Amateurs' video keeps watch over West Bank

[Scurrilous]

Palestinians record violence on cameras given by Israeli group

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"The Israelis who live there call it Beit Shalom – or "Peace House."

But their Palestinian neighbours have another name. "It's a war house," said Issa Amro, 28, an electrical engineer who works part-time as a Palestinian peace activist.

At the very least, it's a house that's occupied by some adults, and their children, who seem to have some serious anger-management issues, judging by their penchant for heaving rocks and other projectiles at Palestinians walking below.

This, at any rate, is what Amro says.

It's what Bassem Jabari says, too.

He's the owner of a small leather workshop that is located a stone's throw along Othman Binafen Rd. from the apartment building that seems to be causing all the fuss.

"They throw rocks," said Jabari, 42. "They come out to attack people."

You might not believe him, if all he had was words.

But, thanks to an ingenious and determined project funded and administered by an Israeli peace group called B'Tselem, Jabari also has a compact video camera.

He and his family use the device to record attacks on Palestinians carried out by the people in the limestone building just up the street.

As a result, Jabari now has proof to support his verbal allegations – and that makes a big difference."

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[Sezu]

1. Unfortunate but tit for tat is something humans do and lo and

behold, Jews are HUMAN, with all the normal frailties and sins of other humans. See Gaza as the endless cycle of such by ALL parties involved.

[subsuelo]

2. Fine next time Israelis are murdered

I will expect another thoughtful post from you stating:

"Unfortunate but tit for tat is something humans do"

[Violet_Crumble]

3. This has got nothing to do with whether people are Jewish...

And yr 'tit-for-tat' post comes across very much as a justification for the actions of these settlers.

[Violet_Crumble]

4. What a disgusting bunch. They've even got their children attacking Palestinians...

I wonder if that's a case of teaching their children to hate or whether the gene pool is so depleted that their kids were born full of hate?

[Scurrilous]

5. IDF soldier documented firing towards bound Palestinian

Palestinian teen films soldier aiming towards bound demonstrator arrested in Naalin, firing rubber bullets while officer holds man's arm; Palestinian claims was injured by fire. IDF: This serious incident negates army values

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3570692,00.html

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"The IDF has begun to investigate an incident in which rubber bullets were fired towards a bound Palestinian man who had been apprehended during the demonstrations against the border fence in the West Bank village of Naalin.

A 14-year old girl from the village filmed the incident from the window of her home, and the tape has reached Ynet, though the first few seconds immediately following the shooting are missing.

The IDF has stated that the incident is serious and negates the army's values, and that the Investigating Military Police (IMP) have launched an inquiry into the matter after receiving the tape.

The incident occurred on July 7, while the village was under full closure for four days. Palestinians, left-wing activists, and international peace activists held processions to Naalin from the direction of the nearby village of Dir Kadis in order to supply the residents with food.

One of the demonstrators, 27-year old Bil'in resident Ashraf Abu-Rahma, was detained for a half an hour. He was taken to a military jeep by a lieutenant-colonel on the scene. While he stood next to the jeep, one of the soldiers fired shots towards him, which Abu-Rahma claims injured him in the foot.

In the film, the soldier can be seen aiming his weapon from a distance of about 1.5 meters from the bound demonstrator, and firing rubber bullets. According to Abu-Rahma's testimony, his big toe was injured and he received treatment from a military medic on the scene, after which he was released by the soldiers."

[notfullofit]

7. His big toe was injured

'his big toe was injured and he received treatment from a military medic on the scene, after which he was released by the soldiers."

How odd, one soldier shoots him and another soldier treats him.

[LeftishBrit]

6. Good; these thugs' actions need to be exposed.