The questions nobody is asking about Hebron shooting

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://972mag.com/the-questions-nobody-is-asking-about-hebron-shooting/111997/

A young Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the occupied city of Hebron Tuesday morning, hours before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur and the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

As usual, there are — at least — two conflicting narratives. There are also a number of details everyone agrees on.

Hadeel al-Hashlamon arrived at the “Shoter” checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron Tuesday morning. She set off a metal detector and soldiers started yelling at her in Hebrew.

Here is where the narratives diverge. According to Palestinian witnesses who spoke with the press, she did not understand the commands being yelled by the soldiers, froze and pulled out her bag for inspection. Soldiers then shot toward her, striking her in the lower and upper body.

Palestinian Lives Matter.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. More...

It’s acceptable in Israel to send soldiers to rule over a Palestinian civilian population because Palestinian lives do not matter to the Israeli establishment. Just how cheap Palestinian blood is can be seen in the extraordinarily rare punishments given to the young men and women who spill it.

[oberliner]

2. Those are very good questions

That being said, as you can see from the photos, she was completely covered from head to toe with barely a slit for her eyes, so I can understand how that, combined with her specifically disregarding instructions, could have led to this tragic result.

As you know there have been female suicide bombers in the past as well as male suicide bombers disguising themselves as females.

It is unfortunate that some adherents of some religions feel the need to ensure that females are covered so thoroughly in such as way as making it nearly impossible to identify them or what they are doing.

However, the situation certainly could have been handled differently, as the article points out, in several critical respects.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. "she was completely covered from head to toe with barely a slit for her eyes..."

So how was this person, with barely a slit for her eyes, supposed to find her alleged targets then?

But thank you, once again ober, for standing up for the Israelie point of view.


Better to shoot Palestinians first and ask questions later, right?

[840high]

4. I have seen women in my

area driving while covered head to toe, with barely a slit for their eyes.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

5. That's not what Ober was implying, but thanks for playing.

You guys can't have it both ways.

[840high]

6. You have an agenda - so I'll ignore this.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

8. Yes I do. It's called the truth.

Ignore it and be in personal bliss for all I care.

[Little Tich]

7. I haven't seen the security footage yet, but it sure looks like murder or at least manslaughter to

me.

However, as the victim was a Palestinian, no charges will be laid.