PA forces shoot dead two Palestinians, including 5-year-old boy
Residents say troops opened fire after man refused to stop at roadblock.
By Avi Issacharoff, Amos Harel and Agencies Tags: Palestinian Authority GazaPalestinian Authority security forces shot dead two Palestinians on Saturday, including a five-year-old boy, in the West Bank city of Qalqilyah.
According to local resident, security forces opened fire after a 22-year-old man refused to stop at a PA roadblock in the city. The 22-year-old man was killed, as was five-year-old Yazid Obid.
Earlier Saturday, an Israel Air Force strike killed a Hamas militant and wounded five others in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun, Hamas and local residents said.
An Israel Defense Forces spokesman said the strike was aimed at a group of Gaza militants that had launched a Qassam rocket at Israel.
The IDF frequently conducts raids and air strikes in the Gaza Strip to try to stop militants from firing rockets into southern Israel.
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/914120.html Two families trying to slaughter each other in Gaza, using heavy weaponry. The odds are high that teenage 'children' participated and that anyone hit on the other side, regardless of age, was a "success" in the minds of the Gazans.
"Obviously, this was an accident". Right. After all, Pals have never attacked each other in internecine fighting, including attacks on families of opposing religion, political party, etc. Then there was the case of the child shot during a riot in Gaza at a Hamas rally. Shot by Hamas. "The Palestinian would not have targeted the Palestinian child deliberately..." though they regularly target Israeli children in cars, buses, restaurants, etc. "collecting rocket launchers" her typical tangent for so many reasons: 1) They send their children intentionally out into danger 2) Israel attacks people according to the rules of war 3) It's Israel's fault. Pals regularly use kids to not only get rocket launchers, but to smuggle, shoot and blow themselves up. Yet S claims that Pals would just never intentionally endanger their own children. She's content to live in her fantasy world.
CK Tan, you asked where the Palestinian supporters where hiding...Ben Jabo, you thought I'd be wearing sackcloth and ashes... Obviously, this was an accident, when a Palestinian PA members shoots a Palestinian child. The Palestinian would not have targeted the Palestinian child deliberately... After all, the child was not "collecting rocket launchers"...was he?
the Mohamedans? "It is their Allah's will". Even though their God is a Myth, their Moon God respond always on the death of their kind. What a pity. Maybe they will "blame it to the Zionists" who didn't pull the trigger".
After all, Arabs killing Arabs is the norm. So is Muslims killing everyone. Israelis doing so is the exception to the rule and something you can blame on a Jewish conspiracy. Now that's news...
As always clickfool, maureen anne and dutch blamed the Isrealis even though they were not involved. What an interesting world those guys live in.
How come you're not bewailing the fact that the arabs killed their own child---I thought you'd be out there wearing sackcloth and ashes---
Point out any single instance when a Jew shot another Jew who was holding a Jewish child--- You're idiocy becomes more evident with each passing day---Arabs don't have to learn it, they're born with hate in the space their hearts are supposed to be in---
You should have been there to shield the child---You promised and didn't keep it--Shame on you---
Where's your sense of dignity, trying and failing miserably to make political gain out of the suffering of a young child.You don't understand Islam and Islam doesn't need you. It is a religion of peace, how dare you use it as a platform for your hate at such a time.
It is a shame that the adult did not stop at the roadblock putting the child at risk. He must have been a hamas propagandist.
Was it intentional that you omitted to mention the hundreds of Israeli kids murdered in cold blood by the suicide bombers, drive-by snipers, knife-weilding, head-bashing, lynching Palestinian terrorists?
"the PA more Roman than the Romans!" Other than the piety cloak you place on the shoulders, the hamas terrorists are just as ruthless, merciless, corrupt and repressive towards palestinians as the fatah. It includes killing people, including KIDS, in "Clean & Green gaza".
What are you suggesting? That people critical of Israel's policies do not feel sorry for this Palestinian child? The fact remains that the great majority of Palestinian children are killed during OFFENSIVE Israeli actions. Here is a comprehension test for you. Dropping a one ton bomb in the middle of the night on an apartment building killing 15 people including 9 children is () defensive () offensive
"This is EXACTLY as I predicted." (my EMPHASIS) SHOW everyone WHERE and WHEN you say SPECIFICALLY that an adult palestinian and a palestinian kid will be killed by PA forces. BOLD words can be backed by FACTS. But you can't, becuase you are just a snake-oil peddler, a failed fortune-teller and a habitual liar. Prove me wrong - predict EXACTLY what the next BIG event is...preferably BEFORE it occurs.
Simple as that. Stop your hysterical lies for a moment.. Oh, that's right, you can't pathological isn't it!
Stop your hypocricy.. You Pals are known to use kiddies and women as 'cover'. Your 'baby' martyrs are the worst sort of child abuse. If this story were about an Israeli child your silence would be deafening.. Lying sack of shi'ite trash.
Just wondering, will her family get compensated by the PA? Or, will she become one of the 72 virgins? Or, will she HAVE 72 virgins? Their 'religion' is so confusing.... After all the kiddy strap bombers, why should they care? Females have no honor or standing in the muslim world..
let's all pray for this boy and his family.
BEN ABO GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL YOUR FAMILY. MAUREEN ANN IS AN IGNORANT IDIOT.
So if the pals learned this behavior from the Israelis, then the Israelis must have learned it from the British, who occupied the area after WWII until 1948. So go scream at some English people. It'll make just as much of a difference.
What is it with you illiterates,the boy's name is the only name even mentioned in the article, were you too busy planning how to attack Israel for this to take in what you read? Anyway, the gold and silver medals already go to Dutch and Clickfool, who didn't even have to break a sweat to figure out how this is all Israel's fault.
Not the cesnor who's biased. Never was. It's you, Irish. Some days they just don't think we're nearly as important as we do.
Of course you're right. The pals have no will of their own and no brains of their own. They live on a monkey see, monkey do basis
"care about are lies and distortions, mythology in place of history, calculated brutality and callousness, the deliberate dehumanization and even denial of the reality of a whole people, the inflicting of dispossession and misery on those whose only crime was the place of their birth, the creation of an artificial tribal identity and its exaltation above all considerations of morality " What a load of nonsense..but which applies to arab behaviour towards the Jews. "Artificial tribal identity"..you dont mean the Jews do you with 5000+ years of history, language, religion, culture ? Or do you mean the palestinians known for maybe 50 years ? Or are you taling about Australia, USA etc after all you add "inflicting of dispossession and misery on those whose only crime was the place of their birth". Try a little bit of consistency, create judgement references and then apply fairly to all countries. If you choose not to do so then you are a bigot.
who is the perpetrator and under whatever of circumstances. So is the killing of "hundreds" of Palestinian children in the last few years at the hand of the IDF - including 38 still-born aborted babies as a result of whose mothers were held at Israeli road blocks for upwards of 12 hours. So is the killing of some 400 Lebanese children in the summer of 2006 at the hand of the IDF indiscriminate air bombing of civilian quarters in Beirut.
Palestinians learnt this shocking violence from the Israelis. This is what the IDF been doing to the Palestinians for yrs in the territories. So point that finger where it belongs. Dutch
Those who truly care about dead children respond because a child was killed unnecessarily. Pikuah nefesh is an essential part of Judaism. All this talkback hysteria about the results of Israel's defensive actions is just another way to wage war on Israel. Scenarios are set up, videos are taken and distributed and endlessly analysed heaping coals of fire on the heads of Jews and Israel. Unsuspecting, soft hearted Jews condemn Israel along with the rest, taken in by the theatre. So as you noticed, if it's not fodder for their industry it's not responded to. The only one of 'them' to respond is Maureen Ann, who as usual, didn't bother to read and understand the article, showing the superficiality of the whole exercise.
This is what Israel has done to the Holy Land and the Palestinian people. The blame lies squarely with their policies of aggression in the territories. Dutch
"Palestinian Authority security forces shot dead two Palestinians on Saturday, including a five-year-old boy." This is exactly as I predicted. With the Annapolis peace conference on the horizon, this is the easiest way for Israel to eliminate any chance of success. Yet again, through murky secret agents and collaborators, Israel ignites Palestinian on Palestinian violence. Even Palestinian children are not immune. The ends always justifies the means as long as the Zionist occupation is perpetuated.
It sounds from the report as if this nameless child did not belong to the man who was shot. My condolences to the parents of the child. It's surprising to know that there are still Arab checkpoints in addition to Israeli checkpoints. We have read of them in Lebanon around the Palestinian towns as well.
do i need to say more Pali or not if you train your kids to hate then meet your raisens!!!!!!!!!!!
It is a shame for pal children to be "looked after" by such irresponsible adults. Why didnt the man stop at the roadblock? What did he have to hide? He should have been more responsible, mainly taking into account he had a child with him.
No crime against humanity, no outrage, no condemnation from the clickfools, lakshmis, johnboys, silviennes, natalie-ds, indarjayas, kims (of melbourne), etc. Oh, and also abbas. These usual suspects (and more like them) will NOT be screaming MURDER because the IDF is NOT in the picture. A kid died because of the PA...big YAWN...next article...Guess their silence tells as much as their hysterical reactions - ANY muslim death caused by muslims are TOTALLY acceptable.
refers to Hamas, Fatah and Zionists... all should think of the children, even if most are too bloody stupid to think of each other in a humane manner!!
is always a tragedy! Let's leave it with that.
