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*** 5-Jan-17 World View -- Israel polarized over conviction of soldier for manslaughter
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Israel polarized over conviction of soldier for manslaughter
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Screen grab from video of March 4, 2016. Israeli soldier reloads his gun just before shooting dead the Palestinian lying wounded and bleeding (AP)
Israelis appeared to be deeply polarized in reaction to a verdict
handed down by a military court on Wednesday convicting an Israeli
soldier, Elor Azaria, of manslaughter, for having shot and killed a
Palestinian who was lying on the ground wounded.
On March 24 of last year Abdel Fattah al-Sharif and Ramzi Qasrawi
Tamimi, two 21-year-old Palestinians, stabbed an Israeli soldier in
Hebron, a majority Palestinian city in the West Bank. Tamimi was shot
and killed immediately.
Al-Sharif was also shot. The shot did not kill him, but left him
wounded and bleeding, lying on the ground. Almost 15 minutes later,
one of the soldiers, Elor Azaria, shot al-Sharif in the head, killing
him. The entire situation was videoed, and the video was posted on
the internet and went viral.
In Wednesday's court hearing before three military judges in the
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The lead judge, IDF Col. Maya Heller,
spent almost three hours reading the decision that concluded with a
conviction on a charge of manslaughter. Azaria had claimed in his
defense that he felt he was in danger because al-Sharif might be
wearing a concealed explosive vest. The judges rejected that claim,
and pointed to the testimony of Azaria's friend, who testified that
Azaria originally said Sharif needed to be killed out of revenge for
stabbing a fellow soldier. 24-Mar-2016 and Jerusalem Post
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**** Protesters clash with police to protest the verdict
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Some 400 protesters clashed with police to protest the guilty verdict.
One protester wore a shirt saying, "The people of Israel don't abandon
a soldier during battle." Others referred to him as a hero.
A number of protesters threatened violence by chanting, "Gadi, Gadi
beware, Rabin's looking for a friend." The protesters were
threatening to assassinate IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot. Yitzhak
Rabin was prime minister of Israel until November 4, 1995, when he was
shot dead by an Israeli nationalist who opposed Rabin's support of a
peace treaty with the Palestinians.
Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah said that Palestinians don't
expect anything to change as a result of the verdict:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"[The verdict is] divisive in Israel because there is
> a widespread view that Israeli soldiers should be able to kill
> Palestinians with complete impunity. ,,,
>
> Thousands of Palestinians have been killed in the past 15 years by
> the Israeli army and there has been no accountability. I think,
> if you ask practically any Palestinian, they will tell you that
> even though there was a guilty verdict in this case, in all
> likelihood he will receive a very light sentence."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
The sentence will be handed down on January 15. The maximum sentence
that Azaria could receive for manslaughter is 20 years. However,
because of the circumstances -- al-Sharif had just stabbed an Israeli
soldier before being shot -- it's expected that the sentence will be
considerably lighter than 20 years. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
has asked the military to grant Azaria a pardon. Ynet and
Radio France Internationale
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**** Comparison to Pakistan murder of Salman Taseer
****
As we described yesterday,
Mumtaz
Qadri was showered with roses and treated as a hero in 2011 after
brutally murdering Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's Punjab
province.
Elor Azaria was also treated as a hero after murdering a wounded
Palestinian who lay bleeding.
The circumstances are different in that the Palestinian had just
stabbed another soldier. But what both cases have in common is that
they both show how polarized societies around the world have become in
this generational Crisis era.
As I've been saying for several years, nationalism, xenophobia and
racism have been growing in countries around the world. Those who
suffered the horrors of World War II and survived realized that
nationalism, xenophobia and racism had been the core reasons for the
war, and vowed to make sure that they were permanently extinguished.
But now, with the survivors of WW II almost gone, and young
generations having grown up after WW II not understanding the dangers,
nationalism, xenophobia and racism are returning and are a strong as
ever. Generational Dynamics predicts that the world is headed for a
new world war, the worst war in world history, and the rise of
nationalism, xenophobia and racism is one of the reasons that war
occur. Vice News
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Israel, West Bank, Hebron, Elor Azaria,
Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, Ramzi Qasrawi Tamimi,
Maya Heller, Gadi Eisenkot, Yitzhak Rabin,
Ali Abunimah, Pakistan, Salman Taseer, Mumtaz Qadri
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Israel polarized over conviction of soldier for manslaughter
- Protesters clash with police to protest the verdict
- Comparison to Pakistan murder of Salman Taseer
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**** Israel polarized over conviction of soldier for manslaughter
****
Screen grab from video of March 4, 2016. Israeli soldier reloads his gun just before shooting dead the Palestinian lying wounded and bleeding (AP)
Israelis appeared to be deeply polarized in reaction to a verdict
handed down by a military court on Wednesday convicting an Israeli
soldier, Elor Azaria, of manslaughter, for having shot and killed a
Palestinian who was lying on the ground wounded.
