Israeli regime promotes killing of Palestinians: Activist
Press TV has interviewed Joe Catron, with the International Solidarity Movement, about the Israeli regime’s support for brutalities by its army in dealing with the Palestinian people, especially a recent case involving the murdering an injured Palestinian youth by an Israeli soldier.
The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: What’s been happening on the streets of the occupied territories in Palestine isn’t anything new at least for you who are covering the situation on a daily basis, but in essence what is maintaining this indifference, this inaction, and let’s say, deathly silence as exhibited by the international community?
Catron: Oh, I think what we’re seeing, whether it’s one killing as in this apparent murder caught on video by an Israeli medic of a wounded Palestinian or the far broader pattern of extra-judicial executions of Palestinians that’s unfolded in recent months since the beginning of October, is simply the implementation of a longstanding Israeli state policy to encourage its forces and even its individual citizens to attack Palestinians and grant them as much impunity as it possibly can.
Occasionally, the uproar from the world community will grow loud enough that it will be forced to take some modest measures against an individual as we’re seeing in this one rare case simply because the killing was caught on video.
But this is simply Israeli state policy that’s been in place for generations being put on display before the world.
There’s really nothing new here. Like Israel’s massacres of thousands of Palestinians at a time in Gaza, it’s simply a level of criminality that is entirely supported by the state itself and its highest actors, including Benjamin Netanyahu.
ICC's arrest warrant for Netanyahu to worry Western politicians: Former British diplomat
Former FBI agent criticizes US Congress for 'outright corruption'
Professor Marandi: 'There's no chance for Israel to win in Lebanon'
Lindsey Graham threatens to sanction US allies backing ICC arrest warrants
VIDEO | Tens of thousands of Catalans protest to demand access to better housing
Israel launches air strikes on Syria-Lebanon border crossing
Russia: Comprehensive deal with Iran will include defense, security ties
VIDEO | Israeli embassy shooting in Jordan leaves gunman dead, 3 police injured
VIDEO | Paris march in support of Palestine women
VIDEO | ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, ousted regime war minister
120 Palestinians perish as Israeli war machine keeps ravaging Gaza
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
