re: Israeli police beat 15 year old US citizen during protest of his cousins death

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I hear so much about the atrocities committed by Israel...yet never peep about Iran, Syria, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia...those countries are obviously full of freedom and have never done anything even remotely questionable to any citizen ever.

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We had like four threads about the Israeli kids who were shot and this is the first one I've seen about the Palestinian kid or his Pal-American cousin.

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anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. That is why stupid shite like this, that occurs daily in every country everywhere regardless of the freedoms enjoyed or not enjoyed is INTERNATIONAL NEWS. It's international news because it is Israel. I guess what is so annoying is people won't just admit it, they are so dishonest about it (maybe even with themselves)

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Actually it's INTERNATIONAL NEWS because Israel made a huge deal about three kids being kidnapped and started arresting hundreds of Palestinians and cracking down on Hamas during the "search." Then the bodies were found, the autopsy and recording came out, and the press realized they knew from the start that the kids were murdered during the phone call and the entire thing was a pretext. Then six Israeli ultras abducted a Palestinian kid outside a mosque, dragged him behind a car, then burned him alive. Then some cops cuffed his American cousin and beat on him, but it's okay because he had a slingshot and cops always tell the truth in situations involving excessive force.

When Israel and Palestine are at the brink of a possible new war, these things tend to make the news.

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If this is the kid I'm thinking of, Israeli officials claim he attacked the police with a knife before the video started.

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No, Israeli police say he had a slingshot and was protesting with other people who had knives. You're falling for the easy trick of association; mention him in the same breath with other teenagers who had knives, suddenly you think he has a knife.
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The Israeli police say the youth resisted arrest and attacked police officers. He was detained with a slingshot in his possession used to hurl stones at police, along with six other protesters, including some armed with knives, police said, adding that several officers were hurt in that specific protest, one of many that day.

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It's pretty clear the cops were doing what cops anywhere do in situations like this; capture a straggler and work out their frustrations. Dunno why you think Israeli cops would be magically more civilized than US cops.