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Israeli soldier gets 18 months for killing wounded Palestinian attacker
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Life in jail and another settlement built (and retroactively legalised) to teach them a lesson.
He got half the minimum called for by prosecutors..........
I fundamentally disagree with the sentence and think it's disgustingly short, but this is a dodgy comparison unless the soldier in question had just been trying to kill random Palestinians.
Disagree Guy
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The sick son of a bitch smiled like a smug bastard in the courtroom when it was read out.
20 years is the maximum penalty and he got 18 months.....
Killing an unarmed soldier (although I can understand how overwhelming the emotions on a battlefield must be) is never acceptable.
Makes me sick. Netanyahu was pushing for a pardon too.
All this will do is create more violence.
20 years is the maximum penalty and he got 18 months.....
Killing an unarmed soldier (although I can understand how overwhelming the emotions on a battlefield must be) is never acceptable.
Makes me sick. Netanyahu was pushing for a pardon too.
All this will do is create more violence.
Sad Affleck
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Manslaughter? Really?
Bruce Springsteen
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Sadly many agree with his heinous act, he will come out of his light prison sentence a hero to many
Ragnar Blackmane
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Killing a wounded and incapacitated attacker is a serious war crime. Not surprised he got off so lightly though but at least he got sentenced (what he got is still an utter disgrace though, particularly because it's a reduced MINIMUM sentence). Probably going to be out after half the time served if he is eligible to parole and I doubt it will affect his CV or chances on the job market later either.
Life in prison and his family jailed with him.
Disgusting sentence. 18 months, get the fuck outta here.
Elfotografoalocado
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Israel is acting like the Apartheid and claiming to be the legitimate reprentative of all Jews, but all it stands for right now is genocide. For someone who so rapidly claims the word Nazi, Netanyahu sure seems to like their methods.
It's a shame that I have to boycott the country, it has the potential of being a beacon of democracy and instead this is what happens. Hopefully Netanyahu is impeached and somebody with common sense is elected instead. If only Sharon hadn't had that brain hemorrage...
It's a shame that I have to boycott the country, it has the potential of being a beacon of democracy and instead this is what happens. Hopefully Netanyahu is impeached and somebody with common sense is elected instead. If only Sharon hadn't had that brain hemorrage...
I saw the video and it's beyond sickening. There is a guy lying on the floor, motionless with an ambulance and a quite a few soldiers around him. He isn't moving at all. This israeli soldier is standing in the background, talking with another one, then just cocks his weapon, walks up to the man, shoots him in the head and goes back. Nobody even bats an eye.
That's how he looked even before he was executed. You can see the soldier walk up to him in the background. And the guy seriously says that he was worried he was wearing "an explosive vest"? That this guy was an actual danger? Please.
It's fucking crazy. 18 months for that.
That's how he looked even before he was executed. You can see the soldier walk up to him in the background. And the guy seriously says that he was worried he was wearing "an explosive vest"? That this guy was an actual danger? Please.
It's fucking crazy. 18 months for that.
Sounds more like a freedom fighter to me.
terrorists attack civilians, this guy attacked the military
TeamLeftMatch
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I see that the defence force is already here.
Forerunner
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You don't execute someone.
Zvonimir Boban
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Wouldn't survive long enough to get to the courtroom and Gaza would be bombed non-stop for the next month just to make sure those uppity Palestinians learned their lesson.
Kralamoonard
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It's always juniors with a low number of posts that write posts like this.
Your post is downright disgusting.
hydrophilic attack
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18 months for murder
fucking disgrace
fucking disgrace
Sums it up
It's fairly straightforward. The comparison was being made between this case and a Palestinian killing an Israeli soldier at random. I was merely pointing out that's not a good comparison.
I'm not pro-Israel, I just don't think sloppy comparisons are necessary or helpful when there's so many entirely valid reasons to criticise Israel.
Zvonimir Boban
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I'm sure the judge grappled long and hard with that one.
"This sure seems like cold-blooder murder, what am I going to do here? Let's see, murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with...THAT'S IT!
Palestinians aren't human beings so it can't be murder, I'll give him a slap on the wrist and send him on his way. Phew, for a minute there I thought I had to worry about justice"
My comparison was meant to highlight and question the justice system (Valid reason to critise if you ask me) not highlight the significance of either people's nationality. Fairly straight forward. Furthermore, I'm still unsure as where you picked up "random" from in my initial comparison. Additionally, did you assume that my use of the term "Palestinian" automatically meant "Terrorist"?
Let me fix my comparison then:
"I wonder what an arrested PA soldier would get if he/she captured/wounded and then proceeded to kill a wounded 21 year old Israeli soldier."
There you go.
Would he/she still get 18 months in prison?
I saw the video and it's beyond sickening. There is a guy lying on the floor, motionless with an ambulance and a quite a few soldiers around him. He isn't moving at all. This israeli soldier is standing in the background, talking with another one, then just cocks his weapon, walks up to the man, shoots him in the head and goes back. Nobody even bats an eye.
That's how he looked even before he was executed. And the guy seriously says that he was worried he was wearing "an explosive vest"? That this guy was an actual danger? Please.
It's fucking crazy. 18 months for that.
Disgusting.
You're missing my point. My point is that the comparison is only valid if in this scenario the Israeli soldier had launched an unprovoked attack.
King Gilga
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I saw the video and it's beyond sickening. There is a guy lying on the floor, motionless with an ambulance and a quite a few soldiers around him. He isn't moving at all. This israeli soldier is standing in the background, talking with another one, then just cocks his weapon, walks up to the man, shoots him in the head and goes back. Nobody even bats an eye.
That's how he looked even before he was executed. And the guy seriously says that he was worried he was wearing "an explosive vest"? That this guy was an actual danger? Please.
It's fucking crazy. 18 months for that.
Thanks for adding this, just reading the OP I thought it wasn't so bad but this is fucked up to the extreme.
SlimySnake
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This is why we will never have peace in Israel. You have one side doing stupid shit like attacking soldiers and civilians then you have the other side doing their best to be like evil Nazis.
dripdripsplash
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Even if it was this. Israel is a state with rule of law.
The soldier is not a terrorist is he?
GAF A60-Rim A
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If Israel began occuping America, I'm sure lots of gun-loving First Amendment types would happily take it in the ass.
Right?
Right?
Both sides right?
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
No. Read what I fucking wrote. And stop defending terrorists.
I literally just called Israelis evil Nazis and you take offense to me calling terrorists stupid.
AllIsOneIsNone
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What does this even mean?
It means the situation between Israel and Palestine is more complex than something as reductive as one side being Nazis and the other doing "stupid shit" like "terrorism".
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'Both sides right?' was not being used as a call for more analysis on the issue, it was a call for less. Come on.
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