Avram Horowitz
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mantra wrote on Aug 27 th, 2012 at 8:09am: The IDF feels threatened by the Palestinian children throwing molotov cocktails or stones at them and so the imprisonment, shooting and torture of children is essential in their minds. There is no consideration given to the fact that they are stealing and occupying the land of others on a daily basis. The IDF soldiers, often being young and bored or under orders to raid homes deliberately create riots to stir the West Bank inhabitants up so they can play their deadly games. It's no surprise much of the world is against Israel. Why wouldn't the Palestinians want to protect their property from these inhumane and primitive land grabs? The Palestinians are the ones who live in fear and uncertainty knowing that the greed of their neighbour can take away their home and livelihood in an instant. Quote:The release of the testimonies follows the publication of two damning reports — one from a group of eminent British lawyers who visited Israel's military courts and the other from the human rights organisation Defence of Children International — that detail multiple violations of international law by Israel in its treatment of children. These include Israel's practice of holding Palestinian children in solitary confinement and denying them legal representation, as well as its use of physical violence, shackles and coerced confessions in interrogations. "It is crucial that people in Israel are confronted about what it means for Palestinian children to live under military occupation," says Yehuda Shaul, one of the founders of Breaking the Silence. Israeli soldiers - testimonies
"So there's a school there. We'd often provoke riots there. We'd be on patrol, walking in the village, bored, so we'd trash shops, find a detonator, beat someone to a pulp, you know how it is. Search, mess it all up. Say we'd want a riot? We'd go up to the windows of a mosque, smash the panes, throw in a stun grenade, make a big boom, then we'd get a riot."
"The commander gripped the kid, stuck his gun in his mouth, yelled ... The kid was hardly able to walk. We dragged him further, and then he said again: 'One more time this kid lifts a stone, anything, I kill him. No mercy'.""We would enter villages on a daily basis, at least twice or three times a day, to make our presence felt, and ... it was like we were occupying them. Showing we're there, that the area is ours, not theirs. At first you point your gun at some five-year-old kid, and feel bad afterward, saying it's not right. Then you get to a point where ... you get so nervous and sick of going into a village and getting stones thrown at you."Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/israeli-soldiers-expose-plight-of-palestinian-childr... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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