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Israeli troops shoot and kill a Palestinian shepherd reading the Quran on his land

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

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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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World News Non-US @lemy.lol Israeli troops shoot and kill a Palestinian shepherd reading the Quran on his land

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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.

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Reminder that the IDF is a terrorist organisation.

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

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Zionist == Nazi

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"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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Terrorist gonna terrorize

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Can we just charge them with war crimes already?

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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The quoted article is a bit short on details of what the shepherd was supposed to have done.

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Sadly, until the IDF starts investigating and prosecuting their members for war crimes (and stops assigning people without the required education, skills and psychological traits to essentially do police duties) - some parts of the IDF will continue to perform the role of recruiting Palestinians into extremist and militant organizations. :(

I would not be surprised if one of the dead man's relatives decides at some point to take up weapons.

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Did someone record this or how do we know exactly what happened?

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Hamas beheaded babies and set entire civilian families on fire.

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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.

Can we please stop with this dramatization?

Edit: All the downvoters probably did poorly in social studies. Did you all pay attention when they taught you about journalistic integrity? Judging by how most of you argue, I'm guessing you slept through that just like the lessons on citing.

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