troops had been "in zero danger".
The Israeli military said the video "is edited and does not document the full extent of the event nor does it reflect the violent nature of the riot".
Spokesman Lt-Col Peter Lerner also said it believed only "riot-dispersal means", including tear gas and rubber bullets, had been used.
"However, there are still question marks around this incident and there is an ongoing investigation. In parallel, a military police investigation has also been opened," he told Reuters.
Screengrab of a video purportedly showing two teenage Palestinians being shot dead by Israeli security forces at a protest on 15 May 2014
DCI said Nadim Nuwara (left) was filmed by CCTV cameras shortly before being shot
A human rights group has released a video it says shows two teenage Palestinians being shot dead by Israeli security forces at a protest last week.
Defence for Children International (DCI) said the footage proved Muhammad Abu Thahr and Nadim Nuwara had posed no threat and been killed unlawfully.
But the Israeli military said the video had been edited and did not document the "violent nature" of the incident.
It also questioned a claim that live ammunition had been fired at the boys.
A senior Palestinian official meanwhile said Israel's "use of excessive and indiscriminate violence" against protesters constituted a war crime.
'Zero danger'
Palestinian medics said Muhammad Abu Thahr, 16, and Nadim Nuwara, 17, and a third teenager were shot in the chest by live rounds at a protest in the West Bank town of Beitouniya on Thursday.
During the protest - on Nakba (Catastrophe) Day, when Palestinians mark the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 - several dozen Palestinians threw stones towards Israeli troops deployed outside Ofer military prison.
Defence for Children International said the two-minute video of the incident that it published had been edited from six hours of surveillance footage from fixed CCTV cameras at a Palestinian-owned business.
Palestinian protester uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli troops near Ofer prison (15 May 2014)
Dozens of Palestinian protesters threw stones towards the Israeli troops at Thursday's protest
No Israeli troops can be seen in the video, which begins with a youth throwing a stone from the end of a street, beside a row of shops.
Seven minutes later, according to the timestamp, a youth wearing a backpack is seen slumping to the ground.
An hour and 13 minutes after that, a second youth collapses as he walks away from the area, his back turned to the scene of the earlier confrontations.
An Associated Press cameraman and a photographer who were at the scene confirmed the footage was of the two shootings.
"The images captured on video show unlawful killings where neither child presented a direct and immediate threat to life at the time of their shooting," said Rifat Kassis, executive director of DCI-Palestine.
Brad Parker, a lawyer for DCI, told the Reuters news agency that he could not rule out the possibility that the two teenagers had been involved in earlier violence at the scene, but noted: "At the exact moment they were shot they weren't active."
Palestinian security forces carry the bodies of Muhammad Abu Thahr, 16, and Nadim Nuwara, 17, during their funerals in Ramallah (16 May 2014)
A senior Palestinian official called the killings a "deliberate execution"
Under the Israeli military's rules of engagement, troops can use live ammunition only if they feel their lives are in danger.
An Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem, said the video supported the findings of its own investigation, based on witness accounts and medical records, which indicated that the Israeli troops had used live ammunition "in conditions where there was no feasible justification".
Spokeswoman Sarit Michaeli said the troops had been "in zero danger".
The Israeli military said the video "is edited and does not document the full extent of the event nor does it reflect the violent nature of the riot".
Spokesman Lt-Col Peter Lerner also said it believed only "riot-dispersal means", including tear gas and rubber bullets, had been used.
"However, there are still question marks around this incident and there is an ongoing investigation. In parallel, a military police investigation has also been opened," he told Reuters.
Now the video linked to in the article is this one
You will notice that there is no evidence in it to show the claim that it was Israeli soldiers who shot these youths. Considering that passers-by had no reservations about coming immediately over to these 'victims', if they truly were, makes it very suspect. Purely to demonise Israel.
It wouldn't surprise me, as we have seen so often before, that these 'poor victims' miraculously turn up alive and well.