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In reply to the discussion: Israel Sniper Executes Palestinian Civilian in Gaza--YouTube video GRAPHIC [View all]Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)41. From NYT article:
Last edited Tue Jul 22, 2014, 07:32 PM - Edit history (1)
Joe Catron, a human rights activist who witnessed the shooting and documented the incident in photographs posted on Flickr, said in a telephone interview from Gaza that, although it seemed certain the young man would die without emergency medical treatment, the rest of the small party with which he was traveling had no choice but to retreat when shelling resumed in the area after the filming had stopped. The two people closest to the gunshot victim were convinced that he was dead by the time they left, Mr. Catron said.
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Israel Sniper Executes Palestinian Civilian in Gaza--YouTube video GRAPHIC [View all]
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
OP
Must be another one of those people that Goebbels...er...Netanyahu describes as "telegenically dead"
Luminous Animal
Jul 2014
#2
It's striking how similar are the minds of mass murderers and propagandists.
LuvNewcastle
Jul 2014
#8
So, here you make a Goebbels analogy and in another thread you compare Hamas to
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2014
#87
ok so who the guys in the dayglo green vests in background who dont seem to be hiding at all? nt
msongs
Jul 2014
#5
"international and Palestinian volunteers accompanying Gaza municipal workers"
Hissyspit
Jul 2014
#9
I'm trying really, really hard to figure out what else it could be besides what it claims to be.
Hissyspit
Jul 2014
#11
Here is a reddit discussion where "georgesucks" explains why you don't particularly see any blood.
Hissyspit
Jul 2014
#17
It seems obviously fake to me. The "impact" and gunshot are simultaneous in the video.
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2014
#50
Oh good. An anonymous internet poster gives it the 'Apollo missions are fake' treatment.
progressoid
Jul 2014
#51
Listen, I could be incorrect in my analysis. But I'm not incorrect because a family is grieving.
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2014
#57
Do you think it's reasonable for a politician who votes to send our tax dollars to
B Calm
Jul 2014
#80
We also send hundreds of billions of dollars to Muslim nations as well.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2014
#86