WATCH: IDF officer gets prison for throwing stones at journalists

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://972mag.com/watch-idf-officer-gets-prison-for-throwing-stones-at-journalists/106046/

An IDF officer videotaped throwing rocks at Israeli and Palestinian photojournalists last week was sentenced to two weeks in prison. A second officer was sentenced to 30 days confinement on base.

In a video first published by +972 and Activestills on Friday, a deputy company commander can be seen throwing rocks at a freelance Israeli photojournalist and a Palestinian photographer who works for Agence France‑Presse (AFP). One of the officers also tackled the Israeli photographer, Haim Schwarczenberg.

A brigade-level disciplinary hearing sentenced the two officers from the Kfir Brigade for their conduct, Haaretz reported.

Before watching video of the incident provided to it by +972, the IDF Spokesperson described the officers’ behavior toward the journalists as “reasonable force.”

Wow. They gave the police officer two weeks for throwing stones. When Palestinians throw stones the IDF usually just shoots them dead.

[oberliner]

1. "When Palestinians throw stones the IDF usually just shoots them dead."

It's good that you are articulating that.

The fact that you actually believe that sentence speaks volumes.

[BillZBubb]

2. The fact that it happens all too often speaks LIBRARIES.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. Never happens, right ober? Even a person with a liberal arts degree should be able

To understand that it happens too much.

But Spain on...

[King_David]

4. Agreed

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

6. Never happens, right Dave?

I have read of and seen video where Israeli Jews have been the stone throwers, and for the life of me I have never heard of them being shot for it.

On the other hand I have also read where the IDF seems to have a penchant for shooting Palestinians for doing the same.

So are you going to tell me it doesn't happen?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

7. Crickets...

[Jefferson23]

5. The IDF record, 2000-2007. Obviously since that time there have been more

incidents, yet this report is comprehensive regarding the immunity afforded
the IDF against Palestinians.

Conclusions: To this day the public has not been granted a credible "snapshot" of law enforcement on IDF soldiers and officers suspected and charged with serious offenses against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Territories. The report "Exceptions" for the first time publishes full data about how the military law enforcement agencies - including the investigation, prosecution and adjudication bodies - process these cases. The information presented in this report complements the full judgments that can now be viewed - also for the first time - on the Yesh Din website. The figures presented in the first part of the report show that only some of the complaints brought to the attention of the IDF led to the opening of criminal investigations. Far fewer of those investigations led to indictments; those who were charged were for the most part convicted, but their sentences were usually light, and in many cases the lenient sentencing was a result of plea bargains agreed upon by the prosecution and the defense.Decisions to open criminal investigations against soldiers suspected of offenses involving shooting civilians are made almost exclusively on the basis of operational debriefings, and only after their conclusion. But the operational debriefing, as indicated by its name, is a tool developed to draw operational lessons. Such investigations were not designed to examine issues of personal criminal responsibility, nor are they suitable for such a task. The investigations are carried out by officers with operational training but without knowledge and experience in criminal investigation. Those officers usually come from the command chain of the soldiers involved in the events. A petition assailing the legality of that policy was made to the Israeli Supreme Court as early as 2003, but there has yet to be a ruling made in the case.Even when the MPCID does open criminal investigations it appears that seeking the truth is not their exclusive purpose. The Chief Military Police Officer said in comments quoted in the report that one of the purposes of the investigation is to prepare the IDF's defense line in potential civil claims, and consequently, to minimize the "risk" that victims of the alleged crime will successfully claim compensation from the State of Israel.In October 2007 the Operational Affairs department was established as part of the Military Prosecution and charged with making decisions regarding investigation files on offense.

http://www.academia.edu/7331003/Exceptions_Prosecution_of_IDF_Soldiers_during_and_after_the_Second_Intifada_2000-2007

The Palestinians lives have no value as per Israeli policy