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Israeli troops shoot and kill a Palestinian shepherd reading the Quran on his land (www.haaretz.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Linkerbaan@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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Three soldiers pounce on a shepherd sitting outside his sheep pen. They knock him over and then one of them shoots him to death at point-blank range. Fakher Jaber, a father of four, was suspected of involvement in an incident that probably never happened

On the last day of his life, two and a half weeks ago, the shepherd and his wife got up at 5:30 A.M., as usual, and immediately went out together to milk the ewes. With their flock of 120 sheep, their work is never done. Maryam recalls now that they didn't manage to eat breakfast before the daily Ramadan fast began. After about two hours they finished milking. Fakher took the sheep out to graze and she began to make cheese from the milk, which they sell in Nablus to help make their living.

After he returned the sheep to their pen, Fakher sat down near it, removed the Quran from his pocket and began to read from it. Maryam finished making dinner. She remembers that everything was normal and relatively peaceful that afternoon, in this beleaguered community, living under the constant threat of invasions by settlers. Suddenly Maryam heard shouting. She rushed outside and saw three Israelis in uniform yelling at and wrestling with her husband. One of the men was masked, which led her to believe that they were settlers – of the type that frequently assault the shepherding communities, graze their livestock on the residents' lands and water their flocks from their wells.

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[-] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 108 points 7 months ago

The IDF, US and other Zionists will claim it was out of self-defense.

When are other countries going to step up and do something about this horrifying genocide.

[-] IbnLemmy@feddit.uk 26 points 7 months ago

That's after they first try to pin it on Palestinians themselves.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

To be fair this is how American police kill people. Engage perfectly innocent person, escalate it because they aren't 100% respectful of your authority and finally shoot them because they didn't follow your orders after you claimed to see a weapon.

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[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

Which country isn’t so afraid of the US bombing them in retaliation that they’ll stand up to us? There aren’t many. And to stop Israel at this point you will need boots on the ground.

Russia is too bogged down in Ukraine, and China doesn’t want to have their trade affected.

There’s really no one left.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 87 points 7 months ago

Reminder that the IDF is a terrorist organisation.

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[-] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 70 points 7 months ago

The IDF: "Oh no! They're reading! Only Hamas reads!"

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[-] eardon@lemmy.ca 53 points 7 months ago

Zionist == Nazi

[-] ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

And Jews will declare war against fascism once again. Torah Jews seem the legitimate channel for Jews to act against facism and support for Palestinian existence.

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[-] rollingflower@lemmy.kde.social 37 points 7 months ago

"The local governor, manipulated by the terrorist group Hamas, called this murder"

~ literally what our lovely western mainstream media would say

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[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago

Terrorist gonna terrorize

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[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

Can we just charge them with war crimes already?

[-] krzschlss@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

You can't. Those guns and bombs they use, we pay for 'em. If we charge them with war crimes, we are charging ourselves with war crimes. And we don't want that, don't we? Just vote for a lesser evil clown or a billionaire racist idiot and make yourself feel like you've done your part. It's easier to sleep that way. It's democracy© we're protecting after all. What's a few thousand more killed for something this precious.

♫♫♫ OH SAY CAN YOU SEE....

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[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 18 points 7 months ago

This whole situation makes one wish there were a hell to accept the perpetrators.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 17 points 7 months ago

You're not a "settler" if you're settling land that somebody already lives on. You're an invader.

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[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

From the article...

There were two bullet holes in his chest and one near his groin.

Am I reading that right, did they actually try to shoot his penis?

Also from the article...

Three days after Fakher's killing, three other shepherds from the same community were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a settler. They are still in custody.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Is there anything in Jewish religious texts about shepherds tending flocks as an analogy for their version of god and followers like Christians have? Murdering a literal shepherd tending his flock while reading his version of a bible is off the charts I think. Not that anyone uses religion for anything other than justification for whatever awfulness they’re engaging in.

But everything is off the charts these days.

[-] sirboozebum@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Here is an archive link if you are hitting a paywall.

[-] McDropout@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I found it weird that an Israeli publication is reporting on the horrors of the IOF.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Haaretz is weird. Many articles are the some old israeli propaganda but they have some left wing writers which write and investigate israeli war crimes and even articles against their government.

The person who writes the article makes all the difference on Haaretz.

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