Image: Soldier at Hebron checkpoint points gun at Hadeel Hashlamoun, 18, before she is shot
On Yom Kippur, there is one story from Israel and Palestine: the
killing of 18-year-old Hadeel Hashlamoun at a Hebron checkpoint after
she was confronted by soldiers pointing guns.
Youth Against Settlements says, “She tried to leave” before she was shot. Israeli government claims that the soldiers believed she was going to pull a knife.
Below is the shocking video of Hashlamoun’s form being roughly
dragged on the ground after her shooting. News accounts state that she
was then still alive; she did not die for several hours, at a hospital.
Israeli settlers observe her with detachment and even smiles. One of
these settlers wears a blue t-shirt with the words in Hebrew on it
(visible at 1:41):
MEDICINE Rescue/Medical Aid (the Hebrew word is Hatzala) Judea and Samaria
If he is a medical professional, he takes no interest in the Palestinian woman’s situation except to gawk. That organization provides emergency medical services to the settlers. Presumably only to Jews. Another settler grins at the scene at 1:38.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yZ5ItBO_dlw
