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Related: About this forumPalestinians Return ‘Lost’ Israeli Soldier To Unit
By Agence France-Presse
An Israeli soldier who became separated from his unit during an operation in a Palestinian West Bank village was safely returned to his fellow troops by local residents, Israeli media said Thursday.
The Israeli army confirmed that the soldier appeared to have gotten lost in the incident, but said they were still investigating how he was able to regain contact with his unit.
From an initial investigation he was separated from his unit on Wednesday night but the rest of the matter is under investigation, an army spokesman told AFP.
According to Israeli media reports, the soldier entered the village in a convoy of jeeps, but at some point alighted from his vehicle.
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Nonviolently.
NAO
(3,425 posts)How long before the run over that settlement with tanks?
Remember, the Israelis ran over a American teenage girl with a bulldozer...on purpose (but they thought she was Palestinian.)
sabbat hunter
(6,828 posts)depends on who you believe. the ISM, which is a pro-Palestinian group, who said that there was nothing blocking the view of the bulldozer or the Israelis, who said that the driver could not see her due to the large blind spots on the armored bulldozer. Given the picture of the bulldozer (see below) and that it does indeed look like it has multiple blind spots, I lean more towards the Israeli version
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File 9R-pic0010.jpg
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)Yes, there are bad people in Israel.
No, tarring an entire nation with the same brush is simple bigotry.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)as witness the casualty rations between Israelis and Palestinians in any recent conflict.
The only weapon available to the oppressed is nonviolent resistance.
Gandhi. MLK.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)good of the villagers to return him to his unit
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Or maybe I've been watching too much TV.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)incompetence on the part of the soldier or dereliction of duty something along those lines