Why has Israeli Soldier’s Photo Sparked More Outrage than Israeli War Crimes?

Global Research | Febr 19, 2013 | Rania Khalek

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The Instagram photo posted by an Israeli soldier showing what appears to be a Palestinian child in the crosshairs of his rifle has sparked outrage, as it should. Ali Abunimah was the first to report on this at the Electronic Intifada and it has since gone viral with major news outlets picking up the story.

This photo is not only disgusting but it’s also symbolic of the callousness with which Israel views Palestinian lives. Still, I find it unsettling that this picture has elicited far more outrage than the routine killing of unarmed Palestinian civilians ever has.

Where was this outrage last month when Israeli soldiers shot dead four unarmed Palestinians, among them children, in under a week?

Where is this outrage when Israeli soldiers drop bombs on Palestinian babies, use Palestinian civilians as human shields and massacre entire families?

This picture is not, as some would like to believe, the product of one bad apple among many good soldiers. It’s the product of decades of dehumanization that is inherent in military occupation. Just ask Breaking the Silence, a group of former Israeli soldiers committed to shedding light of the routine abuse of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers. “This is what occupation looks like. This is what military control over a civilian population looks like,” wrote one member of the organization in a Facebook comment about the Instagram photo.

Yes, this photo should certainly spark outrage but so should the war crimes that precipitated it. In fact, I would argue that anyone surprised by the photo is absolutely clueless about what occupation and dominance over another people means.

I recall a similar uproar in response to American soldiers keeping body parts of Afghans they murdered as trophies. The same type of controversy erupted when a video surfaced showing US soldiers urinating on Afghan corpses. Meanwhile, just last week a NATO airstrike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including five women and four children, and barely anyone noticed.

As David Swanson observed on Twitter, “It’s not the murder we’re supposed to oppose but the photography, urination, mutilation, and inappropriate flag use.”

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IOF “Fashion”

1 shots 2 kills, displaying a pregnant woman in visor of a rifle

(more “IOF Fashion” below)


Febr 15, 2013

Israel has a male version of Eden Abergil: Mor Ostrovski, “showing off” sickening ‘trophy photos’ on Instagram, exposed by Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunmah:

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This disturbing image shows the back of the head of a child or young man as seen in the crosshairs of a rifle. The photo was posted on the personal Instagram account of Mor Ostrovski, a 20-year old Israeli soldier in a sniper unit.

The context – particularly the character of the buildings seen in the background of the image – strongly suggests the child could be Palestinian.

There are no other images to suggest that the photographer actually fired at the person in the image in this case. The image is simply tasteless and dehumanizing. It embodies the idea that Palestinian children are targets.

It reminded me of a chilling account another Israeli soldier gave to the group Breaking the Silence about how Israeli soldiers in Nablus in 2006-2007 would deliberately fire at children, sometimes using live ammunition and sometimes rubber-coated steel bullets:

Where do you aim? Do you choose some kid at random?
Yes. Choose someone, aim at his body.
Body?
Center of mass.
10 meters’ range at the center of mass?
I remember one time we put a kid down. We didn’t kill him but someone hit the kid in the chest and he fell and probably lost consciousness, or at least, it was pretty close. About 10 meters. (read the full article & updates by Ali Abunimah – watch more photos by Mor Ostrovski at the Electronic Intifada)


Update Febr 20, 2013

After Mor Sotrovski, Intifada exposes another soldier. Pot smoking, disgusting trophy photography which blast your mind.

Meet Osher Maman of the ‘Golani’ Brigade

Click on the photo to see the full article and photography: Stoned, naked, armed and dangerous: more disturbing images from an Israeli soldier’s Instagram

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June 2, 2012

Israeli teens discuss on facebook how to deal with the refugees – burn, torture, castrate or murder them?

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May 20, 2012

Radical Israeli settlers shot Nimir Fathi, 24, was shot in the neck, while Ahmad Jaber Jibrel, 30, was hit in the face with a rock. Report andVideo footage of the attack can be seen here

Below a picture of severely wounded Nimir Fathi, laying on the ground while Israeli soldiers are stepping on his arms.

