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Israel's envoy to the US, Ambassador Michael Herzog, condemned Palestinian-American Rep[ulsive] Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) after she blamed Israel, not the Palestinians, for the death of a Palestinian journalist during a firefight between IDF forces and terrorists in Jenin Wednesday.
Not surprisingly, the Palestinians are not cooperating with the investigation, and they also refuse to produce the bullet that shot her as ballistic testing could show that it came from the weapon of a Palestinian.
Herzog tweeted:
Tlaib supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Jewish State, and without witnessing what really happened at the firefight, still had the knee jerk reaction to claim Israeli soldiers had "murdered" Shireen Abu Akleh, an Al-Jazeera reporter.
“One would expect a member of Congress to support our call for an impartial joint Israeli-Palestinian investigation of this tragic event rather than rushing to a biased conclusion. Acting as the judge, jury and executioner undermines the causes of justice and peace."Since when has an anti-Zionist [aka anti-Semite] called for an impartial examination of anything?
Tlaib supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Jewish State, and without witnessing what really happened at the firefight, still had the knee jerk reaction to claim Israeli soldiers had "murdered" Shireen Abu Akleh, an Al-Jazeera reporter.
“When will the world and those who stand by Apartheid Israel that continues to murder, torture and commit war crimes finally say: “Enough”?” Tlaib ignorantly tweeted earlier in the day. “Shireen Abu Akleh was murdered by a government that receives unconditional funding by our country with zero accountability.”
Actually, Israel does a hell of a lot more than Hamas and other terrorist organizations to limit collateral damage--even dropping warning leaflets prior to a rocket attack on an apartment building, for example, while the Hamassholes actually target Israeli schools and houses of worship.
One would expect a member of Congress to support our call for an impartial joint Israeli-Palestinian investigation of this tragic event, rather than rushing to a biased conclusion. Acting as the judge, jury and executioner undermines the causes of justice and peace. https://t.co/2GAYC1UZjK
— Ambassador Michael Herzog (@AmbHerzog)
Herzog also provided some background to the incident that Tlaib surgically left out in her criticism of Israel.
“Let’s put things in context,” he wrote. “In the past few weeks, three major deadly terror attacks in the heart of Israel were planned, orchestrated and carried out from Jenin. The IDF went there to thwart another act of terror and was attacked by heavily armed ‘Islamic Jihad’ terrorists.”
Yeah, that sounds important enough to include if you're being fair.
Tlaib aired her charges even as Palestinian Authority Forensic Medicine Institute Director Dr. Rayyan Al Ali said after the preliminary autopsy that “it cannot be determined whether [Aqleh] was killed by Israeli fire or by a Palestinian bullet.”
But the Palestinians don't want us to know because they can use this in their propaganda crusade [actually, the word 'crusade' might offend Palestinians because it also refers to Christians who fought against Islamic jihadis.
The IDF has flatly rejected the claim of fellow journalist Ali Samoodi, who was wounded in the same incident, that “there were no resistance fighters” in the area where he and Akleh stood and that the IDF had “killed her in cold blood.” But let's remember, Samoodi also has an anti-Zionist agenda, whereas Shireen Abu Akleh was considered by many Israelis as a fair and caring journalist.
The IDF has flatly rejected the claim of fellow journalist Ali Samoodi, who was wounded in the same incident, that “there were no resistance fighters” in the area where he and Akleh stood and that the IDF had “killed her in cold blood.” But let's remember, Samoodi also has an anti-Zionist agenda, whereas Shireen Abu Akleh was considered by many Israelis as a fair and caring journalist.
Central Command head Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs told Channel 12 that “Shireen was really close to troops and Palestinian militants” when she was hit during an arrest operation in which “thousands of bullets” were fired, mostly by the terrorists.
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said that dozens of Palestinians “fired extensively at our forces, firing wildly and indiscriminately in every direction,” while the IDF forces “carried out professional and selective firing.”
Sorry Rashida, I believe Kochavi because of Israel's history of doing all they can to not hurt the innocent as the media would love to blame them for it.
According to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the IDF’s preliminary investigation “indicates that no gunfire was directed at the journalist,” but that it also “cannot determine which gunfire hit Shireen.”
He called for “full cooperation from the Palestinians because without the pathological findings and the forensic findings it will be very hard to understand what happened.”
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Obviously it's possible that the IDF screwed up, but highly unlikely. Certainly Tlaib has no clue as to what happened and apparently doesn't want to find out as she already made up her mind.
The PA has so far rejected Israel’s offer to conduct a joint probe into Akleh’s death and have refused to reveal the bullet found in her body, saying that it will instead refer the issue to the International Criminal Court.
The PA has so far rejected Israel’s offer to conduct a joint probe into Akleh’s death and have refused to reveal the bullet found in her body, saying that it will instead refer the issue to the International Criminal Court.
What can you believe from all that?
Maybe Rashida Tlaib meant Juice?? Like "Those damn Juice? or Never go to breakfast if it's with Juice? What-cha-think?
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