Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Teenager in the West Bank, the 2nd in 8 Days - NYTimes.com
Via Assad Abdi (thanks to Assad for the post below as well) -- he makes
the excellent point that the NYT almost never says 'kills' when
describing Israeli actions against civilians.
"In a very rare article in the New York Times where they actually used the word "Israeli Troops KILL Palestinian…"
We are accustomed to the NYT (and other media outlets) in using the
passive-tense even when the story is crystal-clear. This time it's not
"Palestinian was killed…" but rather a direct and straight to the point
headline. About time! Perhaps even the NYT is waking up, unless it's
only because this Palestinian teenager happened to also hold American
citizenship. Nonetheless, this is a great article. "https://www.facebook.com/naomi.wolf.author/posts/10204376007335819
via: The Palestine Project-
In a very rare article in the New York Times where they actually used the word "Israeli Troops KILL Palestinian…"
We are accustomed to the NYT (and other media outlets) in using the
passive-tense even when the story is crystal-clear. This time it's not
"Palestinian was killed…" but rather a direct and straight to the point
headline. About time! Perhaps even the NYT is waking up, unless it's
only because this Palestinian teenager happened to also hold American
citizenship. Nonetheless, this is a great article.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Palestine-Project/356018147882634
Full text below for those who can't open the complete this link:
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Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Teenager in the West Bank, the 2nd in 8 Days
By ISABEL KERSHNEROCT. 24, 2014
JERUSALEM — Israeli troops on Friday shot and killed a Palestinian
teenager who also held American citizenship. The Israeli military said
its forces opened fire as the teenager threw a firebomb onto a main road
in the West Bank that is often used by Israeli settlers, an account
that could not be verified.
Dr. Sameer Saliba, of the Palestinian
Medical Complex in Ramallah, said that Orwa Abdel Wahab Hammad, 14, from
Silwad, a village northeast of Ramallah, was brought to the hospital
about 6 p.m. with a bullet wound to the head, and that he was dead on
arrival. Other Palestinian reports put his age at 15 or 17.
Local
residents said that Palestinians throwing stones clashed with Israeli
soldiers in the village after Friday Prayer, but that Orwa was
apparently killed hours later.
The State Department called for a
speedy and transparent investigation of the killing. “We continue to
urge all parties to help restore calm and avoid escalating tensions in
the wake of the tragic recent incidents in Jerusalem and the West Bank,”
Jen Psaki, a State Department spokeswoman, said in a statement.
It
was the second fatal shooting of a Palestinian teenager in the occupied
West Bank in eight days. Soldiers shot Bahaa Sameer Mousa Bader, 13, in
the chest during a confrontation on Oct. 16 near Israel’s separation
barrier in Beit Liqya, another village near Ramallah.
On Wednesday a
Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem plowed his car into an Israeli
light rail station in the city, killing a 3-month-old girl, Chaya Zissel
Braun, who also held American citizenship. The Israeli authorities
treated it as a terrorist attack, and a police officer shot and killed
the driver as he tried to flee, the police said. Relatives of the driver
said they believed he had simply lost control of the car.
Al-Haq, a
Palestinian human rights organization, said it had documented the
killing of 34 Palestinians in the West Bank or East Jerusalem by Israeli
forces or settlers since mid-June, six of them minors. Palestinian and
Israeli critics have expressed skepticism about internal army
investigations, saying they rarely yield results.
Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel this week accused President Mahmoud Abbas
of the Palestinian Authority of inciting violence against Israelis after
Mr. Abbas called for Palestinians to defend their holy sites in
Jerusalem “by all means.” Saeb Erekat, an Abbas aide, called the
accusation “unfounded and inflammatory,” saying that “the Israeli
occupation of Palestine remains the main source of violence and
instability in the region.”
Said Ghazali contributed reporting from Jerusalem, and Michael R. Gordon from Washington."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/world/middleeast/israeli-troops-kill-palestinian-teenager-in-the-west-bank-the-2nd-in-8-days.html?_r=2 - private
