{"id":952,"date":"2005-06-27T15:29:14","date_gmt":"2005-06-27T19:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=952"},"modified":"2005-06-27T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2005-06-27T19:29:14","slug":"sniper-guilty-of-manslaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=952","title":{"rendered":"Sniper guilty of manslaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Israeli military court has found former IDF sniper Wahid Taysir guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of British citisen\/ ISM<\/a> activist Tom Hurndall, as well, guilty of obstruction of justice and giving false testimony.<\/p>\n

Tom Hurndall’s brother, William, was denied entry into Israel<\/a>. Only after filing an emergency petition and agreeing to rigid conditions was he allowed to attend the reading of the verdict with his family.<\/p>\n

From the BBC<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Mr Hurndall’s sister Sophie said she felt a “huge amount of anger” towards Hayb. <\/p>\n

“Tom was rescuing a child,” she said, adding that what Hayb did “was the most despicable action you could carry out”. <\/p>\n

But she added: “He’s been hung out to dry by the Israeli army who have not taken responsibility for the poor investigation and absolute lack of accountability.” <\/p>\n

Mr Hurndall’s father, who had been sitting in court within touching distance of Hayb, said the guilty verdict was the right one. <\/p>\n

But he also expressed concern about the “culture in which this incident took place”. <\/p>\n

“We’re concerned that there is a policy which seems to be prevalent in Gaza, amongst the Israeli soldiers and army, that they feel able to shoot civilians really without any accountability whatsoever.” <\/p>\n

Civil liberties group Human Rights Watch last week accused Israel of investigating less than 5% of hundreds of cases of Palestinians killed since 2000. <\/p>\n

Israeli authorities say there is no policy of tolerating the shooting of civilians. <\/p>\n

A film about the case, Shot on Camera: Tom Hurndall, will be shown on BBC Three on Monday 27 June at 2000 BST.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ISM<\/a> has more.<\/p>\n

How is a sniper’s head shot anything but an intentional kill?<\/p>\n

The Killing Zone<\/em><\/a> is a film<\/a> that can still be had using Bit Torrent, no telling how long, thanks to SCOTUS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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