Reuters journalists: Israeli troops assaulted us, forced us to strip in street

[Judi Lynn]

Source: NBC News

Reuters journalists: Israeli troops assaulted us, forced us to strip in street
34 minutes ago

By NBC News and wire reports

HEBRON, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers have been accused of punching two Reuters cameramen and forcing them to strip in the street, before letting off a tear gas canister in front of them, leaving one of them needing hospital treatment.

Israel's military said Thursday it took the allegations seriously.

"The regional brigade commander was ordered to open an investigation," Israeli Defense Forces spokeswoman Avital Leibovich said in an email.

Yousri Al Jamal and Ma'amoun Wazwaz said a foot patrol stopped them on Wednesday in the heart of Hebron as they were driving to a nearby checkpoint where a Palestinian teenager had just been shot dead by an Israeli border guard.

Their car was clearly marked "TV" and they were both wearing blue flak jackets with "Press" emblazoned on the front.






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[cpwm17]

1. Israeli soldiers consistently target reporters

making the occupied territories one of the world's most dangerous places to work.

[Scootaloo]

2. That's what happens...

When you give children authority and vow to never punish them if they abuse it.

[Victor_c3]

3. That is how people in Fallujah were dealt with in November 2004

If you attempted to surrender you were told to strip. If you didn't strip, you were shot. This was done to mitigate the threat of suicide bombers (which was a very real threat).

War brings out the worst in people.

[RandiFan1290]

4. Murdering poor people isn't a war. nt

[Victor_c3]

5. no, that is exactly what war is

If you aren't willing to embrace the murder, don't start or support the war. The American public, for the most part, is too far removed from the actual violence of war to realize war is mostly about murdering innocent people. According to the red cross, in 20th century wars for every 1 soldier killed in combat 10 civilians were killed. The DOD didn't keep statistics for the civilian deaths in Iraq, but estimates are between 100,000-1,000,000 Iraqis were murdered during the war there.

There is no such thing as a surgical strike. Women, children, girls, boys, men, an other innocent people are routinely killed and whisked away as being nothing more than collateral damage.

[Selatius]

6. There were a fair number of anti-war people who regretted repealing the draft for that reason.

Since the military went to an all-volunteer, professional force following the experience in Viet Nam, the American experience has become more and more remote from the reality of war. The idea of war has become an abstract idea, a video game.

A war fought with a citizen army, on the other hand, continuously reminds the people at large what war really means because they have skin in the game, and the Founders envisioned a citizen army for national defense, instead of a standing army like the armies of the British Empire.

[Victor_c3]

7. Everything you wrote is exactly why I think the draft is a good idea n/t

[Comrade_McKenzie]

9. I'd rather people think war is a video game than people who don't want to fight be forced to go. nt

[heaven05]

10. yeah

but what about the innocents murdered in the "video game"? They don't matter, huh? The only thing different about Iraq from Viet Nam is that the munitions are much more lethal. War is a sad way to settle differences, indeed.

[cosmicone]

11. This is no war

Palestinians are armed with sticks and stones and are in THEIR OWN LAND.

Israelis are armed with fighter jets, tanks, assault weapons and heavy artillery while they are OCCUPIERS.

[cpwm17]

13. Calling it a war makes people feel better about mass murder

It's the same with our mass murder operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[byeya]

8. The draft operated as a reality check for those in power.

[frylock]

12. fucking palestine interfering with the peace process yet again