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Israeli occupation forces prevent Palestinian civilians from fishing in their own territorial waters. This, despite Israeli claims of disengagement from the occupied Gaza Strip.
Occupied, yes. Because Israel controls the air, sea, and with the Egyptian military regime’s coordination, land, making the Gaza Strip the world’s largest open air prison.
This really is a crime against humanity along with the rest of the blockade.
Here’s another news outlet reporting on the same incident, with the victim’s name and the source as the Fishermen’s Syndicate.
https://imemc.org/article/israeli-navy-shoots-injures-a-palestinian-fisherman-off-the-gaza-coast/
Was he shot with a beanbag?
The victim was shot with rubber coated steel bullets, per the second article. It’s still a crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces.
That or a rubber bullet. Definitely not lethal force.
Obviously that doesn't make it okay, but that's a fairly major omission!
Agreed. The blockade is a major humanitarian issue but I wonder why they omitted it.
Because when you’re peacefully fishing in your own territorial waters, whether you’re shot with a rubber coated steel bullet or shot with a beanbag is irrelevant. The crime is you’re being shot at by a foreign occupying force.
It's actually not irrelevant. If they used live rounds then they'd be murdering someone, or attempting to, on top of the other issue.
Glad to know you’d be ok being shot with a rubber coated steel bullet. “Other issues” be damned, right?
You're really projecting hard here. It's rather pathetic.
Yeah, cause who cares if you're being shot at all while meeting you're business!