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Israeli soldier KILLS a British peace activist in cold blood

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Fuck You, Pay Me:
Ex-sergeant Taysir Hayb was convicted at a military court in Ashkelon for the shooting of Mr Hurndall in April 2003. Hayb will be sentenced at a later date.

Mr Hurndall, 22, was involved in protests against the Israeli military in the Palestinian town of Rafah. He died nine months after the shooting.

His father, Anthony, said the Israeli army acted with impunity too often.

The defendant was led out of the court in handcuffs and tried to attack a number of photographers and cameramen filming him.

More than 50 people crowded into the small courtroom on a military base in southern Israel, to hear the verdict - which took more than an hour to read out.

  We're concerned there is a policy which seems to be prevalent in Gaza that [Israeli soldiers] feel able to shoot civilians without any accountability


In addition to the manslaughter verdict, Hayb was found guilty of obstruction of justice, incitement to false testimony, false testimony and improper conduct.

The court was told Hayb fired at Mr Hurndall from an Israeli army watchtower, using a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight.

Witnesses said Mr Hurndall, from north London, had been escorting children away from gunfire when he was hit in the head by a single shot.

The Israeli army initially disputed this account, but under pressure from Mr Hurndall's family and the British government it ordered a full investigation. It later indicted Hayb, a member of Israel's Bedouin Arab minority.

Family 'concerned'

Mr Hurndall, a Manchester Metropolitan University journalism and photography student, had been operating as a human shield in the Gaza Strip with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).

This is a Palestinian-led organisation that includes Westerners and aims to oppose Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by non-violent means.

Mr Hurndall's sister Sophie said she felt a "huge amount of anger" towards Hayb.

"Tom was rescuing a child," she said, adding that what Hayb did "was the most despicable action you could carry out".

 
Taysir Hayb tried to attack journalists as he left court
But she added: "He's been hung out to dry by the Israeli army who have not taken responsibility for the poor investigation and absolute lack of accountability."

Mr Hurndall's father, who had been sitting in court within touching distance of Hayb, said the guilty verdict was the right one.

But he also expressed concern about the "culture in which this incident took place".

"We're concerned that there is a policy which seems to be prevalent in Gaza, amongst the Israeli soldiers and army, that they feel able to shoot civilians really without any accountability whatsoever."

Civil liberties group Human Rights Watch last week accused Israel of investigating less than 5% of hundreds of cases of Palestinians killed since 2000.
Israeli authorities say there is no policy of tolerating the shooting of civilians.

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CWalker, since you're so quick to stand up for your beloved Britons, what do you say to this?

Don Rizzle:
just shows israels informal policy that civillians are fair game no matter if they are British, Working for the UN or more to the point Palestinian, shoot first and hopefully no one will ask questions later, a deplorable policy especially when applied to one of the most densly populated places on earth.

If the guy wasn't a british civillian there would have never been the pressure to bring the guy to justice.

On a side note I read somewhere the only reason he was prosectuted was because he was an israeli arab...

Thirteen:
i can easily defend this article by saying one phrase

Rules Of Engagement

of course "friendly fire" cases are going to be prosecuted because of the lack of discipline in the situation...you can't just go around shooting everything

but Israel is in a war zone, so the killing of palistians is pretty much reduced to what the military call the Deadly Force Triangle (law enforcement uses a simliar triangle)

the triangle consists of ability, opportunity and intent.

so when dealing with an enemy that doesn't have a uniform, uses guerilla tactics and other unconventional means of attack, the shooter in question can easily defend themselves using the triangle and it's completely legal

like the marine that shot that one insurgant that was caught on camera... iraqi insurgents have been known to play dead or injured and then blow themselves up. the soldier that killed this man believed the individual had the ability (since no one can see through clothes to see if he had explosives on him) he had the opportunity, and since he was already apart of an attack, he had the intent

J Bananas:
Is this world coming to an end?

Thirteen:

--- Quote from: TheGhost on July 11, 2005, 02:06:19 PM ---Would your little bullshit triangle explain how an Israeli bulldozes over an American peace activist? Get the fuck outta here with that bullshit....

--- End quote ---

guess what? next time they're about to demolish a building where you live... go run into it, most of the times they won't stop

and since you can't read, i said this applies to soldiers and law enforcement officers, not construction workers

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