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Amnesty report slams ‘trigger-happy’ Israeli security forces
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Published: 27.02.14, 14:43
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1. Does anyone give a hoot
DD   (02.27.14)
what Arab Rights group claim? I mean, who cares?
2. Blah, blah, blah
Charles ,   Paris, France   (02.27.14)
The usual blather from an organisation with an anti-Israel agenda.
3. a "democracy" lol
Albrecht ,   EU   (02.27.14)
4. Amnesty
jeremy ,   hula valley   (02.27.14)
If we are trigger happy, what is the rest of the Arab world when it comes to protest, or the Ukraine, Please give me a break all this is, more anti Israel rhetoric. These people spend more time and money investigating Israel than any other country in the world. Didn't hear them talk about Syria
5. #4 the correct level
Albrecht ,   EU   (02.27.14)
You are right, Arab World and Ukraine are the correct level for Israel to compare with, not the western democtacies.
6. Peaceful protesters or stone throwers who kill children?
(02.27.14)
Palestinians must stop throwing stones and rocks and bricks as Israeli women and children and killing or injuring people. If they can't stop this behavior, they should stop complaining. in any Arab country, they would be executed and hanged in public for throwing stones. This is not called peaceful protest.
7. Amnesty shouldn't talk a terrorist they promoted
Rod ,   Fargo N.Dakota   (02.27.14)
Moazzam Begg who was a Gitmo prisoner was just arrested in the U.K. on Tues on terrorism charges
8. Amnesty response to #5
jeremy ,   hula valley   (02.27.14)
You miss the point. Amnesty International doesn't look into all these other countries that shoot first... It has never mentioned France during the riots outside of Paris a couple of summers ago either, or that the Brits have used strong arm tactics in Northern Ireland or, in dealing with their own Muslim pop. Sorry, you really miss the point. There are a lot of countries out there that do things but Amnesty doesn't say anything. However, Israel is forever singled out. For what it does.
9. #8 missing point
Albrecht ,   EU   (02.27.14)
1. How many people (and children among them) killed French police 2005? 2. The bloody sunday took place more than 40! years ago and has been widely criticised in the British society. Israel killed only last year as doble as much protesters.
10. Looked for Amnesty www reprt on Syria
Tzvi ,   Batayin   (02.27.14)
And the result is: There is no Amnesty International presence in this country
11. meanwhile in other news...
Ilan ,   Ramat Gan, Israel   (02.27.14)
IAEA decided against publishing report that could've angered Iran. Really? wow? what really upsets me, is the author actually implies that the IDF must have this " policy" to just shoot whoever we want. Wow, i must have missed that meeting! could there be some soldiers who are trigger happy? i don't doubt it, 18 year old kids, some who are drafted against their will, and end up in some hole with rocks thrown at them day after day. just like i'm sure there are Palestinians that are just as trigger happy, if not more, and yes the world freely accepts their reasons. I've known soldiers personally who were thrown in jail for misconduct. what? just because the IDF doesn't include this information in its twitter feed, it suggests a policy of impunity? Wow, just wow! This is so properganda! take a complicated situation, boil it down to statistics, ignore the stats that don't help you, and just throw the rest in a report out of context, just like Mr. Goldstone did a while back! Here's a fun fact! when The IDF drafts you, out of high school, they ask you what you want to do in the IDF. If you say anything to the effect of " i want to kill arabs" you get instantly disqualified from serving with a gun! how do you like that? wanting to kill Jews is probably a requirement for Palestinian citizenship, not to mention hezbollah or hamas. If you don't think a rock or stone is a deadly weapon, explain what being stoned to death is! as in from the bible and such!
12. just imagine......
oded   (02.27.14)
if this report was done on syria, russia, n.korea, or iran.
13. Amnesty is a joke but the world loves them!
Jim Yakamoto ,   My Country   (02.27.14)
They bash Israel but merely squeak when it comes to China, Russia, the Arab Countries, Thailand, some African counties and so many where human rights are just a joke! Amnesty, were were you during the Sochi Olympics? Did Putin make a big donation for you to shut up?
