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Israeli military admits: open-fire policy needlessly killed protestors

[email protected] August 6, 2019 btselem, Great March of Return, israeli high court of justice, israeli supreme court, open fire policy, sharpshooter, sniper

Israel admits that live fire against Palestinian protestors has at times caused death when only serious injury was intended. Israeli snipers have killed 300 while gradually tweaking their limb-targeting approach. Now they “aim for the ankles,” likely only maiming the unarmed demonstrators. The Israeli Supreme Court has backed the lethal open-fire policy from day one.

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Israel says “No” to clean running water for Palestinian villages

[email protected] February 25, 2019 israeli civil administration, israeli high court of justice, Marco Ben-Shabbat, masafer yatta, occupation, regavim, south hebron hills, water, West Bank, zionism

On February 13, 2019, Israeli forces arrived near the village of a-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. The forces used excavating equipment to unearth and destroy a five kilometer stretch of pipe, which was laid just months ago and supplied water to over 1,000 Palestinians. Residents say that without the system, “water has become every family’s largest expense.”

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