On March 24 of last year Abdel Fattah al-Sharif and Ramzi Qasrawi
Tamimi, two 21-year-old Palestinians, stabbed an Israeli soldier in
Hebron, a majority Palestinian city in the West Bank. Tamimi was shot
and killed immediately.
Al-Sharif was also shot. The shot did not kill him, but left him
wounded and bleeding, lying on the ground. Almost 15 minutes later,
one of the soldiers, Elor Azaria, shot al-Sharif in the head, killing
him. The entire situation was videoed, and the video was posted on
the internet and went viral.
In Wednesday's court hearing before three military judges in the
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The lead judge, IDF Col. Maya Heller,
spent almost three hours reading the decision that concluded with a
conviction on a charge of manslaughter. Azaria had claimed in his
defense that he felt he was in danger because al-Sharif might be
wearing a concealed explosive vest. The judges rejected that claim,
and pointed to the testimony of Azaria's friend, who testified that
Azaria originally said Sharif needed to be killed out of revenge for
stabbing a fellow soldier. 24-Mar-2016 and Jerusalem Post
Related Articles
****
**** Protesters clash with police to protest the verdict
****
Some 400 protesters clashed with police to protest the guilty verdict.
One protester wore a shirt saying, "The people of Israel don't abandon
a soldier during battle." Others referred to him as a hero.
A number of protesters threatened violence by chanting, "Gadi, Gadi
beware, Rabin's looking for a friend." The protesters were
threatening to assassinate IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot. Yitzhak
Rabin was prime minister of Israel until November 4, 1995, when he was
shot dead by an Israeli nationalist who opposed Rabin's support of a
peace treaty with the Palestinians.
Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah said that Palestinians don't
expect anything to change as a result of the verdict:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"[The verdict is] divisive in Israel because there is
> a widespread view that Israeli soldiers should be able to kill
> Palestinians with complete impunity. ,,,
>
> Thousands of Palestinians have been killed in the past 15 years by
> the Israeli army and there has been no accountability. I think,
> if you ask practically any Palestinian, they will tell you that
> even though there was a guilty verdict in this case, in all
> likelihood he will receive a very light sentence."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
The sentence will be handed down on January 15. The maximum sentence
that Azaria could receive for manslaughter is 20 years. However,
because of the circumstances -- al-Sharif had just stabbed an Israeli
soldier before being shot -- it's expected that the sentence will be
considerably lighter than 20 years. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
has asked the military to grant Azaria a pardon. Ynet and
Radio France Internationale
****
**** Comparison to Pakistan murder of Salman Taseer
****
As we described yesterday,
Mumtaz
Qadri was showered with roses and treated as a hero in 2011 after
brutally murdering Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's Punjab
province.
Elor Azaria was also treated as a hero after murdering a wounded
Palestinian who lay bleeding.
The circumstances are different in that the Palestinian had just
stabbed another soldier. But what both cases have in common is that
they both show how polarized societies around the world have become in
this generational Crisis era.
As I've been saying for several years, nationalism, xenophobia and
racism have been growing in countries around the world. Those who
suffered the horrors of World War II and survived realized that
nationalism, xenophobia and racism had been the core reasons for the
war, and vowed to make sure that they were permanently extinguished.
But now, with the survivors of WW II almost gone, and young
generations having grown up after WW II not understanding the dangers,
nationalism, xenophobia and racism are returning and are a strong as
ever. Generational Dynamics predicts that the world is headed for a
new world war, the worst war in world history, and the rise of
nationalism, xenophobia and racism is one of the reasons that war
occur. Vice News
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Israel, West Bank, Hebron, Elor Azaria,
Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, Ramzi Qasrawi Tamimi,
Maya Heller, Gadi Eisenkot, Yitzhak Rabin,
Ali Abunimah, Pakistan, Salman Taseer, Mumtaz Qadri
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe
