Israeli Army Decorates Soldier for Killing Palestinian Civilian Zakaria Arram

Abu Zuhri: Awarding Israeli soldier a medal for killing Palestinian youth racist

[ 26/04/2012 - 05:04 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, has charged that the Israeli army’s award to an Israeli soldier for killing a Palestinian youth posed as another proof of its racism.

Abu Zuhri said in a statement on Thursday that the Israeli army’s decoration of a soldier for killing Zakaria Arram is an official encouragement for Israeli soldiers to kill more Palestinians.

He called on the world community and human rights groups to assume their responsibility toward such blatant and official racism that encourages shedding blood of Palestinian citizens.

Officer Who Killed Handcuffed Palestinian Sentenced To Just 8 Months

Tuesday April 24, 2012 12:02 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

An Israeli court sentenced an Israeli police officer on Tuesday to only eight months imprisionment for killing a detained and handcuffed Palestinian in Tel Aviv on September 14 2010.

The officer was among a number of policemen who arrested a Palestinian youth, identified as Hazem Abu ad-Dab’aat, 23 years old, before he fired the fatal round. Ad-Dab’aat is from ath-Thoury neighborhood, south of the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.

The officer claimed that his weapon was accidentally discharged during the arrest while an eyewitness said that the policeman was cursing at the man before he shot him, Wattan TV reported.

The Israeli prosecution charged the officer with “negligence”, and reached a plea bargain with the defendant sentanced to eight months.

Following the shooting, the police claimed that the victim, and three other young men, were attempting to steal a car.

This family of ad-Dab’aat rejected the Israeli claims regarding the shooting, and said that their son was intentionally killed despite the fact that he had nothing to do with the alleged attempted robbery.

IOF soldiers kidnap citizen at roadblock

[ 26/04/2012 - 04:55 PM ]

JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped a young Palestinian man while crossing Al-Hamra roadblock to the north of the Jordan Valley on Thursday, eyewitnesses said.

They said that soldiers manning the roadblock detained Majd Bisharat, from Tamon town, for an hour then took him to a detention center in an army jeep.

Al-Hamra is considered one of the worst roadblocks in the West Bank and many Palestinians were killed at that block. The roadblock separates the northern West Bank from Jericho and the Jordan Valley.

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