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In reply to the discussion: Video of 18-year-old Palestinian chased by Jewish mob and killed by police shocks global audience [View all]R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)38. Try to answer the question instead of clutching at pearls.
It is a well worn tactic of some when cornered to play the counterfeit victim while they shout that the real victim had it coming.
Nice job, shira. So tell me again why the Palestinian deserved to be gunned down from a distance just because the mob screamed that he should be shot.
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Video of 18-year-old Palestinian chased by Jewish mob and killed by police shocks global audience [View all]
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
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We don't really know the whole story, apart from the clip which shows the lynching.
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#8
No, Shira doesn't bother me at all, actually I think that she's an asset to this forum.
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#56
Yes, the Palestinian should have been executed on the hearsay of the mob without arrest,
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#13
The article doesn't match the events in the clip in the article, check for yourself. n/t
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#9
The police jumped out of the car without assessing the situation and just shot the guy
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#20
Yep, it doesn't look right. But I don't agree that terrorists who stab innocents....
shira
Oct 2015
#30
Do Jewish lives matter as much as Palestinian lives, or more than Palestinian lives? n/t
Little Tich
Oct 2015
#35
"I haven't seen one ounce of sympathy for Jews murdered by terrorists."
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#41
So what ? Who cares ? Israel has had this "backlash " against it from even way before inception...
King_David
Oct 2015
#28
"Thousands of years of Jew hate culminating in a genocide of 6 million doesn't just go away..."
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#42
My poor friend. I'm not the one candy coating Israeli atrocities, screaming holocaust,
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#46
Actually it is dead on target, but you will never admit it for partisan reasons.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2015
#63