Uri Avnery comments on Israel, Holocaust memorial day, and the recent murder of two young Palestinian boys by Israeli soldiers:
“When Jewish Israelis take part in the demonstrations, the soldiers generally use tear gas, stun grenades, rubber-coated steel bullets, and now also salt-bullets. When there are no Jews around, they may use live ammunition, too. This time, a group of soldiers stood facing the village boys, who threw stones. Nobody was seriously hurt. Nobody’s life was in danger. But the commander, a lieutenant, fired live rounds. Two boys were killed.”
“One of the boys was wounded only in the thigh. The wound was probably not mortal, but the boy was left to bleed to death. The army did not treat him, as it would have treated a wounded soldier. It seems that an ambulance from the village was not able to approach.”