Israeli Soldiers Continue Their Facebook Displays Soldier spraying “Be Right Back” on a wall.
Monday October 25, 2010 00:51 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies
The Israeli Walla News website published on Sunday several pictures published by Israeli soldiers on Facebook showing “memories” while humiliating Palestinians during the war on Gaza

 The “most moral army in the world” terrorizing children: Child of Bassem Tamimi, laying on a matrass during a raid of his family home (Nov 24, 2011) flashing a peacesign.

Man on crutches being molested by troops

Another “Trophy” Picture, Cuffed Palestinian

A man of G-d teaching his daughter to shoot. The main principle of the Torah is “love your fellow like yourself”

(Bereishit Raba, parsha 24,: piska 7).

This principle includes considering the consequences of our actions, not only in our own lives but also in the lives of our fellow human beings throughout future generations. The greater extent of fulfilling the Mitzvah to “love your fellow like yourself”

(Vayikra 19:18)

“At the time when Hashem created the first human being, He showed him each of the trees in the Garden of Eden and told him: “See my works how good and excellent they are! Now all that I created is for your sake. Think upon this. Do not corrupt or destroy My world. For if you destroy it, there will be no one to restore it after you.”
(Kohelet Raba 7:19)

IOF tramples and posing before an Israeli flag on top of personal bedding of Palestinians

Child detention why is it not in an ambulance being treated? This girl is Nesreen Hash’hash, 8 year old Palestinian girl who injured in the face by a rubber bullet in the Fawar refugee camp, near al-Khalil in WB Palestine, Tuesday, March 28, 2006. Nesreen was hit in the face by the rubber bullet fired by Israeli troops during a military operation in the camp, Palestinian officials said. The girl was on the roof of her home when she was hit.

A Palestinian woman reacts as she sits beside her daughter, as Israeli soldiers stand around a Palestinian injured girl Nisreen Abu Hashhash, an 8-year-old Palestinian girl who was injured in the face by a rubber bullet, in the El-Fawwar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, March 28, 2006. Nisreen was hit in the face by the rubber bullet during a military operation in the camp, Palestinian officials said. The girl was on the roof of her home when she was hit. Photo by/Nayef Hashlamoun

A keychain hangs on a wall in a Palestinian house in Zeitoun, outside Gaza City, daubed with English and Hebrew graffiti left by the Israeli army when they withdraw from Gaza earlier this month, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Inside and outside the home, graffiti had been daubed in Hebrew and English, with slogans including “1 is down, 999.999 to go” and ‘Arabs need 2 die’. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Gaza – Israeli Garffiti in Hebrew written: “We came to annihilate you”

Graffitti displaying: “Gaza here we Are”

Graffiti daubed in House in Zeitoun, outside Gaza, written Hebrew and English inside occupied home, Written in Hebrew: ‘Gaza here we are’ &  ‘You can run but you can’t hide’, and “‘Arabs: 1948 to 2009″

 

A Palestinian boy stands next to a bullet riddled wall and a graffiti showing a mosque with an Israeli flag in a partly destroyed apartment in Jebaliya, northern Gaza strip, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. The Israeli Army used that apartment as a base and left sprayed several graffiti pictures on the walls. U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes, on the first day of a five-day trip to the region, called the steep Palestinian casualty toll “extremely shocking” and suggested the United Nations might ask Israel to compensate it for wartime damage to U.N. compounds in Gaza, but that he was looking at immediate humanitarian needs and thinking about longer-term reconstruction in Gaza. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

‘Hello first class’ ( top right corner) ‘We shall return to every settlement in Gush Katif’ (bottom right referring to US/Israel evacuated Gaza strip settlements in 2005) Written in Hebrew graffiti at School destroyed by US Israel. Location: Beit Lahiya, Palestine (Jan 2009)

Another violent facebook picture from an Israeli soldier, http://on.fb.me/evU9gC Tal Barkai


IDF Fashion Week 2009 | Lawrence of Cyberia Weblog

Consolidating the various entries in the series, “Not Just A Slogan On A T-shirt”

Written in Hebrew: “The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!”

