Palestinian infant burned to death in West Bank, IDF blames 'Jewish terror'

[Luiz 4,253]

A one-and-a-half year-old Palestinian infant was burned to death and three of his family members were seriously wounded late Thursday night after a house was set on fire in the village of Douma, near Nablus.

According to reports, settlers were those who set the house on fire after targeting it with firebombs and graffiti. The Israeli military called the attack "Jewish terror," while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials echoed the claim, vehemently condemning the attack.

At roughly 4 am Friday morning, two masked men arrived at two homes in the village of Douma, not far from the settlement of Migdalim. They spray painted graffiti reading "revenge" and "long live the Messiah" in Hebrew, breaking the windows of the homes and throwing two firebombs inside. One of the two homes was empty at the time, but there was a family in the second: the child that died, Ali Saad Daobasa, his father Sa'ad, mother Reham, and 4-year-old Ahmed.

The four were evacuated to a hospital in Nablus in the West Bank and then to the burn unit at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed a Palestinian toddler was burned to death, and that Jewish extremists are suspected to be behind the attack.

"This attack against Palestinian civilians is a barbaric act of terrorism," IDF Spokesperson Lt. Col. Peter Lerner tweeted soon after the attack. Forces are combing the area in attempt to find the perpetrators.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel/1.668871

[Melech 9,900]

Horrible. I was so shocked when I read that. 

"A nation whose sons were burned in the Holocaust cannot allow its members to burn human beings” --Mr. Erdan

The terrorists need to be found and be punished. 

[TiphEret 1,320]

This is horrible, and even more shocking when you know Israeli solider can't do much against settlers. I hope they will be found soon this is sickening!

[Didymus 34,380]

Dear god..

Though I can't help but smirk a bit at the official condemnation on Israel's side, I'm very happy they're acknowledging it. I wonder what the "revenge" was for though.

[lego 44,165]

I saw his burned corpse I can't get it get of my head. He was only 18 months old.

 

 

Dear god..

Though I can't help but smirk a bit at the official condemnation on Israel's side, I'm very happy they're acknowledging it. I wonder what the "revenge" was for though.

ikr? The incitement comes from the top.

 https://mobile.twitter.com/davidsheen/status/627015988530290688

 https://mobile.twitter.com/davidsheen/status/627020940417867776

Those are empty condemnations. Urgent action is needed.

They already use this for PR.

https://mobile.twitter.com/DaraDeBrun/status/627017952127283200

This is horrible, and even more shocking when you know Israeli solider can't do much against settlers. I hope they will be found soon this is sickening!

Israeli soldiers are there only to protect the settlers. They enable this to happen. There is no one protecting these Palestinian families. 

" In response to the arson attack, Israeli rights group B'Tselem said the infant's death was "only a matter of time."

"Official condemnations of this attack are empty rhetoric as long as politicians continue their policy of avoiding enforcement of the law on Israelis who harm Palestinians, and do not deal with the public climate and the incitement which serve as backdrop to these acts," the group said in a statement.

Under what B'Tselem has called an "undeclared policy of the Israeli authorities in response to these attacks as lenient and conciliatory," Israeli perpetrators of attacks are rarely tried and elementary police investigations are often never started.

"In light of this, the clock is ticking in the countdown to the next arson attack, and the one after," the group added.

Israeli settlers have carried out at least 120 attacks on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the start of 2015, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Attacks by settlers are often carried out under the armed protection of Israeli forces who rarely make efforts to protect Palestinians from such attacks.

Over 500,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law, with recent announcements of settlement expansion provoking condemnation from the international community."

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?ID=766758&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

 

[Dolev 867]

I wish we could just give these settlers away with the land. Nothing I would say would make the family feel better.

[lego 44,165]

This should get as much coverage as pilot burned alive. Unfortunately, not so many people care.

And the worldwide mainstream media makes me sick. 

 

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[Giorno Giovanna 3,178]

why can't they stop? crime and violence only backfires the cycle won't stop

[lego 44,165]

I wonder what the "revenge" was for though.

Idk if it's true

 

 

[Didymus 34,380]

This should get as much coverage as pilot burned alive. Unfortunately, not so many people care.

And the worldwide mainstream media makes me s

Idgi. Is that an example of why mainstream media makes you sick?

What it means is that it was a matter of time only because the Israeli government doesn't care about keeping settlers in line. It's a defense of the infant and the family. So this is actually good.

[lego 44,165]

Idgi. Is that an example of why mainstream media makes you sick?

What it means is that it was a matter of time only because the Israeli government doesn't care about keeping settlers in line. It's a defense of the infant and the family. So this is actually good.

No, sorry, it's not an example. Btselem is Israeli human rights organization. It was just addition to the thread.

 

When the news was hot, I was looking at main webpages of CNN and Fox news, there was nothing. Then Fox tweeted about it after many hours. And @Cnnbrk did too, called it "price tag/arson attack" but nothing on main @CNN account. Same with BBC. Sanitary headlines for horrible crime. 

[Didymus 34,380]

No, sorry, it's not an example. Btselem is Israeli human rights organization. It was just addition to the thread.

When the news was hot, I was looking at main webpages of CNN and Fox news, there was nothing. Then Fox tweeted about it after many hours. And @Cnnbrk did too, called it "price tag/arson attack" but nothing on main @CNN account. Same with BBC. Sanitary headlines for horrible crime. 

Oh

It's like the Jewish terrorist at gay pride. At least in Belgian media they called him for what he was.

[lego 44,165]

Oh

It's like the Jewish terrorist at gay pride. At least in Belgian media they called him for what he was.

That's good. Was there coverage of this too?

[Didymus 34,380]

That's good. Was there coverage of this too?

Yeah, most international news media mentioned it, most of them called him an "Ultra-Orthodox Jew" but a lot of other sources didn't really focus on the fact that it was a Jew, really. Which is fair, I guess, since Hamas isn't discussed with Islamic contexts in the news either.

On social media however

Edit: lol, wait, no that doesn't make sense of me. They should focus on the fact that he's a Jew. I was thinking of the conflict in the OP where the Jewish identity doesn't matter as much as their identity as Israeli settlers.

[lego 44,165]

Yeah, most international news media mentioned it, most of them called him an "Ultra-Orthodox Jew" but a lot of other sources didn't really focus on the fact that it was a Jew, really. Which is fair, I guess, since Hamas isn't discussed with Islamic contexts in the news either.

On social media however

No, I'm asking about burning of this baby and his family.... How are the perpetrators described? Is there any mention of terrorism in headlines? 

I'm asking about Belgium media, since you mentioned it.