Israeli forces shot and injured an American citizen during a demonstration on Friday that was being held in Beita, a Palestinian village near the occupied West Bank town of Nablus, several Palestinian rights organisations have told Middle East Eye.
Amado Sison* was hit by a bullet that shot through the back of his right thigh and left a large exit wound. The bullet, however, missed all of Sison’s major arteries and his bones but he has soft tissue damage from the attack, according to Vivi Chen, an activist with Defend Palestine:Faz3a. Chen was also the victim of an attack by Israeli settlers last month.
Sison was carried more than 500 metres as Israeli forces continued to attack the Palestinians gathered at the site of the demonstration.
After being shot, activists say that Sison’s ambulance was forced to stop at several Israeli checkpoints, leading to a delay in his medical treatment. Eventually, he underwent a successful surgery and was seen smiling in his hospital room.
good thing they didn’t actually kill him or there might be consequences
Shireen Abu Akleh, a US citizen and veteran Palestinian journalist, was killed by Israeli snipers during a military raid on the city of Jenin in the West Bank.
Nope. That doesn’t matter.
Upon her death on May 11, 2022, Israel denied responsibility and blamed Palestinian militants. However, it gradually changed its narrative until admitted she was likely “accidentally” killed by Israeli fire, but refused to undertake a criminal investigation.
The classic “Hamas did it, oh wait you have evidence, actually it was us, lol right”.
So close to crossing the one line our government claims not to tolerate. Glad he lived, but shitty that we will continue to obstruct all attempts at justice by the international community.
Just so we are clear, that’s not a line. US Citizens have been killed by the IDF.
Any word on the 200,000 civilians killed by Israel in Gaza?
Any word on the 6 million excess deaths caused by the US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan?
The hundreds of millions killed by capitalism?
Those are grossly fabricated numbers. The best estimates are between 35-40 thousand, which is tragic enough. There is no need to inflate that by an order of magnitude. There is no reliable information on how many of those were Hamas fighters. Israel claims that it is “half” for those killed, so that is almost certainly the upper bound.
