Van de 75 gedode Palestijnen in het najaar van 2015, leidde dit zelfs in slechts 21 van de gevallen tot een strafrechtelijk onderzoek..........
Report: Israeli military turns blind eye to attacks on Palestinians
Associated
Press
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An
Israeli advocacy group on Tuesday criticized what it called an
"exceptionally low" prosecution rate by the Israeli
military in cases of violence committed by soldiers against
Palestinians.
The
report by Yesh Din, a human rights group that is often critical of
the Israeli military, came a day before a military court's verdict
is to be delivered in a high-profile manslaughter case against a
soldier*.
In
its annual report, Yesh Din said the army opened 186 criminal
investigations into suspected offenses against Palestinians in 2015,
but just four of those investigations yielded indictments. The group
said the 2015 figures, based on official army data, were the most
recent available.
In
the fall of 2015, a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence erupted,
characterized by Palestinian stabbing and car-ramming attacks on
Israelis. The report said that of 76 Palestinians killed in clashes
with soldiers in the West Bank in 2015, only 21 deaths resulted in
investigations.
"The
fact that in 55 incidents no criminal investigation was considered
necessary raises doubts about the implementation of Israel's
declared policy on investigating civilian fatalities," the
report said. It said the data signaled an "inability and
unwillingness" to address unlawful conduct.
The
Israeli military did not respond to requests for comment.
On
Wednesday, a military court is to deliver its verdict in the
manslaughter case of a soldier who was caught on video last March
fatally shooting an incapacitated Palestinian attacker in the West
Bank. The case of Sgt. Elor Azaria, who has argued that attacker
still posed a threat, has deeply divided Israel.
Yesh
Din spokesman Gilad Grossman said the manslaughter charge against a
soldier was "very rare," but that the public uproar
sparked by the video made it impossible to ignore.
"There
was no way to look aside and not investigate," he said.
Dit artikel werd op 3 januari jl. gepubliceerd door The Daily Star (Libanon).
* Zie: 'Monique van Hoogstraten (NOS) noemt psychopaat, die een Palestijn standrechtelijk executeerde, bij voornaam en duidt hem aan als 'jongen''
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