The following story is a perfect parable of the cluelessness of the IDF in enforcing the Occupation regime. Military forces routinely kill or maim protesters (Palestinian, Israeli and foreign activists) at the weekly protest in Bilin against the Separation Wall. One of the worst series of tragedies befell the Abu Rachmeh family, whose son and […]
Israel Human Rights Lawyer: IDF Commander Soils Memory of Jawaher Rahme
On the one year anniversary of the death of non-violent Bilin protester Jawaher Abu Rahme, her family’s Israeli human rights lawyer, Michael Sfard, reminds us of the nasty conspiracy by senior IDF commander, Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi, with the Israeli media to rob Abu Rahme in death of her dignity through outright lies. These lies […]
More IDF Lies about Bilin Abu Rahme Killing
After trying four or five previous sets of lies to absolve themselves of responsibility for killing Jawaher Abu Rahme during a weekly Bilin demonstration a few weeks ago, the IDF now has a story and they’re sticking to it. It appears that despite the fact that the army’s own doctors warned in 2004 that the […]
Latest IDF Lies on Jawaher Abu Rahme Death: Hospital Killed Her
I wrote recently about a Forward article which portrayed a 2002 study by IDF toxicologists which noted that high concentrations of CS gas could be lethal. The article attempted to explain how Jawaher Abu Rahme could’ve been killed by the inhalation of CS gas at last week’s Bilin demonstration. Today’s Haaretz references that study (without […]
