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October 13, 2015
Al Jazeera Kills Off Wounded Afula Attacker
Al Jazeera English falsely reported yesterday ("Bringing into question Israel's extra-judicial killings"):
[Mahmoud] Abu Rahma [of the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza] referred to another case, saying that Israa Abed, 30, from Afula in Israel, was shot dead by a group of police and soldiers who were two metres away and surrounding her. The Israelis claim she was holding a knife, though this remains unproven.
Israa Abed was, wounded, not killed when police shot after she attempted to carry out a stabbing in Afula. As Al Jazeera itself earlier reported:
In the northern town of Afula, a Palestinian woman was shot several times and wounded by police who closed in on her as she held up a knife, a video clip circulated on social media showed. Police said she had tried to stab a bus station guard.
Similarly, a separate Al Jazeera article published the same day as the Al Jazeera piece claiming she had been "shot dead" reported that Abed was "seriously wounded":
Likewise, Palestinian Maan News Agency reported:
A Palestinian woman was shot and injured after an alleged stabbing attempt in Afula on Friday, Israel's army and police said.
Stay tuned for an update about a correction.
Update 6:46 EST: Al Jazeera Can't Get Its Story Straight on The Knife
One of our readers points out that the Al Jazeera story which reported without challenge the false claim by Mahmoud Abu Rahma, of Al Mazen, that Abed was "shot dead" also fabricated: "Israelis claim she was holding a knife, though this remains unproven."
But, as the second Al Jazeera article notes: " . . . a Palestinian woman was shot several times and wounded by police who closed in on her as she held up a knife, a video clip circulated on social media showed."
Posted by TS at October 13, 2015 05:28 AM
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Thank you for giving the Al-Jazeera mis-reporting of this terrorist attack. In fact, Basel Ghattas, an Arab Member of Knesset, in an exchange with Ynet journalist Attila Somfalvi admits that she was holding a knife but says she shouldn't have been 'killed' even though she was shot in the legs and is in moderate condition in a hospital. I dealt with this malicious distortion at length on my blog.
http://israel-view.blogspot.co.il/2015/10/palestinians-say-wounding-afula-female.html
See also my original post:
http://israel-view.blogspot.co.il/2015/10/palestinians-wounding-afula-female.html
Posted by: Toby at October 14, 2015 05:02 AM
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