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by zingley 7mo ago
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- bhouston 7mo agoMy understanding if you read the Israeli news articles is that the justification is that the car was going fast: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-forces-kill-west-bank-palestinian-couple-2-children-police-say-car-sped-at-troops/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-forces-kill-west-bank-... Given that the IDF involved were undercover agents (according to the reports), it seems unlikely that this family knew that driving fast would get them killed.
- oa335 7mo agoFrom the article, an eyewitness account: > He told us the family car had just turned left into his street, facing uphill, and had come to a complete halt before any shots were fired, contradicting the Israeli army account. I asked if he had heard any warnings given by the Israeli forces, or any warning shots fired. "No, nothing," he said. "The firing directly targeted the car. I just heard the woman in the car screaming. The little kids were crying before they were killed."
- Stevvo 7mo agoIndeed. Often one of the key details omitted is that Israel has been illegally occupying the west bank since 1967 as part of an apartheid regime.
- Daishiman 7mo agoThe BBC had a literal Israeli officer as the head of their Middle East department. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/high-court-rules-favour-journalist-owen-jones-libel-case https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/high-court-rules-favour-j...