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An American activist was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the town of Beita, in the occupied West Bank, during a weekly protest against settlement expansion, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The report said the 26-year-old woman was shot in the head, according to the report.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 months ago

Israel will face no consequences.

[–] rolandtb303@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

America - the country that cares when its people are killed in other countries - except when the killing's done by israel.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

America never cares when its people are killed in other countries except when it's useful to its politics. Read about sinking of Athenia - even fucking Goebbels of all people believed US propaganda entirely. And also of course about USS Liberty incident.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

or by Ukraine, as I recall Gonzalo Lira who was a US citizen, was tortured and murdered by the Ukrainian regime and the US didn't give a shit

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, being a piece of shit is a crime worthy of being tortured and murdered by literal nazis. Liberal values on display as usual. 🤡

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Well that's certainly not what the Wikipedia article I linked says. He died of pneumonia. Do you have a differing source?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Article doesn't even mention his death lol. Yea, he was a prisoner, for committing a crime. Seems like a case of FAFO to me. And certainly no big loss.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What crime did he commit again bud?

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

On May 1, 2023, Lira was arrested for violating Article 436-2 of Ukraine's criminal code, which prohibits justification of Russia's ongoing invasion of the country.[8][38]

Also it's on the wiki

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To sum up, a US citizen was arrested for exercising his free speech, then thrown into prison where he was tortured and denied medical care, dying as a result. If that happened in Russia you'd be screeching about fascism right now, but since it happened to somebody you dislike, and was done by the fascists you support, you see no problem.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it happened in Russia I would agree if he broke Russian laws while in Russia, he should face Russian consequences. It all seems really simple to me. If you commit a crime in a foreign country you are typically subject to their laws.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

The discussion here is regrading the behavior of the US government when a US citizen was detained by the client regime of the US. These are the services that US would normally offer that were denied in this case https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/emergencies/arrest-detention.html

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago
[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not up on Ukrainian law, and really, really don't care about this dude. Any point you have is wasted on me.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's interesting that you apparently support the Ukrainian censorship of freedom of expression applied to US citizens. Very revealing.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know American law applied in foreign countries. Interesting

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Nice straw man you got there. Nowhere did I say that American law applies to foreign countries. What was actually said that the law he broke in Ukraine was one restricting freedom of expression. A supposed value that US is helping Ukraine defend. Not only that, but apparently US regime didn't really care about the fact that their puppet regime in Ukraine arrested and tortured a US citizen for exercising his speech, the core value that US regime purports to be fighting for. Quite telling that you're aggressively working not to understand what's happening here.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Journalists can now stop asking questions about the investigation of Hind Rajab. They can demand new weekly questions about how Israel is investigating this for the coming 6 months.

Perhaps there was an American journalist witness of this shooting They should ask Shireen Abu Akleh.