Israeli authorities say they have suspended a police officer accused of beating him. --- mmm hmm.
On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 8:11:11 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > It's always interesting to see how the Pro-Islamist/Anti-American movement > will respond.....Herein is "The Rest Of The Story" regarding Mohammed Abu > Khedair: > > > Israel: 3 indicted in Palestinian teen's 'revenge' death > > By Tal Heinrich and Jason Hanna, CNN > > > > > http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/17/world/meast/israel-palestinian-teen-death-indictment/ > > > An adult and two minors have been indicted in what Israeli authorities say > was the revenge killing of a Palestinian teen -- a death that helped stoke > tensions between Israelis and Palestinians this month -- an Israeli > district attorney said Thursday. > > Israeli authorities say the three abducted, beat and burned Mohammed Abu > Khedair, 16, "only because he was an Arab," the Jerusalem district attorney > said. Abu Khedair's body was found in a Jerusalem forest on the morning of > July 2. > > Prosecutors allege the killing was retaliation for the deaths of three > Israeli teens whose bodies were found in the West Bank in late June. > > > <http://edition.cnn.com/videos> > > > > > > > "The indictment (that was) filed elaborates on a serious and shocking > racist act carried out against (an) innocent boy," the attorney general's > office said. > > The suspects are a 29-year-old man from the West Bank settlement of Adam > and two of his 16-year-old relatives -- one from Jerusalem and the other > from Beit Shemesh, Israel, prosecutors said. > > Abu Khedair was heading from his home to a mosque in the middle-class > neighborhood of Shuafat in East Jerusalem for prayers around 4 a.m. on July > 2 when three people forced him into a car and drove off, his father, > Hussain Abu Khedair, told CNN. > > > Prosecutors say the three defendants strangled and beat Abu Khedair. Then, > while he was unconscious, they burned him to death, prosecutors say. > > News of the boy's death led to several clashes in Jerusalem's Palestinian > neighborhoods, the biggest of which was centered in Shuafat. Residents > there threw stones at security forces, and Israeli authorities responded > with occasional volleys of stun grenades and tear gas. > > During one of those clashes on July 3, Abu Khedair's American cousin, > Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, was beaten by Israeli police. Amateur video showed > Israeli police officers holding down, punching and kicking Abu Khdeir, a > Florida resident who was visiting relatives. > > The 15-year-old and his family have said he did nothing wrong, and he > returned to Florida this week after a brief home detention. Israeli > authorities say they have suspended a police officer accused of beating him. > > The death of the Palestinian teen, Abu Khedair, came less than a month > after three Israeli teens -- Eyal Yifrach, 19; Gilad Shaar, 16; and Naftali > Frankel, a 16-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen -- were abducted while > hitchhiking home from school in the West Bank. They were found dead on June > 30. > > The Israeli government blamed the Islamic militant group Hamas, which > praised the abductions but denied it was responsible. > > Israel responded in part by arresting Hamas activists. Militants in Gaza, > the Palestinian territory that Hamas controls, stepped up rocket fire into > Israel, and Israel responded with airstrikes. > > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:39 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Mohammed Abu Khedair > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/02/world/meast/palestinian-teen-killed/index.html>, > > a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and killed in Jerusalem this week, > died from being burned alive and hit on the head with a blunt object, > according to Palestinian General Prosecutor Mohammed al-Auwewy, citing a > medical autopsy. > > Al-Auwewy said the autopsy discovered traces of smoke inside the lungs of > the 16-year-old, indicating that it was inhaled while the fire was burning. > > Mark Regev, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said > his country is aggressively investigating the killing. "We'll get to the > bottom of it and catch those responsible," he told CNN on Saturday. > > Relatives accuse Israeli forces of beating visiting U.S. teen. > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/05/world/meast/jerusalem-u-s--teen-beaten/index.html> > > The teenager's death sparked widespread outrage among Palestinians, many > of whom believe he was killed in retaliation for the abduction and killing > of three Israeli teens > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/30/world/meast/israel-kidnap-victims/index.html>. > Israeli authorities are investigating who killed Khedair and why, said > Netanyahu > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/04/world/meast/mideast-tensions/index.html>. > > After the Palestinian teen's funeral on Friday, more than 60 people were > injured in clashes with Israeli security forces in parts of Jerusalem, > according to the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, a group that said it > was involved in evacuating injured Palestinians. It said the injuries > mostly involved rubber bullets fired at the upper body and chest. > > Israeli police said 13 of their officers were slightly injured in clashes > in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat, where Palestinian protesters were > throwing rocks at police, who responded by firing rubber bullets and tear > gas. > [image: Mourners of Eyal Yifrach, 19, attend his funeral outside his house > in Elad, Israel, on Tuesday, July 1. The bodies of Yifrach and two other > Israeli teenagers, Naftali Frankel and Gilad Shaar, were found a day > earlier after they were abducted last month on their way home from school > in the West Bank.] > Israel mourns 3 dead teenagers 6 photos > EXPAND GALLERY > > > Palestinian teen's killing sparks outrage 03:36 > PLAY VIDEO > [image: Masked Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli police > (unseen) during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood in Jerusalem, on July > 2, 2014.] > > > Tensions high after Palestinian teen's death 03:54 > PLAY VIDEO > > > Israeli teen's chilling emergency call 05:49 > PLAY VIDEO > > Clashes erupt after Palestinian teenager's funeral in Jerusalem > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/04/world/meast/mideast-tensions/index.html> > > Meanwhile, a 15-year-old cousin of Khedair is at the center of a new > controversy that's become an international incident. > > Tariq Khdeir, 15, a high school sophomore in Tampa, was visiting his > Palestinian relatives in Jerusalem when he was attacked and detained, > relatives told CNN. The family claims that Khdeir is seen in separate > videos being held down and pummeled by men in the uniform of Israeli > security forces. > > Israel's Justice Ministry is investigating an incident that U.S. State > Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki called "troubling." > > --------- > American allegedly beat by Israeli cops 01:57 > Story highlights > > - A note from the detained boy tells his parents he is OK and not to > worry, an uncle says > - Tariq Khdeir, 15, was born in the U.S. and is a high school > sophomore in Tampa, Florida > - He was visiting his Palestinian relatives for the first time in over > a decade > - Israel's Justice Ministry says it will investigate the beating > > A Florida resident and cousin of a Palestinian teenager killed in > Jerusalem this week is the young man seen in separate videos being held > down and pummeled by men in the uniform of Israeli security forces, > relatives said. > > Tariq Khdeir, 15, a high school sophomore in Tampa, was visiting his > Palestinian relatives in Jerusalem for the first time in over a decade when > he was attacked and detained, family members told CNN. > > Tariq, born in Baltimore, was outside the home of his cousin, who was > kidnapped and killed on Wednesday > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/02/world/meast/palestinian-teen-killed/> in > an incident that has further stoked tensions between Palestinians and > Israelis. The tensions already had risen sharply after three Israeli teens > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/30/world/meast/israel-kidnap-victims/> were > found dead in the West Bank. > > Autopsy: Palestinian teen was burned alive > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/05/world/meast/mideast-tensions/index.html> > > The two videos, which were posted independently, say the beating occurred > on Thursday. > > In Tampa, Tariq's aunt, Sanah Abukhdeir, said the boy was visiting his > grandmother, who is on her deathbed. > > The teen's mother identified him in the video by the clothing he was > wearing, including an Ecko T-shirt, his aunt said. > > "Send our boy home," she said, expressing concern about the medical > attention he was receiving. "He's pure American." > > An uncle who is in regular contact with the boy's parents said the family > was told Tariq was shackled to a hospital bed. After being treated in a > hospital, he was moved to a detention center. > > "It's unbelievable how they kicked him," the uncle said of the beating. > > Tariq is a typical teenager who takes lots of selfies and enjoys fishing, > according to his family. Among his friends, his nickname is "Fish," after > his favorite hobby. > > *'A very serious incident'* > > The Israeli Defense Forces issued a statement Saturday seeking to distance > themselves from the beating. > > "It seems that the Israel Police Forces were involved in the incident, and > not the IDF Forces," the statement said. > > > American teen beaten by Israeli police 02:26 > PLAY VIDEO > > In a statement, the Justice Ministry said the government's legal adviser > will investigate the videotaped beating in the Shuafat neighborhood. > > Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is quoted in the statement as saying > the images "show a very serious incident by uniformed personnel, while this > is not the Israeli's law enforcement policy -- yet sadly, they are the ones > headlining worldwide news." > > *'Am I going to hear him screaming?'