"An Israeli soldier who shoots a simple-minded autistic Palestinian cowering next to a garbage bin, is cleared of all culpability. The article hits all the right points: Israel’s investigations of its soldiers almost never lead to convictions, witnesses are often not even consulted; surveillance cameras in the area supposedly weren’t working."
Updated August 27, 2024
Re: "Israeli court acquits border police officer charged with killing autistic Palestinian man"
July 6, 2023
Julia Frankel’s article, “Israeli court acquits border police officer charged with killing autistic Palestinian man” (July 6, 2023), is a tragic reminder that, sadly, apartheid is alive and well in 2023. An Israeli soldier who shoots a simple-minded autistic Palestinian cowering next to a garbage bin, is cleared of all culpability. The article hits all the right points: Israel’s investigations of its soldiers almost never lead to convictions, witnesses are often not even consulted; surveillance cameras in the area supposedly weren’t working. Amnesty and others have long highlighted Israel’s apartheid practices against Palestinians, but impunity for the killing of a harmless Palestinian autistic reveals Israeli apartheid at its ugliest.
Tom Woodley
(President of CJPME)
514-641-7114