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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:33 PM Jul 2015

US condemns ‘vicious terrorist attack’ after Palestinian toddler burned to death by...

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

US condemns ‘vicious terrorist attack’ after Palestinian toddler burned to death by suspected Jewish settlers

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
31 JUL 2015 AT 12:17 ET

A Palestinian toddler was burned to death and four family members wounded in an arson attack by suspected Jewish settlers on two homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday.

The attack added to tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, sparking protests by hundreds of people and sporadic clashes, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making a rare call to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in a bid to avoid further escalation.

While Netanyahu called the firebombing in Duma village near the northern city of Nablus “an act of terrorism in every respect”, the Palestine Liberation Organisation said it held his government “fully responsible”.

The death of 18-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsha was “a direct consequence of decades of impunity given by the Israeli government to settler terrorism”, the PLO said in a statement.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/us-condemns-vicious-terrorist-attack-after-palestinian-toddler-burned-to-death-by-suspected-jewish-settlers/

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US condemns ‘vicious terrorist attack’ after Palestinian toddler burned to death by... (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2015 OP
The settlers are scum. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #1
Never understood the "settlers" description, when some much of the land was simply taken, mpcamb Jul 2015 #9
Yep, it's a euphemism for thieves and fanatics. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #10
Extremism is a cancer Alfalfa Aug 2015 #21
when you have the Cliven Bundy crowd in charge of the occupied territories geek tragedy Jul 2015 #2
But there's no video evidence. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2015 #3
I left I/P alone ages ago...It's like a troller's convention... Blue_Tires Jul 2015 #7
For some I/P is just another illegal colony R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2015 #11
After all of the children we maimed and killed in Iraq, I'm finding this pretty disigenuous. Gregorian Jul 2015 #4
Dare to compare our settlers vs our Indians. ....nt dougolat Jul 2015 #13
its possible to hate all violence like this and to be against all violence. the rush to war` roguevalley Jul 2015 #5
These settlers deserve whatever's coming their way. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #6
+1 Alfalfa Aug 2015 #22
. libodem Jul 2015 #8
These "settlers" are a far greater threat to Isreal than any Palestinian. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #12
a contrived county built on land theft and ethnic cleansing. KG Jul 2015 #14
Kudos for the summation Fairgo Jul 2015 #19
Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE......hmmm jaysunb Jul 2015 #15
Just heard it on NPR eom BeyondGeography Jul 2015 #16
Israeli settlers are the worst of the worst. lark Jul 2015 #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #18
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #20

mpcamb

(2,855 posts)
9. Never understood the "settlers" description, when some much of the land was simply taken,
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 02:41 PM
Jul 2015

removing long-standing residents and titleeholders.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
2. when you have the Cliven Bundy crowd in charge of the occupied territories
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:46 PM
Jul 2015

this is what happens

government of the settler, by the settler, for the settler encourages this kind of pogrom

 

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
3. But there's no video evidence.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:49 PM
Jul 2015

That's what at least one of the trolls in I/P say. If there's no video evidence then it's just made up.

Illegal asshole Israeli terrorists and their fawning cheerleaders!

But you know the mindset of the Right Wingers in charge of Israel. They call Palestinian kids "little snakes!"

 

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
11. For some I/P is just another illegal colony
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:17 PM
Jul 2015

where one can attempt to take the hiltops and distort the truth while doing it...IMHO.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
4. After all of the children we maimed and killed in Iraq, I'm finding this pretty disigenuous.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:57 PM
Jul 2015

I expect flaming due to what should be an absolute truth regarding our outrage. But it's more than ironic after what we have done.

I'm pretty sick of our behavior now, even when it's on the right side of humanity.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
5. its possible to hate all violence like this and to be against all violence. the rush to war`
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:42 PM
Jul 2015

was in the face of much resistance.

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
6. These settlers deserve whatever's coming their way.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 02:24 PM
Jul 2015

Steal other people's land, stomp on their throats, and they think there will be no consequences.

KG

(28,749 posts)
14. a contrived county built on land theft and ethnic cleansing.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:31 PM
Jul 2015

kinda like the USA. hence the foreign policy bro-mance

Fairgo

(1,571 posts)
19. Kudos for the summation
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:20 PM
Jul 2015

Concentrated truth. May be a choking hazard to those accustomed to swallowing commercial grade propaganda.

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
15. Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE......hmmm
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:44 PM
Jul 2015

I haven't seen or heard this report in any American msm. No wonder they (settlers) get a pass from most. But, of course, if it were reported, we'd hear how they are just using the template of the USA and it's own ethnic cleansing of the native people of this land.

lark

(23,003 posts)
17. Israeli settlers are the worst of the worst.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:17 PM
Jul 2015

They hate and kill Palestinians because they've either stolen the Palestinian land or they are trying to steal the Palestinian land and the Palestinians don't like it. That Israel tolerates this is totally despicable. I'd bet big money no one gets punished for this, just like cops don't get punished here.

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