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Meet Tarek Loubani, the Canadian Doctor Shot by Israeli Forces Monday While Treating Gaza's Wounded (Transcript)
As Palestinians vow to continue protesting against the Israeli occupation of Gaza, we speak to a Canadian doctor who was shot by Israeli forces in both legs Monday [May 14] while he was helping injured Palestinians. Israeli forces shot dead at least 61 unarmed Palestinian protesters taking part in the Great March of Return Monday, including one doctor. Canada, Britain, Germany, Ireland, and Belgium have called for an investigation into the killings. The United Nations Human Rights Council has announced that it will hold a special session Friday to discuss escalating violence in Gaza. We speak with Dr. Tarek Loubani, an emergency room medical doctor, one of 19 medical personnel shot in Gaza on Monday.
Audio and video links at the top of the page.
Pacifica Radio KPFK has a partial audio file, available till mid-July, ~7MB for the story. (KPFK is in fund drive mode.)
Gaza coverage begins at 13:25. The doctor's story is from 15:15 - 31:30.
He notes that the doctor who treated him was subsequently shot, resulting in his death--this, while he was wearing high-visibility clothing to denote his first-responder status.
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Friday May 18 2018, @04:26PM (5 children)
There is legitimate criticism to be made against how the Israeli government handled this situation, but as long as you are willing to buy into the obviously fabricated story of "peaceful unarmed protesters who dindu nothin'", then you have no valid criticism to offer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @06:43PM (2 children)
Well, boys, I guess the thread is over now. I don't think there's anything we have that will counter "dindu nothin."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @08:19PM (1 child)
Guess we'd better just go get the ropes and find some sturdy trees then. Only way to get rid of those dindu nothin monsters! Cracks me up, yeah those medical personnel were totally dangerous!! Obviously they must have been doing SOMETHING or else why would they have been shot??? /sssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @08:37PM
Actually before we concede the thread and have an old-fashioned lynching, isn't it "dindu nuffin?"
What did the dindu nothins ever do to you?! It was a false flag operation by the dindu nuffins!
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @08:20PM
Here's where you provide the video that supports your (ignorant) position.
Now, it's understandable that that you are so pooly informed.
Lamestream Media has that effect on those who consume that garbage.
I suggest getting BETTER sources of information that WON'T fill your head with nonsense.
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May 14 marked the 70th anniversary of al Nakba ("The Catastrophe") [wikipedia.org], the ethnic cleaning of Mandatory Palestine by Zionists. That was the day that Donald Trump chose to move the USA's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem.
Today, there is a fence [archive.li] that marks the border of the prison camp where Palestinians are permitted to "live" in occupied Gaza. On May 14, Palestinians gathered at the fence in peacefully protest. Riflemen of the Israeli "Defense" Forces fired through the fence, killing at least 60 and wounding at least 2400.
Common Dreams reports
While Many US Outlets Equivocate on Israel's Massacre of Unarmed Palestinians, The Onion's Piercing Satire Destroys IDF Talking Points and War Crime Apologists [commondreams.org]
Some headlines from The Onion
You are defending extreme cowardice.
One assumes that this is because you too are a gutless coward.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @08:58PM
Obviously made up? Let's be honest, the Israelis have a history of murdering innocent civilians. It's as true now as it was 15 years ago when one of theirs murdered Rachel Corrie by running her over with a bulldozer while illegally destroying civilian housing.
The Israelis have absolutely no moral authority, and if they want people to question what their victims are doing, I suggest that they stop murdering people and committing crimes against humanity. As far as I'm concerned, they can all rot in hell for what they're doing to the Palestinians.