* > > CNN's Ben Wedeman spoke to Tariq's mother, Suha Abu Khdeir, who said she > just couldn't watch the video of the beating. > > "I don't want to see the video, I don't want to hear the video," she said. > "I don't want to hear it. I don't know what I am going to hear. Am I going > to hear him screaming? Am I going to hear him calling for help?" > > She said she visited her son in the hospital, but he remains in custody. > She did not know why he was arrested. > > She and the boy's father, Salah Eddeine Abu Khdeir, said the teenager was > among people protesting the death of his cousin, but wasn't involved in the > clashes with Israeli security forces. > > "I asked my son, 'Did you throw rocks?' He said no," his father said. > > "He didn't have to throw rocks, he's just a Palestinian, in front of his > neighborhood, hanging out with his relatives," Tariq's mother said. > > *Complaints of rough treatment* > > Palestinians have long complained of rough treatment by the Israeli police > and double standards when it comes to justice, says Bill van Esveld of > Human Rights Watch. > > "The concern is that we've got plenty of evidence that this child of 15 > was brutally beaten by Israeli law enforcement," van Esveld told CNN. "And > instead of the law enforcement officials responsible for the beating being > questioned and detained, the child who is the victim is being questioned > and detained." > > One neighbor shot a video of the beating and distributed it to family and > a television station. Another video was shot from the other side of the > street and posted to YouTube. > > Relatives watched the video and told CNN that the teen is Tariq Khdeir. > Relatives released pictures of the bruised teenager with swelling on his > lips and nose. > > The men delivered more than 20 blows to the youth over a period of two > minutes. He did not appear to be struggling and police carried away his > limp body afterward. > > Both videos start after the incident began, and it's not clear why Khdeir > was attacked. > > *'That should not happen'* > > Mark Regev, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said > he had seen the videos on CNN. > > "I think people who have that video should take it straight to the Israeli > police," he said. "There is a separate department in our Ministry of > Justice who will investigate that sort of thing." > > Regev said he did not know the details of this case. "That should not > happen," he said. "Obviously, it is forbidden under Israeli law to beat up > a suspect who is in handcuffs." > > "It's attempted murder," Suha Abu Khdeir said of her son's beating. > > *Calls for U.S. to intervene* > > Khdeir's father told CNN that a U.S. consular officer visited the teen in > a Israeli detention center in Jerusalem. The officer told Khdeir's father > that the teen does not remember much of what happened during his arrest. > > The officer passed on a note from Tariq in which he said he was OK and > told his parents not to worry about him, according to the uncle who is in > regular contact with the parents. > > U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki called the reports "troubling" > and called for a "speedy, transparent and credible investigation and full > accountability for any excessive use of force." > > The Council on American-Islamic Relations urged the United States to help > free the teen. > > "It is the duty of American officials to intervene and secure the release > of an American citizen who was so viciously attacked," said Hassan Shibly, > executive director of CAIR-Florida. > > Khdeir is expected to appear at the Jerusalem magistrate court at 11 a.m. > Sunday (4 a.m. ET), according to his father. > > His cousin, Mohammed Abu Khedair > <http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/02/world/meast/palestinian-teen-killed/index.html>, > > who was abducted and killed in Jerusalem this week, died from being burned > alive and hit on the head with a blunt object, according to Palestinian > General Prosecutor Mohammed al-Auwewy, citing a medical autopsy. > > Al-Auwewy said the autopsy discovered traces of smoke inside the lungs of > the 16-year-old, indicating that it was inhaled while the fire was burning. > > After the teen's funeral on Friday, more than 60 people were injured in > clashes with Israeli security forces in parts of Jerusalem, according to > the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, a group that said it was involved > in evacuating injured Palestinians. It said the injuries mostly involved > rubber bullets fired at the upper body and chest. > > > On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 11:45:08 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2938199/Burned- > alive-cage-ISIS-release-video-claiming-horrifying-murder- > captured-Jordanian-pilot.