14. Cover photo shows Nabi Saleh shot in head by canister, point
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (02.27.14)
...blank. He died, no one was prosecuted for this crime. Yet.
15. No mention in Amnesty report of the "suicide happy" Jihadis?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (02.27.14)
16. Zzzzzzz change the tune please Amnesty this one is boring
zionist forever   (02.27.14)
17. There will always be bad apples..
Dave ,   Montreal, Canada   (02.27.14)
Now how about the report on China, Burma and Syria?
18. Israel is an Apartheid State
Sarah B ,   Tel Aviv/London   (02.27.14)
Not surprised when a state that passes laws distinguishing from Arab Moslems and Arab Christians, would then not give two hoots when there is a report condemning the treatment of Palestinians. After all they are untermenschen. Disgusting set of comments which do not befit people who profess to follow the teachings of the Torah
19. The report is not to be taken seriously.
Beary White ,   Norway   (02.27.14)
When the islamic countries murders people in thousands and thousands, with terror and government-control killings, the amnesty group find it most useful to criticize Israel. Most obvious amnesty is infected by the islamic disease, a disease which eventually will lead into death of the amnesty groups..
20. The truth is out..
Andi ,   Israe   (02.27.14)
According to this report, allegedly 25 Palestinian civilian were killed in the whole period 2011-2013. Some "genocide"....
21. Response to #5
Jul ,   JulJul   (02.28.14)
With the only difference that Israel is in a sate of war. Make no mistake: Israel will continue to defend herself against those who do everything they can to destroy her. And you know exactly what I mean: just read their school textbooks.
22. 18
yonatan Allon ,   adelaide/Israel   (02.28.14)
What a weak and pathetic person you are-Arab Sarah-without Israel's aid and generosity the arabs could not exist.
23. AmNasty Int
Tim ,   Brighton   (02.28.14)
The Luther Report Yet again - How utterly shoddy and ridiculous and unprofessional And the more AI cynically try to twist the facts and take an overtly one sided view against Israel so its entire work is devalued and loses its credibility Philip Luther says 'The organization accuses Israeli security forces of "callous disregard for human life", arguing that in the deaths of Palestinians by Israeli troops that it examined, none APPEARED to pose "a direct and immediate threat to life". Note the immotive language directed against Israel. Note the brazen generalisations, note the use of the word APPEARED - does 'appeared to be' the sum total of their case based on hearsay? And note no mention whatsoever and in one comment the complete disregard of Palestinian violence against Israelis AmNasty International once a serious Organisation monitoring Human Rights abuses around the world including Israel yet has become a lightweight, shoddy organisation that has lost trust, lost plausibility and fewer and fewer people take seriously AI started life with so much promise as the Standard Bearer for Human Rights but in the hands of some at AI it is more of a Platform for some to use AI to further their own political Agendas Nasty
24. #18 Sitting on your tuffet in Londonistan
Benji ,   US   (02.28.14)
There are no special laws for Muslim vs Christian Arabs so stop making things up.
25. Marxist international
Etienne Prinsloo ,   British Columbia CA   (03.02.14)
This so called righteous organization used to promote the goals of every Marxist "liberation" movement in Africa. After the collapse of the Soviet empire they, like their European liberal benefactors, needed another goal for bias and hate. Israel, by way of brainwashing of the sheeple by the press, became the obvious target. Myanmar, North Korea, China,Sudan etc get very little attention. But this miscarriage of justice is the liberal way is it not?
26. #6
Darren Ben John ,   Townsville Australia   (03.03.14)
Your haredi heros also throw rocks and stones. Are they any different?
27. #11
Darren Ben John ,   Townsville Australia   (03.03.14)
The Goldstone report was true, and yes I have read every page. Perhaps if a few jews had the guts at the time to go and defend themselves, you may think differently about it. But jews do not like the truth if it puts them in a bad light. BDS
28. #23
Darren Ben John ,   Townsville Australia   (03.03.14)
The truth seems to hurt some jews more than it does human beings
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