Some 10 or 12 of my posts have not been published.I thought the censors were supposed to act impartially.????.
Where is Abu G. Levy ,column about 72 years old virgin pedophile . We want a Mideast Amber alert
Naphtali, You're right - this is about the children. The death of every innocent child is a tragedy. But does anyone deny that the Palestinians are teaching their innocent children to hate and kill Jews while the Israelis are teaching their young to pray for peace? The death of this innocent 5 year old child - and you're right, we should know his name - is a tragedy, but the inculcation of hatred into the minds of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children is a tragedy of epic proportions which will spell doom for the Palestinian people for yet another generation. Mike in San Antonio Texas
it's unfair,isn't it?
its always sad to see innocent people killed especially such a young child. My condolences to the family
Nephtali You must be new to this forum, but you will find that no matter what you say, people always have to react to you. Either because they mis-understand you, or because they don't like hearing the truth! One thing I have noticed lately: Talk Back is considerably less anti Israel than it used to be!!
Your posting is very true, very much in place. There is going to be an outcry. Unfortunately, it will be an outcry blaming Israel, the Jews, APAC, and the zionists. So, as you will see Naphtali, the blood of this little kid will be used for toxic antisemitic narratives. We have seen that done in the past, haven't we?
But your point is that of someone who has a moral compass. ----"The 22-year-old man was killed, as was five-year-old Yazid Obid."
'... we jump down the throats of the hypocrites and bigots who, had this tragedy involved Jews, would have rushed to hurl abuse and poison at israel. these hypocrites and bigots will be silent now because they actually dont care about the palestinians any more than they care about the kurds or congolese. what they care about is trying to harm the Jews...' Actually, and speaking for myself, what 'we' care about are lies and distortions, mythology in place of history, calculated brutality and callousness, the deliberate dehumanization and even denial of the reality of a whole people, the inflicting of dispossession and misery on those whose only crime was the place of their birth, the creation of an artificial tribal identity and its exaltation above all considerations of morality... Since you brought it up.
You wrote----"There is always much complaining about Israeli roadblocks in the WB. Seems they aren`t the only ones that build road blocks. Interesting.' You can build all the road blocks you want in Israeli Proper.Aint goin get complaints from anyone on the Palestinians side. So knock your heart out. As to the PA They are lying with Dogs so you know the result of that.
If you had kept your promise, you could have shielded one of them and fulfilled your promise---I note that neglected to include your usual comment about the child being killed---It must have been because it was concerned with Palestinian on Palestinian killing--- If as you say, "This is all the holy land to offer", then you should concentrate your effort to bettering the conditions of your Aborigines and returning the land taht was stolen from them---Any excuse to not make the trip, what a coward!!
The tragic death of this child will hopefully show all the people who accuse the IDF of being baby killers that accidental shootings do happen. Sadly not every bullit intended for the enemy hits the right target. My condolences to the parents of this boy. And my ongoing support to my brothers in the IDF!!
You want to speak with me about Galut. You are talking to a guy that was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, and lived in Phildelphia, Haverhill Ma, Croton Harmon NY, and NYC all his life untill three years ago when I decided to make Aliyah. Im Puerto Rican enough and Jewish enought to know what is anti semitism and racism, because I have confronted it. You can rant and pound all you want, but the death of this child should not be used as a stage in either direction. Take it as it is, the death of an innocent life, period. Blame Games aside for once. No need to go down anyones throat at his expense, its not about being naive.
his NAME. what is his NAME?
There is always much complaining about Israeli roadblocks in the WB. Seems they aren't the only ones that build road blocks. Interesting. Never hear calls for these ones to be removed, though. Maybe after this incident, we will.
u r very naieve... we jump down the throats of the hypocrites and bigots who, had this tragedy involved Jews, would have rushed to hurl abuse and poison at israel. these hypocrites and bigots will be silent now because they actually dont care about the palestinians any more than they care about the kurds or congolese. what they care about is trying to harm the Jews. Nephtaly, you need a heavy dose of galut living so that you understand what anti-semitism is.
This all the 'holy' land has to offer!
I would hate to see this story being treated the wrong way. A boy was killed, lets put politics aside. I wonder who will be the first to say, "Oh look, Abbas and his junta are behaving just like the Israeli terrorists" or an Israel cry out, " Where is the outcry, why is it no one cries out when they kill their own, but when the IDF defends its citizens and a child gets shot, all hell breaks lose, where is the outcry." We shall see, my eyes are open.
Will Hamas militants fire Qassam rockets, into the west bank, in response to the death of 5 year old Yazid Obid, bye PA forces. Or will they complain to the U.N. I think not!