Palestinian Teenager Shot After Defying Curfew

VOA News ^ | 10/5/02 | Sonja Pace

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli troops Saturday, near the West Bank city of Nablus and several other Palestinians are reported injured.

Palestinian witnesses and medical workers say the teenager was shot when he and a group of boys defied the military curfew and threw stones at Israeli soldiers. The incident occurred at a refugee camp near Nablus. Witnesses say they also heard gunfire from the center of the city.

It's the second shooting death of a Palestinian teenager in the past two days. On Friday, a Palestinian youth was killed under similar circumstances in a village in the northern West Bank, and earlier Friday, another Palestinian youngster was critically wounded by Israeli tank fire near Nablus.

These are the latest incidents in almost daily deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Nablus and most other West Bank cities have been under an almost continuous curfew for over three months - ever since Israel re-occupied much of the West Bank, in response to a spate of suicide bombings by Palestinian militants inside Israel.

Palestinians in many cities routinely defy the curfew when there are no Israeli soldiers around. They also say that, often, patrolling Israeli troops simply ignore the defiance. But, there have also been clashes, mostly between soldiers and young Palestinian stone throwers.

[MarineDad]

"...when he and a group of boys defied the military curfew and threw stones at Israeli soldiers..."
CAUSE

"A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli troops..."
EFFECT

Gee, that should be simple enough even for clueless ragheads to follow (but they don't, and probably never, ever will.)

[Phillip Augustus]

If he lives in Israel, I would probably agree with your point. But, if he lives in America, I am not sure I see the relevance.

[sheik yerbouty]

There would be no curfew if they didn't behave like rabid creatures.

[Cachelot]

If he lives in Israel, I would probably agree with your point.

The point is not Israel or the fact that they have a sea of rabid animals on their doorstep. The point is that civilization has that sea of rabid animals on the doorstep.

You fight terrorism or you are a willing accomplice - or worse.

[archy]

King Hussein shot back. He was present in the al-Asqa mosque in Jerusalem when he was struck by a bullet as his grandfather was assassinated there. The slug struck a medal that the future monarch's grandfather had presented to him and had insisted he wear that day. The future king was 17 at the time.

He would face at least six later attacks on his life, but in at least two he personally fought back, once with a British Sterling submachinegun and on another occasion with a cutdown Armalite AR-18 rifle carried in his car. In another attempt, the King was in an aircraft that came under attack, in which the attacker was simply outflown. In those three occasions, and possibly some of the others, personal skill at arms was what spared the monarch's life.

His son, King Abdullah, is fully aware of what happened to his father and grandfather and knows it could come his way any time as well. And he is prepared for it, as his father demonstrated and taught him, and as he learned as a fellow *Orange Gunsite* classmate in the United States as a student at Jeff Cooper's *Gunsite* Academy in Arizona.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Right on.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Palestinian Teenager Shot After Defying Curfew

So what?

[VaBthang4]

"Palestinian witnesses and medical workers say the teenager was shot when he and a group of boys defied the military curfew and threw stones at Israeli soldiers."

Good.

[Lent]

defied the military curfew and threw stones at Israeli soldiers

Do the Pals have blocks for heads? I thinks it's self-evident.

[Movemout]

You're just like bait on a hook. I wouldn't let my teenager out to throw rocks even if I agreed with his distaste for the local authorities. He might get shot.

[MinorityRepublican]

King Hussein shot back. He was present in the al-Asqa mosque in Jerusalem when he was struck by a bullet as his grandfather was assassinated there. The slug struck a medal that the future monarch's grandfather had presented to him and had insisted he wear that day. The future king was 17 at the time.

Wow! That is interesting.

[CCCnative]

This is great background info. It helps to ad depth to the events in Jordan. A few months back Debkanet said there were Iraqi troops in Jordan. I don't know what came of it but given the information above, King Abdullah probably did not retire to his hottub.

[rdb3]

Maybe it's the part about being made to live like caged animals, 24/7, in their own city.

Puh-leeze. They don't have their "own" city. No matter what they call it, their city is in Israel. Israel owns this city.

[Your Nightmare]

I wonder how many people on Free Republic would take the oppression the Palestinians have suffered for 35 years. I have a feeling everyone here would be doing more than throwing rocks.

[rdb3]

What "oppression?"

It's a wonder that any of them are still breathing. I give Israel credit for that. After all, the Israelis are not the ones blowing themselves up among the so-called Palestinian civilians.

[John Lenin]

Yea, if they would just change their charter and took out Israeli genocide as the #1 answer to all their problems they just might move back to Jordan and live the good life !

[A_perfect_lady]

Palestinians live better than Arabs in Arab ruled countries.

[Your Nightmare]

You people are clueless...

[rdb3]

You people are clueless...

I see. "You people" constitute the "clueless." Yet you've offered nothing but a standard pat answer to back up your assertion.

Hey! You know what? You're right! Cause we don't have a "clue" what the hell you are talking about.

So, go ahead with your "oppression of the Palestinians" thinking." 99.999% of us know better.

As for your opinion on this matter (as misinformed as it is), I'm like a gay man at a gentleman's strip club: I don't care.

[Your Nightmare]

They don't have their "own" city. No matter what they call it, their city is in Israel. Israel owns this city.

It's been the Palestinian's "own" city for 1,400 years. By what right does Israel "own" Nablus?

Maybe you should head to a website that doesn't have the word "free" in the name.