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Sad. Human rights worker almost died from the same thing recently too.
Warning: graphic content.
(if you don't have facebook, this is the same vid, scroll down)
http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/more-on-the-killing-of-palestinian-peace-activist-basem/
Article:
A Palestinian man was killed on Friday when Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators in the West Bank village of Bil'in, near Ramallah.
Palestinian medical officials identified the man as 30-year-old Basem Ibrahim Abu Rahmeh, who had previously been listed in serious condition following adirect shot to the chest from an Israeli fired tear-gas canister on Friday afternoon.
Nasir Samara, a member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, explained, "Ibrahim was not even close to the wall when he was a shot from a distance ofless than 20 meters. He was carrying a Palestinian flag and shouting that this was a nonviolentdemonstration. The tear gas canister hit and entered his chest, killing him."
This is the second time soldiers have fired on unarmed demonstrations from a lethal range in the past two months. On 13 March 2009, American human rightsworker Tristan Anderson was shot in the head by the same type of ammunition, putting him in a coma and nearly killing him.
In a statement, Israel's military said it would investigate this latest incident.
A member of the Popular Committee filmed the shooting and subsequent death of the Palestinian demonstrator.
Abu Rahma is the third person to be killed in the past three months alone in the struggle against the wall. Two young men, Mohammed Khawajeh and AraftKhawajeh, were both shot dead in Ni'lin in December. 16 Palestinians, 11 in their teens, have been killed in the anti-wall struggle that began in 2004.
Witnesses told Ma'an that the projectile was labeled "40 mm bullet, special/long range" in Hebrew, the same type of weapon that criticallyinjured Anderson, who was shot in the head from a distance of 60 meters.
Meanwhile on Friday in Ni'lin, another village near Ramallah, ten protesters were injured, including an American peace activist, after Israeli forces firedrubber-coated bullets at the crowds assembled there.
Ma'an's correspondent reported that an undercover Israeli unit had infiltrated the village in a Palestinian-plated car and fired on demonstrators.After that, dozens of Israeli soldiers arrived in the village and set up camp on rooftops, where they began firing tear gas and bullets at residents.
Warning: graphic content.
(if you don't have facebook, this is the same vid, scroll down)
http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/more-on-the-killing-of-palestinian-peace-activist-basem/
Article:
A Palestinian man was killed on Friday when Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators in the West Bank village of Bil'in, near Ramallah.
Palestinian medical officials identified the man as 30-year-old Basem Ibrahim Abu Rahmeh, who had previously been listed in serious condition following adirect shot to the chest from an Israeli fired tear-gas canister on Friday afternoon.
Nasir Samara, a member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, explained, "Ibrahim was not even close to the wall when he was a shot from a distance ofless than 20 meters. He was carrying a Palestinian flag and shouting that this was a nonviolentdemonstration. The tear gas canister hit and entered his chest, killing him."
This is the second time soldiers have fired on unarmed demonstrations from a lethal range in the past two months. On 13 March 2009, American human rightsworker Tristan Anderson was shot in the head by the same type of ammunition, putting him in a coma and nearly killing him.
In a statement, Israel's military said it would investigate this latest incident.
A member of the Popular Committee filmed the shooting and subsequent death of the Palestinian demonstrator.
Abu Rahma is the third person to be killed in the past three months alone in the struggle against the wall. Two young men, Mohammed Khawajeh and AraftKhawajeh, were both shot dead in Ni'lin in December. 16 Palestinians, 11 in their teens, have been killed in the anti-wall struggle that began in 2004.
Witnesses told Ma'an that the projectile was labeled "40 mm bullet, special/long range" in Hebrew, the same type of weapon that criticallyinjured Anderson, who was shot in the head from a distance of 60 meters.
Meanwhile on Friday in Ni'lin, another village near Ramallah, ten protesters were injured, including an American peace activist, after Israeli forces firedrubber-coated bullets at the crowds assembled there.
Ma'an's correspondent reported that an undercover Israeli unit had infiltrated the village in a Palestinian-plated car and fired on demonstrators.After that, dozens of Israeli soldiers arrived in the village and set up camp on rooftops, where they began firing tear gas and bullets at residents.
