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Palestinian killed at Jerusalem checkpoint
Itamar Fleishman
Published: 30.07.12, 15:41
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1. Why the hell didn`t stop the damn car?
citizen ,   earth   (07.30.12)
Seriously, If you would be a border guard and see a car running to you and no slowing down/stopping, what would you think? The Palestinian policeman is wrong here. The Israeli guard did not did any mistake. The car could contain explosives.
2. The car was backing up?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (07.30.12)
Oh, sure! I always back up at high speed -- don't you? The ersatz "Palestinian" account is beyond ludicrous. And the driver fled the scene. Oh, my! Isn't that what all innocent people do? No. It isn't. Kol ha'Kavod to Israel's brave and alert checkpoint guards!
3. Did the innocent driver run to the Pal police
rebecca ,   Modiin   (07.30.12)
who were obviously on the scene. Or were they in the car that got shot? That would explain why they knew what the driver was thinking.
4. "Tried to back up"?!
Mark ,   Maale Adumim, Israel   (07.30.12)
Whom are those guys kidding? There is no way to back up - it's a highway. If the drive wanted to return to PA - he could have turned right before the check point.
5. #13 isn't lucky for Ramallah smugglers.
Anna ,   Montreal, Canada   (07.30.12)
They were attempting to enter Israel without a permit. I can imaging what kind of work those 13 could do in Israel illegally. Thank you, Border Guard forces.
6. Of course, anti-Israel detractors will claim excessive force
William ,   Israel   (07.30.12)
despite the fact that if the identical situation occurred in any other part of the world, the exact same outcome would have occurred. The onus is on the driver who tried to run a checkpoint, and he got what he deserved. The fact that he fled doesn't help their case either. "Palestinians" - 0 Case for security checkpoints - 1
7. "Soldiers just started shooting...did not warn us"
William ,   Israel   (07.30.12)
yeah, that's what happens when your population en masse elect to commit terrorist war crimes. Conversely, those terrorists, with explosives or an intent to run over people with a vehicle, also do not provide a warning.
8. One terrorist less. What's the problem?
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9. You have to stop at the security checkpoint,
Stella ,   Paris   (07.30.12)
it's as easy as that! Which part of this do you not understand?
10. This is what happened..
Penny   (07.30.12)
..murdered simply for being a Palestinian by terrorists masked as Border Guards who fired without justification and with no immediate threat to their lives.. ..sound familiar coz it happened before?
11. A cold blooded killing.
Ben Alofs ,   Bangor, UK   (07.30.12)
The story of Khaled Ziada, who was an eye witness, is far more credible than that of the Border Guard spokesman. That the border guards fired on the car without warning shots means that this was a cold blooded killing, underlining the callous disregard for Palestinian life.
12. Bravo, well done security guards!
Esteban ,   Argentina   (07.30.12)
One less f'ing terrorist
13. Sounds more like a situation that got out of hand
John Phee ,   Sydney AUSTRALIA   (07.31.12)
I am not sure what the real facts are & at this stage no one else does either. But it sounds (but not sure) like there was a smuggling operation that went wrong. The driver panicked, tried to get away & may well have driven at the Border Guards. That puts the Border Guards lives at risk & at the same time they do not know what the driver or his passengers are up to, they can only guess. The Guards have to guess based on the worst case. So they shoot. It is a tragic situation that was created only by the driver & his passengers who tthe PA has already were involved in illegal activity. This would & does happen in other parts of the world daily. Now for all those that want to scream murder please give references to you similar comments when some months Turkish troops killed a number of unuarmed smugglers without any warning, in an ambush, who they thought were PKK. I await you references.
14. ..and 100 yeshiva boys from Yeshivat Bet El have been attack
m   (07.31.12)
by ARABS coming from prayer at the Kotel. Where is the story?????
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