Geneva – The Israeli army’s execution of an elderly Palestinian after using him in a propaganda campaign promoting its “safe corridor” in Gaza was strongly condemned in a statement released by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor today.
The rights organisation expressed outrage over Israel’s incorporating the man into its attempt to cover up horrific crimes against displaced Palestinians fleeing Israeli violence in the northern Gaza Strip.
Israel’s army released a photo of one of its soldiers talking to Bashir Hajji, a 79-year-old resident of Gaza City’s Zaytoun neighborhood, as he travelled on Salah al-Din Road, the main route to the southern Gaza Valley. The soldier in the photo appears to be helping and protecting displaced Palestinian civilians, said Euro-Med Monitor, yet Hajji was subjected to a field execution on the morning of Friday 10 November.
The elderly man’s granddaughter, Hala Hajji, told the Euro-Med Monitor team that her grandfather was brutally executed while crossing the “safe corridor” when members of the Israeli army intentionally shot him in the head and back. She also confirmed that he is in the photo that was put out by Israel—exposing the Israeli army’s dangerous practice of flagrantly fabricating stories.
Euro-Med Monitor stated that it has previously documented dozens of cases where the Israeli army executed displaced Palestinians by live bullets and, in some cases, by artillery shells. Those displaced were attempting to flee to the south of Wadi Gaza at the Israeli army’s request.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor renewed its calls for the United Nations and the International Criminal Court to open an urgent independent investigation into the execution crimes to which displaced Palestinians have been and are still being subjected to, to hold those who ordered such crimes accountable, and to achieve justice for the victims.
I’m no expert, but it took me about 30s to find out that the organisation’s founder is Palestinian, so I’m not sure that’s a good sign for their objectivity
I just find out you speak English, I’m not sure that’s a good sign for your objectivity.
English is the most spoken language in the world.
Correct, there’s 5 million Palestinians… Can we trust any of them?
Depends on the context. But I doubt any of them can be objective about a war their own country is involved in.
Can you be objective as an English speaker which heavily implies former British colony or heavily influenced by English power?
I am not a native English speaker.
It’s that supposed to be more a of a reason to trust our distrust you based on things you cannot change.
Yeah, you’re gonna have to fix those typos, because I have no idea what you’re trying to say.
Anyways, my point was that my country was never a British colony and isn’t any more influenced by any “English power” than any other western country.
I mean they’re biased; that’s normal. The thing is: Does that bias get in the way of the factuality of their reporting? Given that they have a pretty long track record, there needs to be a source that proves they’re unreliable.
Idk and I don’t really care enough to research it, I just wanted to point out that that article makes it quite easy to find reasons for why they would be biased.
It didn’t, it makes it easy to add your bias.
Add it to what?
You can’t see your parent comment can you?
Not on mobile, but that’s besides the point. The point is - do you seriously believe the organization led by someone from a country engaged in a war is going to be objective in judging what one of the parties in said war is doing? Because if you do, I’ve got a bridge to sell to you.
It’s wildly relevant, you should open in browser and look at my comments because you sir are very confused.
I already read them and replied accordingly. If you don’t understand that, you’re the confused one.