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Israeli forces shot and injured an American citizen during a demonstration on Friday that was being held in Beita, a Palestinian village near the occupied West Bank town of Nablus, several Palestinian rights organisations have told Middle East Eye.

Amado Sison* was hit by a bullet that shot through the back of his right thigh and left a large exit wound. The bullet, however, missed all of Sison's major arteries and his bones but he has soft tissue damage from the attack, according to Vivi Chen, an activist with Defend Palestine:Faz3a. Chen was also the victim of an attack by Israeli settlers last month.

Sison was carried more than 500 metres as Israeli forces continued to attack the Palestinians gathered at the site of the demonstration.

After being shot, activists say that Sison's ambulance was forced to stop at several Israeli checkpoints, leading to a delay in his medical treatment. Eventually, he underwent a successful surgery and was seen smiling in his hospital room.

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 155 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy shit that's a long way to travel to get shot with your own tax dollars

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Should have gone to school instead.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Privately-funded bullets in publicly-funded schools? Now that's what I call capitalism!

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 65 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean it's what they do. Remember a few years ago when they assassinated that us journalist?

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

I mean in the 60s they diliberately attacked a US Naval vessel killing almost 40 crew and I during 170 more. And the US just rolled over and did nothing about it other than help the Israelis cover it up.

[–] rockkicker@kbin.run 49 points 2 years ago (5 children)

good thing they didn't actually kill him or there might be consequences

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 111 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Shireen Abu Akleh, a US citizen and veteran Palestinian journalist, was killed by Israeli snipers during a military raid on the city of Jenin in the West Bank.

Nope. That doesn't matter.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Upon her death on May 11, 2022, Israel denied responsibility and blamed Palestinian militants. However, it gradually changed its narrative until admitted she was likely "accidentally" killed by Israeli fire, but refused to undertake a criminal investigation.

The classic "Hamas did it, oh wait you have evidence, actually it was us, lol right".

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 2 years ago
  • That didn't happen.
  • And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
  • And if it was, that's not a big deal.
  • And if it is, that's not my fault.
  • And if it was, I didn't mean it. <- You are here
  • And if I did, you deserved it.
[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So close to crossing the one line our government claims not to tolerate. Glad he lived, but shitty that we will continue to obstruct all attempts at justice by the international community.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just so we are clear, that's not a line. US Citizens have been killed by the IDF.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So we're even more fucked than I realized.

[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"As long as they looked like they might be Palestinian children from a distance, their deaths are fully justified."

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Well, I'm sure their families condemn hamas now.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

No, the one line would be if the IDF attacks US Soil or soldiers.

That's NATO territory but whether the US NATO ambassador would have the stones to actually declare it an attack and activate article 4, that's another story.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 9 points 2 years ago
[–] BlackLaZoR@kbin.run 7 points 2 years ago

Nah, it's an honor to be killed by the Chosen People

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 2 years ago

And the US will make up some excuse to defend them

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your ANTISEMITIC if you DON'T like Shooting American Citizens!

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

He's lucky they didn't rape him with a stick.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

All citizens are equal but some are more equal than others

[–] snek@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

At this point we could just use a randomizer for Israel and it would still fit today's news

[–] febra@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Out with these shitty settlers out of the West Bank.

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

People in this thread acting like Israel getting leeway on actions is a US thing. In fact, “western nations” require regional destabilization in the Middle East. Look at what happens in Latin American countries or African ones. Regional destabilization in the ME is not a unique thing, and Israel is just serving its purpose at the expense of keeping its people safe. None of this stops till leaders, countries etc decide the whole regional destabilization philosophy is an old world relic which doesn’t serve the future.