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| Israeli army commander filmed hitting activist with rifle | |||
| 2012-04-16 | |||
The Israeli military condemned the incident as "severe" and said it would take "appropriate measures" after a thorough investigation. The incident happened on Saturday, when a group of pro-Palestinian activists cycled on a road through the Jordan Valley in the West Bank to protest Israeli security restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the area. The commander, a lieutenant-colonel, arrived at the scene after receiving a report that activists were blocking the road. When one of the activists came near him, the commander lifted his F-16 rifle and hit him with it in face, the footage shows. The Danish national was take to hospital needing stitches to his lip, one activist said.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #24 The poor suffragette was sportin' a nice, neat pony, too. Some things never change...Why must they intentionally (and bravely) continue to make themselves such targets of opportunity for the Haters? Why? Indeed-- |
| Posted by: canalzone 2012-04-16 21:43 |
| #23 Dunno what the youts are bitching about, the good Colonel could have given him a lip unch with one of the IDF's D-8 'rifles;' you know the up-armored, tracked kind of rifles, the ones tha are used to make (St.) pancakes. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2012-04-16 20:06 |
| #22 I noticed that after he popped the guy they started backing off. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-04-16 19:58 |
| #21 You used the wrong end. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-04-16 19:51 |
| #20 The idiot is lucky he wasn't shot. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-04-16 19:14 |
| #19 why are we subjected to this pathetic kid having a cry about his little cut lip when he still has all his pearly whites? You didn't get hit hard enough kid if you ask me |
| Posted by: Kojack 2012-04-16 18:57 |
| #18 Clearly the good Colonel was mindful of the weapons shortcomings. He did NOT butt stroke wuss from Denmark. He gave the pinhead a serious taste of magazine. Look at how he is holding the weapon, and how he delivers the blow. I'd say he knows what he is doing. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2012-04-16 12:36 |
| #17 Lt. Col. Eisner claims that some of the protesters started attacking him with sticks which caused one of his fingers to break. He also suffered a major injury in his wrist which required a cast. "The weapon was the only thing I had in my hands. The whole thing lasted 60 seconds, we prevented them from getting on the road and they boarded the bus. Obviously, they didn't show the part where they attacked us with sticks in the video." Notice how the video had been edited to leave out the part where the What I am worried about - was the |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-04-16 12:22 |
| #16 I want to express my gratitude to the "Pro-Paleostinian activist" who made that video. It was a whole lot of fun to watch that little punk getting educated. I hope the lieutenant-colonel gets a medal for showing all the Euroweenie brats what can happen when they don't mind their manners while visting other countries. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-04-16 11:53 |
| #15 Plastic ain't as good as wood for butt-stroking. |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-04-16 11:13 |
| #14 There is nothing IDF can do that won't be filmed and twisted to fit the narrative. True. The good Colonel could have provided the "activists" with vegetarian hors d'oeuvres and organic Chardonnay, and the media would have still screamed "WAAAAR CRIIIIME" because the Chard was served at room temperature. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2012-04-16 09:52 |
| #13 Yo G, but you have to be really strong to pick it up and whack some putz in the faccia. |
| Posted by: Steven 2012-04-16 08:17 |
| #12 If King Christian X were alive today, he might have butt stroked the protestor himself! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-04-16 08:08 |
| #11 "Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system. Help, help, I'm being repressed!" |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2012-04-16 07:59 |
| #10 Sure Grating: that'll be $50 million... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-04-16 07:55 |
| #9 Retard in aisle #8 again .. In the article it's an f-16 rifle !! Can I have one with all the attachments inclusive of the ejector seat ! |
| Posted by: Grating Chager1388 2012-04-16 07:37 |
| #8 Denmark is a Christian country. These guys should f*ck of back to their own country. Plenty of room for christians in this world, so why do they feel the need to live in Israel or the West Bank? Israel is Jewish, not muslim and not christian. We'll destroy their churches and mosques and purge their pagan beliefs from the holyland. The palestinians can go and live in christian and muslim countries. This guy deserved all he got. |
| Posted by: IsraelIsJewish 2012-04-16 05:22 |
| #7 LR, be serious. There is nothing IDF can do that won't be filmed and twisted to fit the narrative. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-04-16 02:11 |
| #6 The Israeli military condemned the incident as "severe" I concur. You don't hit people with M16. The plastic breaks if you look at it nastily. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-04-16 02:03 |
| #5 That was a pretty good thumping - and the Danish activist probably deserved it. But - when you are in the business of applying a spectrum of responses that includes the use of deadly force - and your national interests include managing global public opinion - and you are a military commander - you have to be able to restrain yourself from acting on your natural impulse to "squash the bugs." This officer gave too much leverage away - for precious little gain for his team. Sure - it felt good to stuff the Danes words back down his throat - but the ultimate cost to Israel will be way too high. So, Colonel - next time - make sure that no cameras are rolling, and preferably act in the dark, and do something that leaves no marks (butt-stroke to the testicles?). |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2012-04-16 01:43 |
| #4 You just knew this was coming, didn't you? Well, didn't you?!?!? |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2012-04-16 01:37 |
| #3 Oh my!! The dreaded lip stiches. How about the oral surgeon for lip and tongue in teeth disease. |
| Posted by: Steven 2012-04-16 01:22 |
| #2 Never have I heard such a brutal and shocking injustice that I cared to little about. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-04-16 00:19 |
| #1 The hit shown in the video was more of a push. Had the officer intended damage, he would have hit the man in a much different way. As usual, this is the Palestinian propaganda machine trying to gin up sympathy by exaggeration. |
| Posted by: rwv 2012-04-16 00:13 |