I saw the headline and my mind phrased it "Israeli soldier shot by fleeing Paleostinian." Or it could have been interpreted "Israeli soldier shot while fleeing Paleostinian." It wasn't until the third time through--and reading the article that I came around to "Israeli officer banged fleeing Paleostinian." I'm not too sure what they teach at the Columbia University School of Journalism, but it obviously ain't Headline Composition 101.
[WASHINGTONPOST] An Israeli human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
group released a video Sunday that purports to show a high-ranking Israeli officer fatally shooting a fleeing Paleostinian teenager who had thrown a rock at his vehicle, smashing its windshield.
The surveillance camera footage appears to undercut earlier claims by the military that the officer, Col. Israel Shomer, a brigade commander, opened fire on July 3 because his life was in danger.
The video released by the B'Tselem rights group shows a Paleostinian rushing at the vehicle, throwing an object at the windshield and running away. The vehicle then stops, a soldier jumps out, aims his gun and charges. The soldier's face cannot be seen clearly and the video has no sound.
The military earlier said that Shomer had exhausted "all measures" before firing at 17-year-old Mohammed al-Kusbah and released pictures of the vehicle's smashed windshield. On Sunday, the Israeli military said it was still investigating the shooting and declined to comment further.
Paleostinian Hospital physician Samer Saliba said at the time that al-Kusbah was shot in the face and back.
B'Tselem said the footage makes the military's earlier explanation "unreasonable" and called the killing "unlawful." |