UK media claim these are ‘bodies’ but it is unknown whether they had already been murdered or were wounded or unconscious
Israeli soldiers have been caught on camera throwing immobilised Palestinian men from a West Bank rooftop. The footage, captured from two or three different angles, shows the troops kicking the men – at least one of them blindfolded – to get them over the edge of the roof before they plummet several storeys to the ground:
The extremely sparse UK media coverage has claimed that these were ‘bodies’, but there has been nothing other than the men’s immobility to confirm they were dead and they may just as well have been unconscious or badly wounded and unable to move.
Even if the men were already dead and were combatants, abusing or disrespecting the bodies of enemies is also against international law.
The BBC and other western media have chosen to describe this atrocity as a ‘sign of tensions’ or a ‘pattern of excessive force’. It is part of a pattern of war crimes and crimes against humanity, alongside the mass murders, maimings and starvation inflicted by the terror state on Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, and the UK government remains complicit as long as it provides any material, political or logistical support to the war criminal regime and its armed forces.
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Here is Jonathan Cook on the issue:
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-more-definitive-the-proof-of#media-91342cc5-f87a-4738-8d84-3c907acc5633
“The coverage of Israeli soldiers pushing three Palestinians off a roof in the West Bank town of Qabatiya – it’s unclear whether the men are dead or near-dead – is being barely reported by the western media, even though it was videoed from two different angles and a reporter from the main US news agency Associated Press witnessed it. …
….AP reported on this incident some nine hours ago. Its news feed is accessed by all western establishment media, so they all know.
Yet again, the media has chosen to ignore Israeli war crimes, even when there is definitive proof that they occurred. (Or perhaps more accurately: even more so when there is definitive proof they occurred.)
Remember, that same media never fails to highlight – or simply make up – any crime Palestinians are accused of, such as those non-existent “beheaded babies”.
AP itself treats this latest atrocity in the West Bank as no big deal. It reports simply that it may be part of a “pattern of excessive force” by Israeli soldiers towards Palestinians.
That comment, without quote marks and ascribed to a human rights group, is almost certainly AP’s preferred characterisation of the group’s reference to a pattern not of “excessive force” but of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
AP makes sure to give Israel’s pretext for why it is committing war crimes: “Israel says the raids are necessary to stamp out militancy.”
But it forgets yet again to mention why that “militancy” exists: because Israel has been violently enforcing an illegal military occupation of the Palestinian territories for many decades, in which it – once again illegally – has drafted in an army of settler militias to drive out the native Palestinian population.
AP also forgets to mention that, under international law, the Palestinians have every right to resist Israel’s occupying soldiers, including “militantly”.
Western governments might characterise Palestinians shooting at Israeli soldiers as “terrorism”, but that’s not how it is seen in the international law codes that western states drafted decades ago and that they claim to uphold.
It’s also worth noting that the local Palestinian reporter who witnessed this crime had his report rewritten by “Julia Frankel, an Associated Press reporter in Jerusalem”.
As is true with many other western outlets, AP copy is editorially overseen from Jerusalem, where its office is staffed mostly with Israeli Jews.
Western news outlets doubtless privately rationalise this to themselves as a wise precaution, making sure copy is “sensitive” to Israel’s perspective and less likely to incur the wrath of the Israeli government and Israel lobby.
Which is precisely the problem. The bias in western reporting is baked in. It is designed not to upset Israel – in the midst of a “plausible genocide”, according to the World Court – which means it’s entirely skewed and completely untrustworthy.
It makes our media utterly complicit in Israel’s war crimes, including when Israeli soldiers throw Palestinians off a roof.
UPDATE:
Very belatedly, the BBC has reported this on one of its news channels. Note, it adds an entirely unnecessary disclaimer that the footage hasn’t been “independently verified” – whatever that means. There are now at least three separate videos, all taken from different angles, showing the same war crime. Even the Israeli military has confirmed the incident happened.”
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The Corporate Western media lie by both omission and commission. On everything.
And not just about Zionist Israel. Whether it’s Israel, Russia/Putin, China/Xi, Project Ukraine, Iran, the way economies operate, what passes for the democratic process and everything in between the oligarch controlled printed and broadcast media consistently push a single narrow evidence free view based on an article of faith Official Narrative which is parasitic rather than informative.
We do not consume what we are fed as ‘news’, we are groomed by it.
Let’s say for the sake of argument that they were dead bodies. Were is the respect for the death? Shouldn’t dead enemies afforded a modicum of dignity?
I don’t know who the mothers of these soldiers are but, as the mother of two adult sons, I would be appalled should any of them behave in this fashion. I would wish to be death before witnessing my blood behaving in such a disgraceful fashion.
It brings into question the upbringing of most Israelis.
Those representatives of that there state appear to me to be limitlessly depraved individuals as shown by their inhumane behaviour towards others.
Maria – the incident is reported more fully on the BBC Web site which
makes exactly your point ..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8jg0x5xg8o
I wonder if it is reported by the Israeli Press- I will investigate. I would guess
“Haaretz” but quite often “Times of Israel” reports can surprise …
What did you during the war dad? Each action is more demonic than the last. Do soldiers discuss what horror to enact the next time.
Hello again Mariah – yes “Haaretz” does report incident and prominently too ..
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-09-20/ty-article/.premium/idf-investigating-after-soldiers-filmed-throwing-palestinian-bodies-off-west-bank-roof/00000192-0e55-d1bc-a1ff-2e5fe73a0000
However I cannot find anything in “Times of Israel”. There is however a detailed article
in the latter which explains how the pagers were manufactured directly by Israel
Media chiefs and their owners will be pursued for their complicity, aiding and abetting a Genocide
Its the dumbest thing of all, offering cover for a live broadcast, which once recorded will be archived for ever, there is no defence
What we could do with, is a PM who has a particular expertise in Human Rights to cut through the propaganda
Doug, Starmer should say something but, he if he does under pressure he is going to try to spin it and avoid to directly criticise Israel illegal occupation of Palestine.
The most we are going to get from Starmer if pressure start to bear and it becomes clear to him that he needs to comment on this incident is going to be something along the lines: ” these were rogue elements that do not represent the IDF, they are already under investigation and it is an internal Israeli matter” and of course he will repeat the mantra that “Israel is under attack and has the right to defend itself from terrorism” or something to this effect.
Looks like hes attached to the rope on the left too. So not only have they threw him off they hamged him.