Israel – The Anti Defamation League criticized the “rush to judgment” by the United Nations and others in the international community calling for increased levels of investigation into the actions of the IDF regarding the deaths of two Palestinian youths during a riot on May 15.
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“The international community must respect the IDF’s right and responsibility to fully investigate this incident, and should refrain from rashly calling for extraordinary action before all the facts have been examined,” ADL Director Abe Foxman said.
Foxman also called public comments on the incident by the UN and others “inappropriate and unwarranted.”
Two videos released on Tuesday showing that the teens were not engaged in violence at the moment of their death gained international attention as the Palestinian Authority labeled the incident a war crime.
The PLO called on the UN to enact punitive measures against Israel for their “violations of international and humanitarian law.”
Assistant UN secretary general for political affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco called for an investigation into the incident, saying that he “urges Israel to ensure that its security forces strictly adhere to the basic principles on the use of force and firearms by law enforcement officials,” at a briefing of the UN Security Council.
The US State Department issued a statement on Tuesday calling for a separate “prompt and transparent investigation” into the incident and for restraint on all sides.
Responding to the videos, the IDF Spokesperson’s Office said: “On Thursday, an illegal and violent disturbance occurred in Beitunia. The said video is edited in a tendentious manner and does not reflect the level of violence that occurred at the disturbance.”
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Jewish interests in a criminal blame game always make headlines. It is a crime to be a criminal, but it is a fools way to be a perverted mind for justice. This is just the symptom of anti-semitism in the light of an unknown precedence.
The whole world, including the Palestinians themselves, knowingly turn a blind eye to everything else that happens to Arabs unless it’s Israel that is responsible. Almost two hundred thousand Syrians, including many many Palestinians have been killed over the past 3 years. Silence. Two Palestinians are killed by the IDF and the world is up in arms automatically assuming that Israel is guilty as charged based on a video that could very well have been doctored as has been done many times in the past. I do not advocate the killing of any innocent people of any race or religion and indeed if these killings were unwarranted those responsible should be and will be held accountable and there’s no doubt that Israel will investigate it thoroughly. You know how I know? Because Israel, unlike any other Arab country in the world, values human life and lives by high ethical standards. Israel has many times demonstrated, for all the world to see, how it bends over backwards, even at the risk of it’s own soldiers lives, to prevent the loss of innocent lives. But this means nothing to anyone. Israel, of course, must be assumed to be guilty as charged,
One more point. Looking at the picture, isn’t it interesting that despite the very warm temperature the Palestinian that was shot is wearing a full ski mask? I’m sure they’ll say he was just innocently walking around and he was wearing a ski mask because he had a bad acne condition or didn’t want to get a sunburn, Yeah, yeah, that must be the reason. Silly me.