AMERICANS support the Israeli military to the tune of $10 million a day, money that could potentially go to providing health care, college tuition, housing and jobs to the poor in this country and elsewhere.

The Israeli army has killed and injured thousands of unarmed Arabs, including medics and journalists, in recent weeks. (A total of 112 have been killed and more than 13,000 have been injured, some shot in the head and limbs.) But the army also routinely performs “extra-judicial” assassinations of Palestinians who are considered a threat.

Yesterday, Ezzeddin Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 21, was shot by soldiers elsewhere from the protests by Gazans. Here is his story, posted at the If Americans Knew blog. Please bear in mind when reading this that Tamimi was 21 years old, that he was not attacking anyone when he was shot down and that he never got his day in court. Please bear in mind also that you and I are indirectly complicit in these actions because of American support:

Ezzeddin Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 21, was shot by Israeli soldiers in Nabi Saleh village with three live rounds from very close range in an extrajudicial assassination. The soldiers then prevented Palestinian medics from approaching Ezzeddin as he lay, critically injured, on the ground.

According to eyewitnesses, Palestinian medics tried to provide aid to the seriously wounded man, but the soldiers assaulted them, and threatened to shoot them. Ezzeddin then succumbed to his injuries.

When Ezzeddin’s mother was informed that he was killed, she rushed to see him, but the soldiers sprayed her face with pepper-spray and forced her away.

Ezzeddin worked as a car mechanic, but was listed as ‘wanted’ by the Israeli military eighteen months ago. The soldiers have made numerous attempts over the past eighteen months to intercept the young man, including invading his home and shooting him.

The Israeli army also abducted his brother to pressure him into turning himself in to the army.

A few weeks before assassinating Ezzeddin, the army called one of his brothers, and told him that “Ezzeddin will face the same fate of Ahmad Nasr Jarrar, (who was killed by the soldiers on February 06, 2018), if he does not surrender.”

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assassinated the Palestinian, directly and repeatedly firing at him, in addition to attacking dozens of other Palestinians in the town.

The soldiers also shot another Palestinian with a live round and caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, during protests that took place after the soldiers killed Ezzeddin.

After the soldiers killed Ezzeddin, they invaded many homes, including his home, and occupied their rooftops.

— Comments —

George writes:

Do you think that any of Gaza’s problems might stem from the fact that it’s run by a gang of whacked out jihadists?

Laura writes:

You mean water and electricity should be deprived to children there? Many of the people killed and reduced to poverty are not whacked-out jihadists. Besides all the whacked-out jihadists in the world have inflicted much less damage than the violence and suffering inflicted by Israel since its inception. See comparisons here. Which side is more “whacked-out?” Where were the whacked-out jihadists in Palestine in the 1920s and 30s? Why did they grow in number?

Laura writes:

Arabs and Jews once lived together in peace in the Middle East.

Where were the whacked-out jihadists then?

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