US Accuses Israel Of Targeting Relatives Of Kidnapped And Murdered Palestinian 16-Year-Old

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By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:26 EDT

The United States on Wednesday charged Israel had targeted members of a Palestinian family whose teenaged son was kidnapped and killed in July along with two cousins, who are US citizens.

Tensions between Palestinians and Israelis in annexed east Jerusalem plunged to a new low on July 2 when 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khder was snatched from an east Jerusalem street and later found burned alive.

Israeli police arrested six alleged Jewish extremists as suspects and on July 17 charged three, freeing the others.

The death of the Palestinian teen — thought likely in retaliation for the abduction and killing of three Israeli Students in late June — sparked rioting and helped unleash the conflict under way in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

Three days after his death, on July 5, the United States slammed Israel’s arrest of a 15-year-old cousin, Tarek Abu Khder, 15, a US citizen. He was beaten in detention and has since been freed and returned to Florida.

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[BillZBubb]

1. I would expect nothing less of the Israelis

Par for the course.

[Enrique]

2. the targeting is not exactly subtle

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.611879

The Abu Khdeir family, based in East Jerusalem’s Shoafat area, supports this claim. According to their count, from the day of the murder until now, no fewer than 35 young members of the family have been arrested, 21 of whom are still under arrest.

“From the entire village they arrested perhaps six or seven people from other families, all the rest from our family. Today it’s enough for you to have the name Abu Khdeir, and they arrest you,” said Walid Abu Khdeir, uncle of the slain boy. In an incident captured on video that caused outrage in America, Tariq Abu Khdeir, the boy’s 15-year-old cousin and a U.S. citizen who was visiting the family when the murder occurred, was beaten to a pulp and arrested by Border Police during the stone-throwing protests.

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3. Everyday more Israeli atrocities are exposed