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NYT investigation concludes Razan Al-Najjar’s death was unnecessary, may be a war crime

contact@ifamericansknew.org January 1, 2019 exploding bullet, Gaza, Great March of Return, humanitarian law, IDF, lethal force, sniper, war crime, zionism

Razan Al-Najjar’s death by sniper last June was briefly newsworthy; she was briefly demonized by Israel, then the world forgot about her.

But the NYT chose to investigate, examining 1,000 photos and videos, interviewing experts and over 30 eyewitnesses, and piecing the event together using Israeli 3-D software.

The conclusion: the shooting should never have taken place – no one was endangering Israeli soldiers or the border, and medics were in plain view – and Israel has done little to decrease the frequency of these incidents.

Her death is at best reckless, at worst a war crime.

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Truth is stranger than fiction: 3 days in the West Bank

contact@ifamericansknew.org December 17, 2018 collective punishment, fourth geneva convention, humanitarian law, IDF, international law, occupation, zionism

Elderly women, families, children, and of course young men in the occupied Palestinian territories are regularly treated with brutality by Israeli forces. International laws are in place to protect vulnerable populations, but Israel ignores such laws – and gets away with it. Simple, common decency ought to elicit restraint on the part of the occupier, but does not.

These very brief stories are snapshots of Israeli cruelty between December 15 and 17, 3 days out of the 50+ years of violent occupation which the United States endorses and supports to the tune of over $10 million a day.

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