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Video: IDF officer headbutts Palestinian teen
Yoav Zitun
Published: 26.07.12, 19:11
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31. Wrong comparison, pal ,...
split ,   US   (07.26.12)
An Arab Spring Countries never pretendetd or claim to be democratic or a light unto the nations. US movie goers are a victims of a freak not a government policies. Those you call innocent Israelis were in their prime age reservists and if not a false flag action victims than their government policies ,...
32. Jews
Jewish ,   Tel Aviv   (07.26.12)
Jews
33. I salute all sane-minded Israelis
Mustafa ,   Muscat, Oman   (07.26.12)
These violent practices need to stop and the IDF needs to get a grip over some of its teenage soldiers who jeopardize Israel's image as a country of law and order. It was an unnecessary act of aggression against a helpless kid. I'm shocked by the amount of comments that condone it. Karen, are you out your mind? Your argument is as absurd as saying: why don't we just invade Argentina and let those South Americans move to another South American country? Your kind of people are the worst anti-Semites. You incite people against Jews when you sputter with this kind of extremist and hate-filled talking.
34. I don't know....
Malone ,   Hfx   (07.26.12)
...I've seen a few headbutts in my life,but didn't see one here...watched it 3 times..maybe I missed it..at what time in the video did this happen(minute/second)?
35. Doesn't exactly look like a good action
Yael Schlichting ,   Rosenheim (Germany)   (07.26.12)
It is a problem, if military is deployed to enforce security. AND iff troops are deployed, it cannot be, that organizations like B'tselem can spread information as they like. If military is deployed, this must mean "martial law". If you want to enforce normal law, you need to deploy police forces! IDF cannot do everything right! So don't blame IDF for videos like this!
36. Meanwhile...
Yossef ,   France   (07.26.12)
over 100 civilians were butchered in Syria. End of story.
37. # 26 Quite right
Bad Assed Jew ,   United States   (07.26.12)
if this had happened here in the USA the perp would be dead.
38. Butt him in his BAYTZIM
The Prophetess ,   FL, USA   (07.26.12)
A better butt would have been a zetz to his baytzim.
39. BTselem admitts the video does NOT cover the whole event .On
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (07.26.12)
On and off filming by a Hebron Arab makes it highly suspect.
40. We dont know the surrounding events but the officer acted
Tal ,   Tel Aviv   (07.26.12)
like a total neanderthal chimp here, like a drunk falling out of a bar looking for a fight, we should always rise above trouble makers, ............but since when is a head butt normal behavior or a reaction to a ANY situation. I also feel sorry for Israel, this video will go viral and do NOTHING for Israel PR. I also feel ashamed for the talkbackers wishing the officer well and not understanding the situation we live in here in Israel.
41.  INCOMPLETE STORY
DA URBAN POET ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (07.26.12)
While I do not condone violent behaviour ,we simply do not know the full story so we must not judge. This video tells us nothing of any use and ,as we know only too well ,B'tselem are a bunch of nasty self-righteous trouble-makers. This palestinian kid probably deserved to be roughed up ,perhaps he got off lightly ?
42. to #8 Are you so stupid or just a mental
jason white ,   afula,israel   (07.26.12)
case? One head butt equals a ghetto being destroyed or a village razed? Too bad we do not act as bad as we are portrayed by the media and the terror groups. Too bad we do not destroy all our enemies!
43. #9, clearly you didn't watch the video
Danny   (07.26.12)
but hey who needs facts right?
44. #34, i didn't see it either.
Danny   (07.26.12)
We have no context we just have some Palestinian guy arguing with an IDF soldier.
45. #8
Ray ,   USA   (07.26.12)
U must have been dropped on your head. Stupid people should not write posts.
46. btselem is over ynet knows it
trump   (07.26.12)
that primal truth!
47. Was NOT edited?? These B'stelem guys are not that clever
GZLives   (07.26.12)
48. Selective videotaping
Reuven   (07.26.12)
B'Tselem is composed of traitors and liars! It is a terrorist-supporting group and should be declared illegal.
49. 43 ,...
split ,   US   (07.26.12)
Pal I see armed to his teeth IDF soldier and a defenseless kid who's nose is bleeding after he was taken to a blind spot to be roughed up by this coward .
50. # 8
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (07.26.12)
You wouldn't know the truth if it bit you on your nose. You really should come up with a name for this board so we can distinguish you from the other idiots not clever enough to come up with one.
51. Jew don't need a reason to hit a Arab. As the choosen they
L.A.   (07.27.12)
have "devine-right"
52. Last time IDF (with helemt on) head-butted a women.
Google it.   (07.27.12)
53. #9 split
Nadirs ,   Israel Los Angeles   (07.27.12)
let me guess you're an arab from Michigan. I want to see anybody talk back to a police officer here in Los Angeles can you say Rodney King.
54. Split & Steve Benassi are anti-Semitic
Reuven   (07.27.12)
trolls who lurk on Israeli websites.
55. "and the video cuts off....then resumes showing the officer"
William ,   Israel   (07.27.12)
Not edited? You mean "not edited AFTER it was filmed" It was most certainly edited by the B'tselem scum DURING the filming. That still makes it edited, and highly suspect. Notice how B'tselem cameras never seem to be running when a "Palestinian" strikes a soldier with a rock or wields a knife while yelling "allahu akbar". What a coincidence.
56. #11 - numbers would be more even
William ,   Israel   (07.27.12)
if the Arabs didn't ethnically cleanse Jews from their land in 1949, and forcibly imported Arabs from Jordan to fill the stolen Jews homes. Both of these acts are war crimes under the Geneva Convention and must be reversed. Do that - and the numbers of both sides will be more accurate.
57. Split you know the whole story? Do tell what happened
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (07.27.12)
when the Arab was not filming . Why did he stop?
58. #3
Alex   (07.27.12)
Please... Seriously, did you even read the article: "B'Tselem's footage was edited and does not give any insight as to what caused the oficer to act violently."? It's obvious why they edited it, so that all blame can be put on IDF. After all palestinians are always innocent, no matter what they do. If you have such a nonsensical despise for Israel why don't you leave? I know Sweden is a good place for a self-hater...
59. The massive hypocrisy
William ,   Israel   (07.27.12)
Here, B'tselem admits they didn't provide the whole story - yet detractors of Israel have line up to lambast the Jewish State, before any investigation was made Yet, after the massive terror attack in Bulgaria, which bore all the hallmarks of Hizbullah and Iran, two entities who were implicated in other global terrorist plots and admitted having a reason to do so, these same anti-Israel cretins exclaim - "we can't blame Iran. everyone must wait for the investigation to finish. Israel just wants war with Iran".
60. Yawn. Cover the REAL atrocities in Syria!
Joe ,   Toronto, Canada   (07.27.12)
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