“The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!” [1]

“The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!” [2]

“The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!” [3]

“The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!” [4]

“The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!” [5]

“The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!” [6]

“The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!” [7]

“The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!” [8]

“The Smaller They Are, The Harder It Is!” [9]


Written in Hebrew: “We Won’t Chill Till We Confirm The Kill”

“We Won’t Chill Till We Confirm The Kill” [1]

“We Won’t Chill Till We Confirm The Kill” [2]

“We Won’t Chill Till We Confirm The Kill” [3]


“Better Use Durex”

“Better Use Durex” [1]

“Better Use Durex” [2] 

“Better Use Durex” [3]

“Better Use Durex” [4]


Written in Hebrew: ““You’ve Got To Run Fast, Run Fast, Run Fast, Before It’s All Over!””

“You’ve Got To Run Fast, Run Fast, Run Fast, Before It’s All Over!” [1]

“You’ve Got To Run Fast, Run Fast, Run Fast, Before It’s All Over!” [2]


Written in Hebrew: “If You Believe It Can Be Fixed, Then Believe It Can Be Destroyed!”

“If You Believe It Can Be Fixed, Then Believe It Can Be Destroyed!” [1]

“If You Believe It Can Be Fixed, Then Believe It Can Be Destroyed!” [2]

“If You Believe It Can Be Fixed, Then Believe It Can Be Destroyed!” [3]

“If You Believe It Can Be Fixed, Then Believe It Can Be Destroyed!” [4]


Written in Hebrew: “Let Every Arab Mother Know That Her Son’s Fate Is In My Hands!”

“Let Every Arab Mother Know That Her Son’s Fate Is In My Hands!” [1]

“Let Every Arab Mother Know That Her Son’s Fate Is In My Hands!” [2]

“Let Every Arab Mother Know That Her Son’s Fate Is In My Hands!” [3]


Written in Hebrew: “One Shot – Two Kills & Displaying a pregnant Muslim woman”

“One Shot – Two Kills” [1]

“One Shot – Two Kills” [2]


Written in Hebrew: “Only God Forgives”

“Only God Forgives”

The screenprinters who print these shirts

Another “Lay-out” of shizofrenic sickness, still thinking this is the “Most Moral Army in the world?”

JABALIA REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP – JANUARY 07: A Star of David is scrawled in drying blood on the floor in damaged house that was bombed by Israeli military yesterday near a UN-run school building on Janaury 7, 2009 in Jabalia, northern Gaza. An Israeli attack killed at least 42 people who had sought shelter in the UN-run building after they fled their homes at the Jabalia refugee camp. The United Nations has denied Israeli army allegations that militants were inside the school compound. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)

Graffiti in Hebron

IDF graffiti: ‘Death to Arabs’ Gaza 2009 (AP)

Graffiti in a bedroom of the Abu Hajaj home, two of whose members had earlier been killed in cold blood by an Israeli tank crew (photos: Kent Klich)

Crimes seldom get punished. In stead.. awarded

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And even animals are not safe for IOF

Squatters (IOF in civil clothing) shot a donkey | Photography by Kawther Salam

And murder a Donkey | Photography by Kawther Salam

And Goats killed by squatters…. | Photo by Kawther Salam


Video

Border police officer kicking a child

As a reaction to this video, zionist reacted in a sickening, mentally distorted way, reported by Ali Abunimah July 2, 2012:

‘It’s a shame they didn’t kill him’: Israelis react to video of soldiers kicking Palestinian child

Eden Oreus (Gedera Regional High School): Channel 2, you are the garbage of the state, all respect to the Border Police officer and it’s a shame he didn’t put a bullet in the head of the son of a bitch videographer who documented it.

This posting from a high schooler was one of hundreds by Israeli Facebook users reacting with pride and joy, and incitement to violence and murder, on seeing a video of Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron kicking a young Palestinian boy as he screams in pain.

The video, shot by a Palestinian videographer and released by B’Tselem, was widely reported in the Israeli media, and shows Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron, occupied West Bank, violently assaulting a child whom B’Tselem identified as Abd al-Rahman Burqan, aged 9.

B’Tselem described the incident captured on film as follows:

The video shows a Border Police officer ambushing a child from around the corner. As the child walks past, the officer grabs him by the arm and says: “why are you making trouble?” The officer then drags the child, who is screaming, on the ground for a few seconds. A second Border Police officer then appears and kicks the boy. The officer then lets the child go. He runs away, and the two Border Police officers leave the scene as well.

