Don't be surprised...
- on the very rare occasions that Israeli soldiers/police are investigated for crimes against Palestinians, very few get prosecuted
- on the very rare occasions that Israeli soldiers/police are actually prosecuted, they usually get acquitted.
Here's just one example from 2005 where an Israeli army officer fired the entire magazine of his automatic rifle (17 shots) into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl and then said he would have done the same even if she had been 3 years old. As expected, he was acquitted on all charges by an Israeli military court: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/nov/16/israel2
However, the effective imprisonment rate for Palestinians is greater than 100% because when Israel doesn't have the evidence to convict, it simply imprisons Palestinians WITHOUT charge or trial.
In 2008, Barack Obama promised change.
In 2009, Barack Obama fulfilled his promise and changed.
He changed from a liberal Democrat to a neocon neo-Republican.
He changed from a tough principled negotiator to a weak bipartisan appeaser.
He changed from an advocate of rule-of-law to an enabler of torture & summary executions.
He changed from a professor of constitutional law to a sponsor of unconstitutional laws.
He changed from a defender of government transparency to a persecutor of whistleblowers.
He changed from a master of equal opportunity to a slave of lobby & corporate interests.
He changed from a Nobel Peace Laureate to an interventionist War President.
He changed from a champion of civil rights & democracy to a protector of autocratic regimes.
He changed from a neutral & honest broker to a pseudo Israeli ambassador.
He changed from a promising visionary statesman to a myopic reactionary leader.
He changed from an inspirer of audacious hope to a guardian of conservatism & despair.
Don't be surprised...
- on the very rare occasions that Israeli soldiers/police are investigated for crimes against Palestinians, very few get prosecuted
- on the very rare occasions that Israeli soldiers/police are actually prosecuted, they usually get acquitted.
Here's just one example from 2005 where an Israeli army officer fired the entire magazine of his automatic rifle (17 shots) into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl and then said he would have done the same even if she had been 3 years old. As expected, he was acquitted on all charges by an Israeli military court:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/nov/16/israel2
Regarding Palestinian prisoners, Did You Know?
The conviction rate for Palestinian suspects in Israeli military courts is 99.74%
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/nearly-100-of-all-military-court-cases-in-west-bank-end-in-conviction-haaretz-learns-1.398369
But the conviction rate for Palestinian CHILDREN in Israeli military courts is even higher at 99.88%
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-convicts-most-stone-throwing-palestinian-children-right-group-says-1.373807
However, the effective imprisonment rate for Palestinians is greater than 100% because when Israel doesn't have the evidence to convict, it simply imprisons Palestinians WITHOUT charge or trial.
The conviction rates for Palestinians in Israeli military courts (99.74% for adults, 99.88% for children) are even higher than the manipulated electoral rates for Arab dictators. Some recent examples:
* 99.0% approval rate in 2012 Yemeni election - http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/02/201222774749787487.html
* 89.4% approval rate in 2012 Syrian referendum - http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/02/2012227132547956907.html
In 2008, Barack Obama promised change.
In 2009, Barack Obama fulfilled his promise and changed.
He changed from a liberal Democrat to a neocon neo-Republican.
He changed from a tough principled negotiator to a weak bipartisan appeaser.
He changed from an advocate of rule-of-law to an enabler of torture & summary executions.
He changed from a professor of constitutional law to a sponsor of unconstitutional laws.
He changed from a defender of government transparency to a persecutor of whistleblowers.
He changed from a master of equal opportunity to a slave of lobby & corporate interests.
He changed from a Nobel Peace Laureate to an interventionist War President.
He changed from a champion of civil rights & democracy to a protector of autocratic regimes.
He changed from a neutral & honest broker to a pseudo Israeli ambassador.
He changed from a promising visionary statesman to a myopic reactionary leader.
He changed from an inspirer of audacious hope to a guardian of conservatism & despair.
Barack Obama promised change, so he changed.