UNO fordert Untersuchung zum Tod von Palästinensern  - Nach der Erschießung zweier palästinensischer Jugendlicher durch israelische Grenzpolizisten im Westjordanland hat die UNO eine Untersuchung des Vorfalls gefordert. Es sei beunruhigend, dass die beiden Jugendlichen getötet wurden, obwohl sie nach ersten Informationen unbewaffnet waren >>>

Israeli FM rejects criticism over shot Palestinians - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday brushed off world criticism and demands for an investigation into the deaths of two Palestinian youths killed by Israeli forces last week. "I reject any demand" for an international investigation, he told reporters on a tour of the West Bank settlement of Ariel. "Such an incident will be investigated regardless of any demand," he remarked, denouncing world criticism of the incident as "hypocrisy". His remarks came a day after calls by Washington and a top UN official for an immediate investigation into the circumstances of the two deaths after video footage emerged which appeared to show the shooting was unprovoked. The closed-circuit footage, released on Wednesday by the NGOs Defence For Children International and B'Tselem, appeared to show separate incidents in which two youngsters were shot as they walked down the same street near Ramallah as Palestinians marked the 66th anniversary of the Nakba or "catastrophe" of Israel's creation. >>>

Israel asked to investigate shooting of Palestinian teenagers  - Demands follow the emergence of footage suggesting two Palestinian youths posed no danger when they were shot - Robert Tait - Israel is under pressure from the US and United Nations to investigate the fatal shootings of two Palestinian youths who appeared to pose no threat at the time of their deaths, according to video recordings of the incidents. The calls followed the emergence of footage purporting to show the killings of Musaab Nuwarah, 20, and Mohammed Udeh, 17, in the West Bank town of Beitunia at a May 15 demonstration marking Nakba (catastrophe) Day, when Palestinians lament the foundation of the state of Israel. >>>

Yaalon defends IDF over ‘video evidence’ of shootings - Israel has defended the actions of its soldiers over the fatal shooting of two Palestinians during a West Bank protest last week. - A video has emerged of the incident on May 15 at a Nakba Day rally at Ofer Prison near Ramallah which Palestinians are claiming shows that neither of the rioters posed a threat at the time when they were shot. In a statement on Tuesday, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said the Israeli soldiers acted appropriately, as they “were in a situation where their lives were in danger”. >>>

In Palestine and Israel, there are no 'clashes' - A video shows two Palestinian boys were killed in calm circumstances, not in 'clashes'. - Charlotte Silver - Charlotte Silver is an independent journalist currently based in San Francisco. She has written for Inter Press Service, Truthout, The Electronic Intifada, Al Ahkbar and many other publications. She is a graduate of Stanford University. - Palestinians protest the colonisation and theft of their land, the kidnapping and imprisonment of their children, the indefinite detention of their fathers and brothers, mothers and sisters. Israelis fortify their occupation, justify their right to detain without charge, and deny their theft of Palestinians' water, resources and land. And yet "clashes" defines the interaction between Palestinians and Israelis, so much that "clashes" have become a story that we think we already know. On May 15, two teenage boys were shot dead in the West Bank, outside Ofer Prison. The boys had been demonstrating on al-Nakba - the annual commemoration of the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes by Zionist militias in order to establish the state of Israel between 1947 and 1948.  >>>

Video showing Palestinian youth killings renews questions over Israel’s use of force - Security-camera footage showing two unarmed Palestinians crumpling to the ground during a lull in a stone-throwing clash with Israeli soldiers revived allegations by human rights activists Tuesday that the troops regularly use excessive force. The Israeli rights group B’Tselem said the images back its findings that troops killed the teens without cause by firing live rounds from more than 200 meters away. The soldiers were in “zero danger” at the time, said Sarit Michaeli of B’Tselem. >>>

Israelische Soldaten töten zwei friedliche palästinensische Jugendliche

UNO und USA fordern Untersuchung zum Tod von Palästinensern - PLO wirft Israel "willkürliche Hinrichtung" Jugendlicher vor - Nach der Erschießung zweier palästinensischer Jugendlicher durch israelische Grenzpolizisten im Westjordanland haben die UNO und die USA eine Untersuchung des Vorfalls gefordert. Es sei "ernsthaft beunruhigend", dass die beiden Jugendlichen getötet wurden, obwohl sie nach ersten Informationen unbewaffnet waren und keine direkte Bedrohung darstellten, sagte der stellvertretende UN-Generalsekretär für politische Fragen, Oscar Fernadez-Taranco, am Dienstag. >>>



Israelische Soldaten töten zwei friedliche palästinensische Jugendliche - Aktivisten von Defense Children International haben laut Haaretz ein Video entdeckt, dass von einer Kamera von einem Geschäft aus aufgenommen wurde, und zeigt, wie Soldaten zwei Jugendliche, den 17-j. Nadim Siam Nuwara und den 16-j. Muhammad Mahmud Odeh Abu al-Thahir, die vor dem Gefängnis Ofer friedlich demonstrierten und in einer gewissen Entfernung standen, also ohne eine direkte Konfrontation, erschossen wurden. Die beiden Jugendlichen stammen aus Bethunia, West Bank. http://www.palestinalibre.org/articulo.php?a=50305  Zusammenfassung: K. Nebauer

 Video footage of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fatally shooting two Palestinian teens has generated anger throughout Palestine and the global online community.
 The teens were killed last Thursday during a protest on the 66th anniversary of the 'Nakba', or "Catastrophe", marking the displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 war that led to the creation of Israel. Muhammad Abu Daher, 15, and Nadim Nowarra, 17, were part of a group of protesters throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers at a military prison outside Ramallah. >>>

Video shows unprovoked, cold-blooded killing of Palestinian boys by Israeli forces - Submitted by Ali Abunimah
This shocking video shows the unprovoked, cold-blooded killings of two Palestinian teenagers, 17-year-old Nadim Siam Nuwara, and 16-year-old Muhammad Mahmoud Odeh Abu al-Thahir on 15 May near Ofer military prison in the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia. Both boys were fatally shot with live ammunition. The video was obtained by Defence for Children International - Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine) which sent the following description to The Electronic Intifada >>>