Publish to Newswire
Add an EventFrom the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature
ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILL 12 YEAR OLD PALESTINIAN
Investigation into the death of 12-year-old Mohammed A-Dura at the hands of Israeli soldiers. JUSTICE IN PALESTINE!
Gaza City/Hamburg - Nearly 18 months after television footage was aired of the killing of 12-year-old Mohammed A-Dura near the Netzarim junction
in the Gaza Strip, a dispute has erupted over who shot him.
A-Dura was killed during an exchange of fire between IDF soldiers and Palestinian gunmen at the junction, and the event has become a potent symbol of the Palestinian uprising.
A report broadcast Monday by German ARD television said A-Dura was shot dead by Palestinian militants during the shootout with the soldiers.
ARD said its report by Esther Shapira included photographs and documents proving that contrary to earlier reports the boy had not been shot dead by Israeli soldiers but by Palestinian militants.
Virtually all Israeli media had assumed at the time that Mohammed,
was shot dead by soldiers during the 30-minute clash.
The father of Mohammed A-Dura, Jamal, who was seriously injured in the shootout, rejected the report: "I am 100 percent certain that the Israelis were to blame," he said. "I have medical reports, X-rays and reports by eyewitnesses confirming that we came under fire from Israeli soldiers."
The Palestinian cameraman, Talal Abu Rachman, who filmed the death
of Mohammed on September 30, 2000, declined to comment on the ARD
report, saying he had to watch the program first.
Abu Rachman had said in his initial testimony that no Palestinian
gunmen had fired shots at the time when the boy was killed.
The former GOC Southern Command, Yom-Tov Samia, who headed an investigation into the shooting of A-Dura, told Israel Radio on Tuesday that the army had erred in hurrying to apologize for the boy's death. Senior IDF officers who issued the apology, said Samia, "made a very grave mistake."
"One day," he added, "it will be proven that the whole story... was one big Palestinian production. And Palestinian propoganda has been riding on this for a long time now."
in the Gaza Strip, a dispute has erupted over who shot him.
A-Dura was killed during an exchange of fire between IDF soldiers and Palestinian gunmen at the junction, and the event has become a potent symbol of the Palestinian uprising.
A report broadcast Monday by German ARD television said A-Dura was shot dead by Palestinian militants during the shootout with the soldiers.
ARD said its report by Esther Shapira included photographs and documents proving that contrary to earlier reports the boy had not been shot dead by Israeli soldiers but by Palestinian militants.
Virtually all Israeli media had assumed at the time that Mohammed,
was shot dead by soldiers during the 30-minute clash.
The father of Mohammed A-Dura, Jamal, who was seriously injured in the shootout, rejected the report: "I am 100 percent certain that the Israelis were to blame," he said. "I have medical reports, X-rays and reports by eyewitnesses confirming that we came under fire from Israeli soldiers."
The Palestinian cameraman, Talal Abu Rachman, who filmed the death
of Mohammed on September 30, 2000, declined to comment on the ARD
report, saying he had to watch the program first.
Abu Rachman had said in his initial testimony that no Palestinian
gunmen had fired shots at the time when the boy was killed.
The former GOC Southern Command, Yom-Tov Samia, who headed an investigation into the shooting of A-Dura, told Israel Radio on Tuesday that the army had erred in hurrying to apologize for the boy's death. Senior IDF officers who issued the apology, said Samia, "made a very grave mistake."
"One day," he added, "it will be proven that the whole story... was one big Palestinian production. And Palestinian propoganda has been riding on this for a long time now."
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!
Donate
$230.00 donated
in the past month
Get Involved
If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.
Publish
Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.
Topics
More
Search Indybay's Archives
Advanced Search
►
▼
IMC Network
Butros raised his middle finger at the Clinton Administration and made it public! the report confirmed that a human or mechanical mistake was HIGHLY UNLIKELY... til today i really haven't heard of any Israelis paying for this crime, or a REAL apology to the UN or even less to the Lebanese refugees. this story is one of many in which the Israelis have gotten away with murder and COWARDLY have run away from justice.
what happened to Butros? this incident where he defied US/Brit orders was one of several others (i.e., Bosnia mid-90's), and there was a lone 1 veto vote against his re-election. the vote came from a permanent security council member (US, China, Russia, France, Brit). i recall on C-SPAN the UN embassadors of the security council (except MadEvilin Albright) laughing when asked who they thought the lone veto vote came from.
in solidarity and struggle with Palestine and all fighting oppressors,
-M
til Palestine Victory always!!!!
A report broadcast Monday by German ARD television said [al]-Dura was shot dead by Palestinian militants during the shootout with the soldiers. ARD said its report by Esther Shapira included photographs and documents proving that contrary to earlier reports the boy had not been shot dead by Israeli soldiers but by Palestinian militants.
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=143197
The Jerusalem Post notes that among the questions the ARD report raises are what happened to the bullets that killed the boy.
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/03/19/LatestNews/LatestNews.45495.html
Since the Israeli soldiers had military control over that area, I would assume they have the bullet--if anyone has. It is easy to edit and splice films, and to do other tricks--especially when there is a couple years to work with.
Palis shot the kid, it is a tragedy, deal with it