Settlers lynch Palestinian teenager

[sharonbn]

18-year-old West Bank resident charged with lynching Palestinian teenager during riot at illegal outpost last week

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3107607,00.html

BEER SHEVA - An 18-year-old resident of the West Bank was arrested Sunday on suspicion he was a "central figure" in last week's stoning attack (http:///"/articles/0,7340,L-3105677,00.html/"') on a Palestinian teenager in the Gaza Strip.

Police investigators say they have photographic proof of the suspect's involvement in the incident.

Following the incident, the IDF declared the Gaza Strip a closed military zone (http:///"/articles/0,7340,L-3106114,00.html/"') and stormed the Maoz Hayam Hotel that had become a command center for right-wing extremists protesting disengagement.

Photojournalists identified three teenagers that threw stones at Khaled al-Astel. One, a resident of the West Bank, was arrested by a police detective.

The suspect resisted arrest, and has refused to cooperate with the investigation.

"He is treating us like he treats Palestinians," said one police detective. "But we don't need him to talk. The pictures say it all."

Human brutality

An Israeli eyewitness described the incident to Ynet:

"While settlers and Palestinians were throwing stones at each other, the kid tried to cross the street. I didn't understand why he would do it, but when he did some soldiers caught him, and one of them put him in a corner."

"When he got to the corner, he appeared to be unconscious. Many settlers started to beat the Palestinian with all their strength. Some kicked him mercilessly in the stomach and head, others punched him. Some threw stones at him from close range, or used rocks to pummel him," the eyewitness said.

"It was terrible. It was human brutality at its worst. The Palestinian kid lay there helpless. They could have finished him off."

[Reffo]

IMO any type of lynching, including this one, is a despicable and inexcusable act. Having said that, I would like to make a number of comments, observations and a couple of predictions:

This particular victim was rescued by Israeli soldiers and I have since read that he is in recovery mode and is expected to survive.
This is in sharp contrast to what happened to the two Israeli reservists who were captured by Palestinian forces a few years ago. After the Palestinian mobs attacked the jail, they were mercilessly lynched and killed under the very noses of the Palestinian authorities who did not rescue the two unfortunate Israelis.
My guess is that unless the Palestinians curb the incitement and hatred against Israel, it is likely that Palestinians will lynch more Israelis. Likewise, the resultant hatred evoked in some of the more extreme Israelis will lead them to repeat such despicable acts if they get the opportunity. Unfortunately it's a truism that hateful acts and hatred breed more hatred! And so on and on with both sides as a repetitive cycle until responsible leaders take responsibility and JUST STAMP OUT SUCH ACTS OF BARBARITY
Last but not least, I predict that true to their past behaviour, the current Palestinian leadership will not conclude the above truism and instead, they will endeavour to remember this act, they will use it as a trophy in their propaganda war for many years to come, to prove to the world that what they say about the evil Jews and Israel is all true.

[Ariksan]

Photographic Evidence That "Lynching" Was Staged by Media
15:52 Jul 04, '05 / 27 Sivan 5765


Witnesses and photos prove the supposed "lynching" of an Arab stone-thrower last Wednesday was staged. The wounded Arab himself says he was beaten by an IDF soldier, not the man the police accuse.


Arutz-7 has received photographic evidence proving the allegations of several witnesses to the incident, who claim journalists took an active role in coaching the wounded Arab stone-thrower to play the helpless victim.


http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=85118

[old-reb]

Hello Ariksan,

Your link went to a blank page but I worked back from your link to find this:




Eyewitness: Wounded Arab in Muwasi Fight Was Primary Assailant
15:37 Jul 05, '05 / 28 Sivan 5765

An eyewitness to Wednesday's rock fight between Jews and Arabs in Muwasi says that the very Arab who was wounded [pictured throwing a rock] was one of the primary assailants.


The eyewitness said told Arutz-7: “Suddenly a gang of about 30 Arabs started smashing us with rocks. I ran away and hid behind an army jeep. Suddenly, this Arab youth--the one who everyone claims was 'mortally wounded'--came around from behind me and threw this big concrete block right towards my head. He almost killed me!"


“It's interesting how someone who is critically wounded gets up on his legs and laughs with his friends and gets interviewed while he's critically wounded,” she added.


"Under the current public atmosphere," said one Honenu official, "with the media continually referring to the incident as a 'lynching' and with politicians calling forcefully for the police to 'mete out justice to the lynchers' and the like, we fear that the three suspects will be sacrificed unjustly. We are coordinating and gathering all the testimony that shows the whole incident was staged and blown out of all proportion."

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php?id=85118

My link is also dead but the article can be found on from this link

http://www.israelnationalnews.com

look for this article:
Eyewitness: Wounded Arab in Muwasi Fight Was Primary Assailant