Hey everyone! Ever wanted to push some annoying teenage racial minority out the back of a car going 50 mph and get away with less than 10 years in prison? If so, Israel is the place for you!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8022671.stm
Notice that these are military officials, and yet it took them 8 years to convict them.
Israel touts its very "liberal" ideals and the freedoms its constitution gives to its citizens. Luckily, the Palestinians who are occupied by the Israelis are not considered citizens! However Israeli soldiers are, and apparently one of their freedoms is the ability to get away with murder. Please note that it was not unclear that these soldiers did this intentionally. Also note that if Palestinians were caught doing the same thing, they would be shot dead on site. This case apparently sets a precedent in Israel: The 8-year sentence is the longest an Israeli has had to serve for the murder of a Palestinian.
In the US, 10 years in prison is the usual punishment for Class H or Class I felonies, including stalking, theft, embezzlement, child pornography, battery, and negligent homicide. Class H and I felonies are the lowest on the felony scale, whereas intentional homicide is highest at Class A.
Isn't it funny that a nation created to atone for a holocaust is not perpetuating the holocaust of another race? Wow, history is fun. But let's get the world hyped about Swine Flu to divert attention to mass murder!
I <3 genocide!!!
In all seriousness, please take a look at this website:
www.btselem.org
Any tax-paying American is contributing to Israel's war effort. Every day the United States gives Israel $10 million in armaments (guns, missiles, tanks, etc). Palestine (Gaza and the West Bank) has been blockaded by Israel, and such things on the list of items not allowed in Palestinian territory are lentils, macaroni, chemotherapy treatments, insulin, and medical equipment like CT scanners. There are 2 CT scanners in Gaza where 1.5 million people live. Children must be held down to get stitches because Novicaine is so limited in the area due to the embargo. Children die of liver cancers that would be easily treated outside of Palestine, however Palestinian nationals may not cross the border, even for medical purposes. Protesters of Israeli settlements are shot without warning: Even Americans. A Cornell professor was protesting a settlement in the West Bank and was shot in the head. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT WE NEVER GET THIS SIDE IN OUR MEDIA. EDUCATE YOURSELF OR REMAIN COMPLICIT IN THIS GENOCIDE 60 YEARS IN THE MAKING. And BTW, although our newspapers did not cover this, the ISRAELIS were the ones who broke the most recent cease-fire in January. Look it up.
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