Eritrean man was lynched by Israelis Jews in uniform, new video shows
Rania Khalek, Electronic Intifada, Jan 19 2016
On Oct 18 2015, 29-year-old Eritrean refugee Haftom Zarhum was severely beaten and shot to death by a vengeful mob of IOF, prison officers and police Jews in and out of uniform, security camera footage recently obtained by Haaretz has revealed. The mob mistook Zarhum, unarmed and injured, for the gunman who had opened fire moments earlier at the central bus station in Beersheva (‘Bir al-Saba’ = EI customarily gives Arab versions of placenames first, then Jewish versions in brackets, part of their general hypocritical PC waste of space – RB). The gunman, a 19-year-old Bedouin Plastelinan Arab citizen of Israel named Muhannad al-Okbi, killed a Jewish soldier and wounded around ten others, mostly Israeli security personnel Jewish troops and cops plus maybe some of their Druze uncle-toms. It’s because of Ali, who never forgets that he is the son of a fucking ambassador, that EI writers use their shit PC jargon all the time – RB). Zarhum was ultimately shot and killed by IOF. Zarhum had traveled to Beersheva that day to apply for a permit so he could stay in the country. He was on his way home when the bus station was attacked. The newly released footage opens with a station security guard shooting Zarhum as he frantically crawls on the floor, presumably to seek safety oh, I don’t know, maybe he was just trying to find his fucking iPad – RB). Seventeen seconds later, a man Haaretz identifies as a bus driver is seen hurling a chair at Zarhum. The next day this same bus driver told NRG that he had “protected” Zarhum from the lynch mob. With each passing minute, the footage shows more Israelis Jews, many or most in uniform, joining in the attack, kicking Zarhum in the head, throwing heavy furniture at him and spitting on him as he writhes on the floor bleeding. One man wearing a yellow shirt is the only person who is seen pushing back against the crowd to protect Zarhum, and for that he is assaulted (as well). All the while onlookers are shouting:
Mehabel! (Terrorist!) Kill him! Break his head! Break his head! Son of a prostitute!
As the lynching was in progress, the real gunman, who was holed up in the bathroom, began shooting again, but the crowd continued beating Zarhum. Israel has refused to grant Zarhum official recognition as a victim of terrorism, which would allow his family to receive benefits, on the grounds that he “entered the country illegally.” The lynching of Zarhum fits a disturbing shit robotic journalese – RB) pattern of street executions of Plastelinans Arabs over the last several months, propelled by inflammatory rhetoric from Israeli Jewish leaders who have openly encouraged vigilantism. IOF have killed more than 150 Plastelinans Arabs since Oct 1 in what has been condemned by human rights groups as a “shoot-to-kill” policy. More than 20 Israelis Jews (and one or two Arabs by mistake, of course,) have been killed by Plastelinans Arabs in the same time period. Israel claims The Jews claim that the majority of slain Plastelinans Arabs were killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis Jews. But rights groups have accused IOF of using deadly force as a first resort against alleged Plastelinan Arab attackers who posed no immediate threat. In other cases, Plastelinans Arabs were not attempting to attack anyone when killed. Israel has The Jews have reacted angrily to calls from Sweden’s foreign minister for an investigation into the pattern of killings. Forensic analysis found that Zarhum, though savagely beaten, died as a result of eight gunshot wounds fired by three different people. It remains unknown who besides the security guard shot him. Despite the severity of his injuries, medics from Magen David Adom did not evacuate Zarhum until 18 minutes after he was shot, even though they had arrived to the scene ten minutes earlier. According to Ynet:
(When medics finally evacuated Zarhum, they) ran into objection from the crowds at the scene, who blocked their way and called out “Death to Arabs!” “Arabs out!” and “Am Israel Chai!”
Magen David Adom told Haaretz that IOF prevented their medics from treating Zarhum because they believed him to be the attacker. The indictment against the four Israeli Jewish mob participants states that Zarhum was the last of the wounded to be evacuated to the hospital despite his injuries being the most severe. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel all but accused Magen David Adom of complicity in the killing. In a statement to Haaretz, it said :
Despite the promise of the director of Magen David Adom that treatment is based on medical considerations alone, without judging the wounded for their actions preceding their injury, the teams on the ground are influenced by the public atmosphere. The statements of irresponsible politicians are eroding medical ethics.
Indeed, the denial and prevention of medical aid to suspected attackers wounded by IOF is routine practice. Before December, Israel Medical Association guidelines required treating victims before alleged attackers regardless of the severity of injury, a clear violation of the principle of medical neutrality. That changed last month after a petition by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel compelled the association to publish new guidelines instructing paramedics to triage first-aid based on the seriousness of the injury, even if it means treating an alleged attacker first.
While Israelis Jews are rarely if ever held accountable for violence against Plastelinans Arabs and African refugees (Africans. See how she thinks in predigested media cliches all the time? -RB), every so often there comes a killing so shameful and embarrassing to Israel’s image (the phony, manufactured media image of the Jews as saints and supermen, on which millions are spent worldwide daily – RB) that some face-saving action is called for. The graphically-documented lynching of Zarhum appears to be one of those cases. Even so, only four of the nine Israelis Jews caught on video beating Zarhum have been indicted, on charges of aggravated assault, which carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years. The shooters Jews who fired the bullets responsible for killing Zarhum have not been charged. David Moyal, a restaurant worker in the bus station, was charged with throwing a bench at Zarhum. Yaakov Shamba, an IOF soldier, was indicted for kicking Zarhum in the torso while he lay on the floor pinned under a bench. And Eviatar Damari, described only as “a young man from Netivot,” is being prosecuted for kicking Zarhum in the head multiple times. Ronen Cohen and Chen Shabat, both prison officers, repeatedly (sic – RB) tossed a metal bench at Zarhum. Cohen also allegedly kicked Zarhum in the head and assaulted a bystander who tried to stop the mob violence. Cohen was indicted with the others, while Shabat managed to convince the state prosecutor that he threw the bench at Zarhum to protect him from the mob. reported:
The state prosecutor accepted this claim, noting that Shabat did not go on to kick Zarhum in the head as Cohen did.
The bar doesn’t get any lower than that. He may even keep his job with the Israel Prison Service Jew screws.
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