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline > BREAKING NEWS: Burned alive in a cage: ISIS release video claiming to show > horrifying murder of captured Jordanian pilot > > By John Hall for MailOnline > <http:///home/search.html?s=&authornamef=John+Hall+for+MailOnline> > > *Published:* 11:50 EST, 3 February 2015 | *Updated:* 11:54 EST, 3 > February 2015 > > Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq have released a > video they claim shows Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh being burned alive > while locked in a cage. > > The footage, which is titled 'Healing the Believers Chests' appears to > show the captured airman wearing an orange jumpsuit as a trail of petrol > leading up to the cage is seen being set alight. > > Flames are seen quickly spreading to the cage where they engulf the > helpless pilot. > > > > Yesterday Jordan government spokesman Mohammed al-Momeni said the kingdom > was doing 'everything' it could to secure the release of Kassasbeh, who was > captured by ISIS after his F-16 fighter jet crashed in territory controlled > by the militants in Syria in December. > > [image: Brutal: The footage, which is titled 'Healing the believers > chests' appears to show the captured airman wearing an orange jumpsuit as a > trail of petrol leading up to the cage is seen being set alight.] > > > > Brutal: The footage, which is titled 'Healing the believers chests' > appears to show the captured airman wearing an orange jumpsuit as a trail > of petrol leading up to the cage is seen being set alight. > > > > [image: Savage: A trail of petrol leading up to the cage is seen being set > alight ] > > *Savage: A trail of petrol leading up to the cage is seen being set > alight * > > The video comes just days after ISIS' British executioner in chief, Jihadi > John, savagely murdered Japanese journalist Kenji Goto in a shocking filmed > beheading after days of intensive negotiations through intermediaries to > save him. > > Yesterday Jordanian government spokesman Momeni said: 'All state > organisations have been mobilised to secure the proof of life that we > require so that he can be freed and returned to his home.' > > 'We are still ready to hand over the convict Sajida al-Rishawi in return > for the return of our son and our hero,' Mohammad al-Momani added. > > He condemned the jihadists' murder of Japanese journalist 47-yer-old Goto > after days of intensive efforts through intermediaries to save him, adding: > 'We spared no effort, in coordination with the Japanese government, to save > his life.' > > [image: Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq have > released a video they claim shows Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh being > burned alive while locked in a cage] > > *Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq have released > a video they claim shows Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh being burned > alive while locked in a cage* > > [image: Jordanian F-16 pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh (centre) was captured by > the Islamic State after after crashing near its HQ in the Syrian city of > Raqqa in December. ISIS is threatening to kill him] > > *Jordanian F-16 pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh (centre) was captured by the > Islamic State after after crashing near its HQ in the Syrian city of Raqqa > in December. ISIS is now believed to brutally murdered him* > > [image: Hope: Jordan has vowed to do 'everything it can' to save the life > of ISIS-held pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh. Here Kassasbeh's relatives hold > posters of the captive during a rally in the city of Karak] > > *Hope: Jordan had vowed to do 'everything' could to save the life of > ISIS-held pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh. Here Kassasbeh's relatives hold posters > of the captive during a rally in the city of Karak over the weekend* > > Last week Jordan vowed to fast-track the execution of Sajida al-Rishawi if > ISIS kills Kaseasbeh. > > It apparently warned ISIS that she and other jailed ISIS commanders would > be 'quickly judged and sentenced' in revenge for the execution of the pilot. > > Intelligence sources said ISIS's refusal to prove that Kaseasbeh was alive > meant any deal with the militants was doomed. > > Jordan subsequently stepped up its rhetoric by warning of its intent to > retaliate if the negotiations end in bloodshed. > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZmo4M2R0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MjI5ODQ4MzA-> > > > - New Members > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJncHN0aHZuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDIyOTg0ODMw> > > 1 > > [image: Yahoo! 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