Israeli Army Shoots Surrendered Palestinians, Media Calls it 'Clash'
The New Arab reports Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinians who had reportedly surrendered in the West Bank. Footage allegedly shows one being marched into a building, both disarmed, before shots were fired — a 'cold-blooded execution' according to the Palestinian Authority. This isn't an isolated 'clash'; it's a pattern of extrajudicial killings that has been well-documented for decades,
often rebranded by mainstream outlets as 'security operations' or 'exchanges of fire,' even when one side is clearly incapacitated. Remember the 2016 Hebron shooting of Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, executed while wounded on the ground? One might charitably ask how 'surrendered' can be so consistently misinterpreted, or cynically wonder how many more 'regrettable incidents' will be deemed necessary for
Israel's 'security' while the US continues to greenlight weaponry. Secretary Blinken, ever ready to chastise China for human rights, remains conspicuously silent on footage that would ignite moral outrage if committed by, say, Russia. (He'll surely be receiving another AIPAC donation soon.)