http://972mag.com/watch-security-camera-captures-shooting-of-palestinian-teenager-in-hebron/62244/ WATCH: Security camera captures shooting of Palestinian teenager in Hebron
Last Wedensday, 17-year-old Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah was killed at an IDF checkpoint in Hebron<http://972mag.com/why-was-17-years-old-muhammad-killed/61950/>. The army claimed that the young Palestinian drew a fake gun on one of the soldiers, leaving a border policewoman who was near the scene no choice but to shoot him. The Salaymah family said that Muhammad was on his way to a candy store to by a cake for his birthday. Until now, the army refused to release the footage captured by a security camera which monitors the checkpoint. Today, this clip was posted on the IDFs Arabic channel<http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ybw9gT1oFpE>. It is hard to tell whats going on Muhammad and a soldier can be seen exchanging blows, and it seems that the Palestinian is the first to try and hit the soldier (0:33). The alleged gun cannot be spotted, but the clip which is slightly edited (0:24) is very dark. The second soldier comes out to the street and when the soldier and the Palestinian are away from each other, she shoots Muhammad (0:48). Unless the teen was indeed holding a gun, the soldiers dont seem to be under threat at that moment. *http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ybw9gT1oFpE* I will try and add some commentary on this issue later this week. Here is a photo of the dead teenager: <http://972mag.com/why-was-17-years-old-muhammad-killed/61950/muhammad/> Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah, a 17-year-old Palestinian shot to death at an army checkpoint in Hebron *Related:* The heroine vs. the terrorist: A case study in brainwashing<http://972mag.com/the-heroine-vs-the-terrorist-a-case-study-in-israeli-brainwashing/61969/> Why was 17-year-old Muhammad killed?<http://972mag.com/why-was-17-years-old-muhammad-killed/61950/> ---------------------------------------- http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=548995 Palestinian National Council expels PFLP-GC leader over Syria fighting Published today (updated) 18/12/2012 13:02 AMMAN, Jordan (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian National Council on Tuesday expelled faction leader Ahmad Jibril over his role in involving Palestinians in the conflict in Syria. The council condemned Jibril, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, for dragging Palestinians into Syria's conflict despite a decision by the Palestinian leadership that Palestinians must not intervene in internal Syrian affairs. Jibril's membership of the council was suspended in 1984 after he fought late President Yasser Arafat in Tripoli a year earlier. The council said in a statement that his membership would now be canceled. Thousands of Palestinians have fled Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus amid weeks of fighting between rebels, backed by some Palestinian fighters, and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. The camp has come under heavy jet and artillery fire by the Syrian regime. Jibril's PFLP-GC has fought alongside Assad's forces, but rebels say many PFLP-GC fighters have defected to join them. Jibril left the camp days ago, rebel sources said. Syrian rebels said Monday they had taken full control of the camp, on the southern edge of Assad's Damascus powerbase. "All of the camp is under the control of the (rebel) Free Syrian Army," said a Palestinian activist in Yarmouk. He said clashes had stopped and the remaining PFLP-GC fighters retreated to join Assad's forces massed on the northern edge of the camp. The PNC said it feared government troops would storm the camp and commit massacres, and called on the UN and the international community to intervene and provide urgent assistance to refugees. The council has written to the Arab Parliamentary Union, the Arab Parliament and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as well as the Council of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and a number of European parliaments warning of the urgency of the situation. Jibril's alliance with Assad has caused divisions within PFLP-GC and the resignation of several central committee members, who have criticized the group's leader for arming Palestinians. *Ambassador: Palestinian camp in Damascus deserted* *Published today (updated) 18/12/2012 13:34* ** *BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Over 95 percent of Palestinians in Yarmouk have fled the refugee camp near Damascus under heavy shelling, the Palestinian ambassador to Syria said Tuesday. Mahmud al-Khalidi told Ma'an that refugees fled to UNRWA schools amid violent clashes between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. Rebel and Palestinian sources said Syrian rebels took full control of Yarmouk camp on Monday after fighting raged for days in the district on the southern edge of Damascus. Al-Khalidi said he had contacted the Syrian Foreign Ministry to request an end to airstrikes on Yarmouk, but Syrian officials insisted rebels must leave the camp first.* President Mahmoud Abbas is monitoring the distribution of funds to refugees and has instructed al-Khalidi to provide housing for the displaced Palestinians, the ambassador said. Al-Khalidi met with Palestinian factions to provide food, aid and housing to refugees, he said, adding that he would meet on Tuesday with the Supreme Relief Committee of Palestinian Refugees. He said Palestinian leaders had agreed to stay out of the crisis in Syria, but the location of the camps had pushed Palestinians into the battle. The battle in Yarmouk pitted rebels, backed by some Palestinians, against Palestinian fighters of the pro-Assad Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. Many PFLP-GC fighters defected to the rebel side and their leader Ahmed Jibril left the camp two days ago, rebel sources said. "All of the camp is under the control of the (rebel) Free Syrian Army," said a Palestinian activist in Yarmouk. He said clashes had stopped and the remaining PFLP-GC fighters retreated to join Assad's forces massed on the northern edge of the camp. The battle in Yarmouk is one of a series of conflicts on the southern fringes of Assad's capital, as rebels try to choke the power of the 47-year-old leader after a 21-month-old uprising in which 40,000 people have been killed. Government forces have used jets and artillery to try to dislodge the fighters but the violence has crept into the heart of the city and activists say rebels overran three army stations in a new offensive in the central province of Hama on Monday. On the border with Lebanon, hundreds of Palestinian families fled across the frontier following the weekend violence in Yarmouk, a Reuters witness said. Syria hosts half a million Palestinian refugees, most living in Yarmouk, descendants of those admitted after the creation of Israel in 1948, and has always cast itself as a champion of the Palestinian struggle, sponsoring several guerrilla factions. Both Assad's government and the mainly Sunni Muslim Syrian rebels have enlisted and armed divided Palestinian factions as the uprising has developed into a civil war. *Reuters contributed to this report.* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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