Beitunia killings

CCTV footage showing Israeli soldiers beating and arresting a Palestinian man during clashes in Jericho. The man later died, likely of wounds sustained during the beating.
Palestinian man dies following beating by IDF soldiers
A video published Thursday shows soldiers beating 33-year-old Yasin al-Saradih during a raid in the West Bank city of Jericho. Military sources say the beating was likely the cause of death. Video published on social media Thursday appears to show IDF soldiers beating to death a Palestinian man during an arrest raid in the Palestinian city…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man February 22, 2018
Members of the Palestinian national security forces carry the bodies of Nadim Nawara and Muhammad Salameh during their funeral procession in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 16, 2014. Both teens were shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes the previous day outside the Israeli-run Ofer prison following a protest commemorating the Nakba. (Activestills.org)
Pallywood: The dark matter of the Zionist universe
Two recent cases of Israeli troops caught murdering Palestinians demonstrate the power, and limitations, of an entire nation deciding to believe what it wants to believe, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. By Eishton They call it “Pallywood.” Like Dark Matter, it’s a non-observable phenomenon, derived from our need to settle the contradiction between the viewable…
By +972 Magazine February 17, 2017
Screenshot of CNN footage showing what appears to be a Border Police officer shooting at demonstrators in Beitunia on Nakba Day, May 15, 2014. In the video, a puff of smoke and shell can be seen coming from the third-to-left officer’s weapon.
A tale of two tragedies: From Beitunia to Vienna on Nakba Day
On Nakba Day last year, Israeli Border Police killed two Palestinian teenage protesters and gravely injured a third. Two days after witnessing one of the shootings, I find myself at a memorial service in Vienna, honoring my relatives who perished in the Holocaust. The dizzying identity carousel never stops revolving. It is the early afternoon…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland May 15, 2015
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File photo of Israeli Border Police officers during clashes in the West Bank. (Photo by Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
‘He should have been a hero, instead he’s a murderer’
The parents of Israelis, killed and killers, are crying because they have lost their loved ones. They were betrayed by the lies. Mother of a murderer?  A border policeman is arrested for shooting a Palestinian teen at a demonstration in Beitunia with live fire; he faces murder charges. On Wednesday his parents are interviewed. Faces…
By Dahlia Scheindlin November 14, 2014
Screenshot of CNN footage showing what appears to be a Border Police officer shooting at demonstrators in Beitunia on Nakba Day, May 15, 2014. In the video, a puff of smoke and shell can be seen coming from the third-to-left officer’s weapon.
Border cop arrested for Nakba Day killing, debunking IDF tales
The arrest appears to prove what footage and family indicated from the start: Live bullets were fired at protestors, unlawfully, as the victims posed no immediate threat. A Border Police officer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of shooting Nadim Syam Nuwara (17) with live ammunition, one of two Palestinian teenagers killed during Nakba Day protests…
By Mairav Zonszein November 12, 2014
Israeli mourners console each other during a memorial for the three murdered teens in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv. (photo: Activestills)
Our problem with selective sympathy for young victims
When our sympathy only reaches out to the children of one nation alone, we have condemned all of them to this atrocious cycle of violence. The news spread in a flash. After 18 days of tense waiting, the three bodies of the abducted Israeli boys were finally discovered, with their families’ worst fears realized. Gilad…
By Amjad Iraqi July 1, 2014
Members of the Palestinian national security forces carry the bodies of Nadim Nawara and Muhammad Salameh during their funeral procession in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 16, 2014. Both teens were shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes the previous day outside the Israeli-run Ofer prison following a protest commemorating the Nakba. (Activestills.org)
Beitunia killings: Autopsy reveals Palestinian teen shot by live fire
An autopsy of Nadim Syam Nuwara, one of the two teenagers killed last month during the Nakba Day protests in Beitunia, reveals that that the teen was killed by live fire, according to a report by Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem. According to B’Tselem, Nuwara’s body has been well-preserved, making the point of entry and…
By Edo Konrad June 12, 2014
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