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April 12th, 2016 
Awake Goy Days of Palestine, Jerusalem -Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem accused on Monday Israeli officials of encouraging Israeli soldiers to murder Palestinian children.
This immediately came after the Israeli military advocate had announced his discsion to close the investigation into the murder of a Palestinian boy by the Israeli soldier Yisrael Shomer last year.
“The Israeli decision to close the investigation into killing a Palestinian boy by an Israeli soldier last year an integral part of the whitewash mechanism which is Israel’s military investigative system,” a statement by the organisation said.
On July 3, 2015, the Israeli colonel Yisrael Shomer shot dead the 17-year-old Palestinian boy Mohamed Ali Kosba with three bullets in the upper parts of his boy, including one bullet in the head.
The shooting took place after the boy had thrown a stone at Shomer’s vehicle in the middle of the Palestinian city of Al-Ram, near Jerusalem.
B’Tselem, which unearthed video documentation of the incident, stated that this decision is “an integral part of the whitewash mechanism which is Israel’s military investigative system.”
“The Military Advocate General assertion that the firing was legal, since the officer claimed that he aimed at the youth’s legs but missed, clearly indicates the investigative system’s willingness to ignore the law and open-fire regulations,” B’Tselem statement said.
It added: “This is in the interest of providing impunity to members of the security forces, who unlawfully killed Palestinians.”
Israeli praise
Immediately after the shooting of the Palestinian boy and the official Israeli echelon’s praise, B’Tselem published a video showing the incident and criticised the Israeli official stance towards it.
“B’Tselem’s research and security camera video footage revealed that the Binyamin Brigade Commander shot and killed Mohamed Ali Kosba, 17, while the youth fled after throwing a stone, on the morning of Friday, 3 July 2015, in the West Bank town of a-Ram north of Jerusalem.
“The unlawful killing was immediately condoned by military commanders and government ministers. These statements of support compounded the gravity of the event, as top military and civilian officials conveyed an unlawful message to soldiers on the ground: shooting a Palestinian stone thrower is acceptable, even desirable, even if the person is fleeing and no longer poses a threat.”
The rights group added: “Such statements by top public figures empty the official restrictions on use of force, and particularly on live fire, of real meaning. They render the open-fire regulations that supposedly govern the use of lethal force in the West Bank utterly superfluous.”
Supposing that the Israeli judicial system regarding Palestinians is not working well, B’Tselem explained: “B’Tselem stated that the automatic public support provided to the shooter, and reassurance that no fault was to be found with his actions voided from the outset the possibility of justice in this case.”
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