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Suntzu wrote:That's some funny shit! Got any more?
Zamuel wrote:I was particularly amused by how the camera runs long and we see all those "Dead" protesters jump up and run away at the same time, after the director yells "cut."
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Paddy14 wrote:I don't think they were dead protesters coming back to life - I think they were people who dropped to the ground to avoid the bullets, and ran away when the firing stopped.
Or are you saying that no people were shot?
Official PA TV, April 6, 2018
Hamas is sending civilians in Gaza to die for media coverage, says Abbas’ advisor
Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Abbas’ Advisor on Islamic Affairs and Supreme Sharia Judge: Hamas of intentionally sending Palestinians in Gaza to “go and die,” for the sole purpose that Hamas will have stories of dead Palestinians to tell the media.
Paddy14 wrote:I don't think they were dead protesters coming back to life - I think they were people who dropped to the ground to avoid the bullets, and ran away when the firing stopped. Or are you saying that no people were shot?
Israeli military officers have no regrets over use of lethal force at Gaza protests
By Raf Sanchez
23 MAY 2018 • 10:50 AM
A senior IDF commander supervising a team of Israeli snipers at the Gaza border spoke of their mission to stop Palestinians coming through the thin fence that separates Gaza from Israel, Raf Sanchez reports in The telegraph.
“Was there an option where we could stop them cutting the fence and coming into Israel without using a lethal weapon? The answer is no,” he said. “They have a hard and deep hatred of Israel and if they came into Israel I think there is no question of what they are going to do.”
In interviews with The Telegraph and in public statements, they spoke instead of pride in their troops and in the success of their military mission: no Palestinians made it through the fence and no Israeli soldiers or civilians were killed or injured.
They voiced frustration at what they considered knee-jerk criticism of their use of live fire by people who did not understand the situation on the ground.
Israeli commanders said there was no non-lethal alternative that would stop a determined crowd from breaking through the fence. Rubber bullets are effective only at short range and are fired from cumbersome specialised weapons that are slow to reload. Teargas disperses quickly and the Mediterranean wind meant the noxious clouds often blew away from the demonstrators and towards Israeli forces.
For the commanders, there was no question of waiting for the protesters to come through the fence and arresting them on the other side. The risk of an attack on Israeli civilians was too high, they said. “We can’t have the fence open for even one minute,” said one infantry battalion commander. “We need to stop them here.”
The officer is Druze, part of an Arabic-speaking minority from northern Israel. Druze soldiers are famed their ferocity in battle and are highly valued by the IDF for their Arabic skills. “I speak Arabic. I know what can happen in this region. Look at Syria. You can imagine what can happen if they cross the fence,” he said.
While the battlefield commanders quietly declared victory, the Israeli military’s spokesmen seemed to concede they had been defeated in the battle of narratives.
Lt Col Jonathan Conricus said in a leaked briefing to US Jewish groups that Hamas had won the public relations battle “by a knockout”, as TV screens filled with images of dead and wounded Palestinians.
“If in order to win the international propaganda war I need to lie like Hamas, then I prefer to tell the truth and lose,” wrote Brigadier General Ronen Manelis, the IDF’s top spokesman. “The IDF will win where it matters - protecting our civilians in the face of terror.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/0 ... orce-gaza/
daf wrote:Hamas is another Iranian proxy
Ghinci wrote:Only Iran can stop this Israeli savagery and crimes against humanity.
Rich wrote:That's a disgusting lie, designed to protect Sunni Muslim terrorism. Hamas is a Muslim brotherhood offshoot, far, far closer to Al Qaeda, Islamic State and Wahaabism than the Iranian regime. Hamas have never sided with Assad, the Houthis or the Iraqi government.
Ter wrote:Defending one's borders against a horde of savages with death wishes is not a crime at all.
Ghinci wrote:Only Iran can stop this Israeli savagery and crimes against humanity.
Ter wrote:And how would Iran do that according to you ?
daf wrote:Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza admits it. That's why the Sunni states refuse to help them.
I am not the one who never shows his credentials […]