Jessica Montell, the director of B’Tselem, said Israeli occupation authorities had opened an investigation into the incident, however in practice such investigations almost never lead to accountability and punishment of routine violence against Palestinians.

On Facebook: Calls for the child to be shot

On the Facebook Page of Israel’s Channel 2, dozens of Israeli Facebook users posted comments congratulating the soldiers and calling for more violence against children.

Avishy Nappe, for example, wrote that he would have put “five bullets through the head” of the boy.

Many Facebook users justified the violence against the child, claiming – without any evidence whatsoever – that he must have thrown rocks and therefore deserved the kicking.

Eliran Zarbiv wrote:

This boy threw stones a few minutes before the two soldiers, and wounded one of them in the head (the soldier who kicked) then the other soldier just managed to catch him, I have a friend in the [army] unit there – all honor to the IDF you are doing a great job Keep at it! If it were me, I would have smashed a [concrete] block on his head! Not just a kick!

Racist comments pervasive

It is important to emphasize that these kinds of racist and violent comments are not exceptional, but are pervasive and common. There are hundreds of them – far too numerous to translate and on Channel 2’s Facebook page they appear to far outnumber opposing sentiments.

Of course some Israelis expressed “shame” at the violent and racist comments, and on many occasions were denounced as “lefists” or worse for doing so. On the Facebook page of “100,000 Protestors Against the Occupation,” which drew attention to the racist comments on Channel 2’s page, for example, there were comments by a handful of Israeli Facebook users strongly condemning and lamenting the racism and calls for violence.

These are a few of the earliest comments posted in response to the Channel 2 item on the video:

Daniel Deri: It’s a shame he didn’t smash his face, the son of a bitch threw stones before. I wish each and every member of B’Tselem would die, those human scum.

Dan Malka: This should be done to all those children

Tal Avraham: Look at what you are writing … racists. Do you understand that what you are writing here is inhumane… You are disgusting and inhumane, sorry, but that’s the truth.

Kfir Levi: This time the little terrorist got off lightly.

Ariel Davidpur: The Border Police are the hero! It’s a shame he didn’t kill him with the kick.

Shira Oktan: Why all respect? It’s a child

Aviran Ezer: Since he’ll grow up to be a terrorist, it’s a shame he wasn’t killed.

The racism and incitement widely expressed online following this video echoes an incident earlier this year when many Israelis on Facebook expressed joy over the deaths of Palestinian children in a road accident.

Source by Electronic Intifada


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Martyred By Israeli Occupation Attacks

انّا للہ و انّا الیه راجعون

May Allah Subhana wa Ta’ ala grant the Shuhada Jannatul Firdaus, and ease it for their families, loved ones and anyone around them. Allahumma Ameen ya Rabbil Alameen. ‘ Inna Lillahi wa ‘ Inna ‘ Ilayhi Raji’un, Allahu Akbar

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* The list of shuhada does not display, the numerous victims of the zionist occupation which are undocumented by media. Nor it displays the victims of the “silent onslaught” due to restrictions of movement, ability to go to hospitals for treatment or life saving surgery, due to lack of medication because of the blockades and so on. For example: The Slow Motion Genocide by the Siege on Gaza only, killed 600 patients since Gaza got under Israeli Siege.

For an overview of All Israeli Massacres Palestinians go here

Neither does this list, display the avoidable mortality. A clear and statistical factual evidence, about the number of deaths due to indecent ruling by occupation forces. For even an occupier has obligations under International Laws, Geneva Convention and the Hague regulations, which it is neglecting. These circumstances, together with deliberate policies of the occupier to neglect and even deny every basic human right, severes avoidable mortality which is totally silenced by media or reporting organisations. While in the Holocaust, 1 on 6 Jewish people directly died of deliberate neglect, so if we believe the facts over 1 million due to avoidable mortality, neither should these same circumstances be ignores which are ongoing in Palestine. For this report displays a avoidable morality of at least 0,5 million Palestinians.

How many more dead corpses of Palestinians does the international community need to see in order to act? How many more cruelties and violations of Human Rights, Regulations and International Law will be needed to intervene so this ongoing warcrime is being stopped once and for all.


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