And the New York Times’ lead paragraph is “A 21-year-old Israeli soldier was killed early Tuesday when he was struck in the head by a heavy rock as his unit was completing a nighttime arrest mission in a Palestinian village near Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the army said.”
Sounds as if it could have been an accident. We hear of no perpetrator until farther down in the article. This is consistent with the New York Times’ policy of demonizing Israel and minimizing the atrocities of “Palestinian” jihadis.
“Israeli Soldier Is Killed in West Bank as Tensions Rise Over Annexation Push,” by David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, May 12, 2020:
JERUSALEM — A 21-year-old Israeli soldier was killed early Tuesday when he was struck in the head by a heavy rock as his unit was completing a nighttime arrest mission in a Palestinian village near Jenin, in the northern West Bank, the army said.
It was the first combat fatality for the Israeli military this year, and it came as the region was bracing for a possible uptick in violence in response to an Israeli push to annex land in the occupied West Bank that the Palestinians have long counted on for a future state.
Later in the day, a Palestinian man who attempted a stabbing attack at a checkpoint north of Jerusalem was shot and wounded, the Israeli police said.
The overnight killing of the soldier, Staff Sgt. Amit Ben Ygal, of the city of Ramat Gan, occurred during what the army described as a routine operation that resulted in the arrest of four Palestinians in Yaabed, west of Jenin, including some suspected of throwing stones at passing Israeli motorists. The soldier was hit by a rock thrown from a house on the outskirts of the village, the army said.
He was wearing a helmet, but it did not save him….
The killing of Sergeant Ben Ygal appeared to stoke tensions, at a minimum. A grisly video showing a trail of blood leading from the spot where he was struck was shared thousands of times on Palestinian social media Tuesday morning.
In Gaza, Hamas praised the killing, and Ibrahim al-Madhoun, an analyst close to the militant group, wrote on Twitter and Telegram, “The annexation policy in the West Bank will be confronted by intense resistance — rock, knife, gun, explosion.”….
Jon Sobieski says
Better Title: Rock Jumps Up and Kills Israel Soldier. Identifying which rock was the attacker has been difficult.
11B40 says
Greetings, Jon S:
I grew up in the Bronx of the ’50s and ’60s. Part of the local folk involved a perpetrator who told his judge that he “was just standing on the corner, cleaning my knife when the guy ran up and jumped on it 27 times.”.
keith O says
Didn’t know there were mudslimes in the Bronx that long ago?
commonsense says
No significant Muslim presence in the Bronx in the ’50s and ’60s. The Puerto Ricans and blacks committed most of the violent crimes. And 11B40 is correct in his recollection of this mordant joke with which we Bronxites (as well as other New Yorkers) were quite familiar; it probably stemmed from an actual defense alibi, albeit greatly exaggerated for comic effect. It was a way we coped with our apprehensions as the Bronx became increasingly unsafe. Few European whites now remain, except in the upscale Riverdale and Fieldstone neighborhoods. However, Muslims are now numerous in my old, essentially judenrein neighborhood, and not a few of the Muslimas are in niqabs, with numerous children in tow. Let’s celebrate diversity.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Jon.
Seth says
The Slimes is just evil. Yeah, a rock appeared out of nowhere. Killed the Israeli, for no reason.
R Russell says
It must be about 2 years ago when something similar happened and an Israeli soldier was murdered.
mortimer says
American Jews should boycott the anti-Semitic NYT.
Maybe the ‘uptick in violence’ was actually caused by Ramadan the Month of Jihad, Battles, Martyrdom and Victories’.
commonsense says
Good observation, Mortimer.
gravenimage says
“Palestinian” Muslim murders Israeli soldier by striking him in the head with a heavy rock
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Reading this from the NYT, you’d think it was the rock that had it in for this Israeli…
Shastra says
here is an example of western countries supporting pedophile pastors in india. they are butthurt and inerfere in indian affairs. in their mind they still think india as colony. they worried about hindus persecuting christians infact opposite is the truth. yet they dont care about christians getting wiped out in pakistan. thats why i say christians wouldnt mind joining with islamists to wipe out pagan hindus. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/us-senator-writes-to-india-about-persecution-of-odisha-pastor-in-child-sexual-harassment-case/story-gtFpCKMQjfHvjvZZBn8hmL.html
gravenimage says
I have no idea whether Dr Rehman is guilty of this abuse of children or not–obviously if he was, it is good that his childcare hostels have been shut down, and he should be prosecuted. Note that this US Senator is *not* pro-child abuse as Shastra implies–rather, he doubts the veracity of the claims.
Note that Shastra never has anything critical to say about the horrors of Islam, even when Muslims are murdering Hindus.
His only shtick here is that Christians are evil and are slaughtering Hindus, which is obvious claptrap. Moreover, his claim that no one here cares about Christians–and Hindus, and Sikhs–being wiped out in Pakistan is utterly false.
wpm says
To Shastra a little off topic?
What”pedophile pastors” are Western countries supporting?
How are Christians in India or the west “inerfere in India affairs? ”
” In their mind they still think india as colony”?(Your a mind reader?)
What the Pope and other Christian leaders passed laws in India on how Indians are to treat Christians,they levy special taxes on Indians, pass trade laws in India,preach Hindus are the worst of creatures in their churches?
They attack and destroy Hindu Temples in Christ name?
Killed millions of Indians in Christ name when the invaded Indian 900 years ago?Forced millions of Indians at the point of a knife to convert to Christianity?
I know it is all the terrorism the Christians commit on Indians today,on the border wars Christians have starting in 1948?
When in history have Islam and Christianity ever united in any cause?
What or how is this related to Islamic Jihadist activity in Israel ?
Did anyone drop a large rock on your head?
Lilly says
Succinct and to the point, WPM.
There’s nothing like pivoting (from the opposition)… and they think we don’t see it.
Back to the topic at hand: Jihad (in all its forms and permutations), the scourge of the earth.
And the answer to the question you posed to Shastra (“Did anyone drop a large rock on your head”) is obviously: “Yes.”
Poor thing… he just can’t follow a logical train of thought to its obvious conclusion. You know… he’s confused, and strays off the path (topic); can’t help it, with all that (Islamic) brain damage; more’s the pity.
gravenimage says
+1
Westman says
In the end such action only makes things worse for the Palestinians whose present state is a direct result of unsolicited violence against Jews. In the Bible such behavior is described as “kicking against the pricks”. It will never drive Jews from Israel nor increase the quality of life.
In their mindless state, like a teen-ager who can’t think beyond the moment, these continual attacks on Israelis cement the misery of the Palestinians and enrich their corrupt leaders who skim the slay-for-pay money.
Perhaps this is related to Islam’s unique ability to suppress original thought, leaving them with only the demands of the Quran and Hadiths for violence against Jews. It’s a bankrup player who doesn’t recognize a losing hand(Allah doesn’t care or is unwilling) and quickly exit the game.