Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Update to shooting deaths at Beitunia (must read) [View all]shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)I have my disagreements with others on this board, but by and large those other people generally refrain from peddling vile and lurid conspiracy theories against Palestinians, whereas you tend to accept them uncritically.
Going back to the Mohammed al-Dura matter, I accept that it is plausible that al-Dura was killed by Palestinian fire. It is certainly true that there were Palestinian gunmen firing in the vicinity. The Israeli report of the incident, which was never published but was leaked to Haaretz, claimed that al-Dura was most likely killed by Palestinian gunfire, although it was still possible (although unlikely in their view) that al-Dura was killed by Israeli fire. I would note that the Israelis never alleged that the entire scene was faked, or that Mohammed al-Dura was still alive. Reasonable people can disagree on the former premise, but not the latter.