ibraheem in wheelchair making peace signs with both hands in the air

Death of Ibrahim Abu Thurayya — an unpunished war crime

 

Who killed Abu Thurayya, why did he die, and who is guilty?

Not me, says the politician 

Who knows closing Gaza wins elections.

His death we do regret

But building settlements is what wesaid.

A legless man had no right to wave a Palestinian flag.

It is just too bad that the young fisherman died.

It wasn’t me that shot him in the head

So you can’t blame me now he’s dead.

~ Adapted with permission from ‘Who Killed Reza Berati’, by Phil Monsour, who, in turn, adapted his song from Bob Dylan’s Who killed Davey Moore?’

FROM A DISTANCE of only 30 metres, an Israeli sniper shot Ibrahim Abu Thurayya, 29, in the head as he waved his Palestinian flag in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Tributes to Abu Thurayya – who was wheelchair-ridden after losing both his legs during Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip in 2008 – popped up across social media.

The shooting of Ibrahim Abu Thurayya is a war crime.

 

Read the full article by Ian Curr at Independent Australia.