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Un Palestinien tué après avoir tenté de poignarder des soldats israéliens
AFP / 26 février 2016
▻http://www.romandie.com/news/Un-Palestinien-tue-apres-avoir-tente-de-poignarder-des-soldats-israeliens/680427.rom

Ramallah (Territoires palestiniens) - Un Palestinien a tenté de poignarder des soldats israéliens vendredi à un barrage militaire installé à l’entrée de Ramallah en Cisjordanie occupée, avant d’être tué, a indiqué l’armée israélienne.

Des sources au sein des services de sécurité palestiniens ont précisé que le jeune assaillant, identifié par le ministère palestinien de la Santé, comme Mahmoud Chaalane , 17 ans, originaire du village de Deir Debouan, proche de Ramallah, avait également la nationalité américaine.

Lorsque le jeune homme s’est approché du check-point dit DCO, emprunté par diplomates, journalistes et quelques Palestiniens possédant un permis spécial, les forces (armées) ont déjoué l’attaque en tirant vers l’assaillant et en le tuant, a indiqué l’armée israélienne.

Ce barrage gardé par des soldats israéliens, qui se trouve non loin de la colonie de Bet-El, était fermé vendredi en début de soirée, a constaté un journaliste de l’AFP.

New call for US investigation into killing of Palestinian-American teen in West Bank
Israel/Palestine Wilson Dizard on September 6, 2016
▻http://mondoweiss.net/2016/09/killing-palestinian-american

(...) AFSC is calling on Sen. Patrick Leahy and others in congress to follow through on the concern they expressed to the State Dept. earlier this year concerning the American child’s death. The United States failing to sanction Israel for its actions against American citizens usually takes the form of finding little help from the U.S. consulate, sometimes as border officials are denying them entry at the border. Less usual is the death of an American citizen thanks to weapons American tax dollars helped purchase.

The advocacy group Jewish Voice for Peace also called for an investigation.

“We don’t know the circumstances relating to Mahmoud’s death. But we can, and we should. Mahmoud was a U.S. citizen, yet not one public official at the White House or State Department has publicly called for an investigation into his death,” JVP wrote in an email.

Family members and witnesses tell Haaretz that they do not believe the boy was doing more than trying to cross a checkpoint in a place under military occupation, a sometimes deadly ordeal. A witness said he saw the soldier shoot Shalaan in the back. His family maintains he was not inspired by politics of any stripe and planned on returning to the U.S.

His family first found out of his death after photos surfaced on Facebook of the boy’s body lying, bleeding, on the ground for two hours.

“The United States has an obligation to investigate Mahmoud’s case and dozens of other apparent extrajudicial killings committed by Israeli forces since last October with the assistance of U.S. tax dollars,” the AFSC statement reads online, accompanied by a form allowing supporters to sign their names.

“This killing should be investigated, both because Mahmoud deserves the same protections as any other U.S. citizen, and because he was likely killed with weapons subsidized by U.S. tax dollars,” the letter adds.(...)