Bernie Sanders Spoke Up for Suffering Palestinians, but Few in Broadcast Media Covered It

Oh, look, Mr Boonio is correct:

  1. 22 August mortar attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz: On 22 August 2014, Daniel Tregerman, aged 4, was killed by a mortar shell in his home at Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the Sha’ar Hanegev Region about 2 km from the Gaza Green Line.[103. W040; see also: http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Victims/Pages/DanielTragerman.aspx; and http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/InternatlOrgs/Issues/Pages/Letter-by-parents-of-DanielTregerman-to-UN-Secretary-General-Ban-Ki-moon-4-September-2014.aspx;] The boy was playing with his two younger siblings inside the house when a mortar struck the family car and spread shrapnel that killed Daniel. His mother told the commission that the family had left the kibbutz one day before the start of Operation “Protective Edge” because rockets had been fired from Gaza over the previous two weeks. On 21 August, the family had returned to the kibbutz because they believed that the violence was over, although they said their, “suitcases remained ready because [they] knew that Hamas could break the ceasefire at any time”.[104. W040] As the explosion occurred only three seconds after the siren warning, the parents who had taken the two younger siblings to the safe room had no time to take Daniel with them.[105. W040; Another witness who works with trauma victims in Israel confirmed that many Israeli families with children who live close to the Gaza Green Line, evacuated the area during the 2014 hostilities. Statement of W009 to the CoI; see also http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Victims/Pages/Daniel-Tragerman.aspx ; http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4563633,00.html and Amnesty International submission to the CoI, p 16.]

  2. In a media interview, Daniel’s father <denies blame for moving his family back into a war-zone, leading to the death of the 4 year old>

  3. Israeli media sources report that over 90 rockets and mortar shells were fired from Gaza into Israel on 22 August and sirens sounded across southern and central Israel as a barrage of rockets was launched in the late afternoon.[110. http://www.timesofisrael.com/four-year-old-boy-killed-in-mortar-attack-on-shaar-hanegev/] According to OCHA, most of these rockets were fired indiscriminately and they fell in open areas or were intercepted by the Iron Dome System.[111. https://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_sitrep_25_08_2014.pdf, p.3 ] According to a media report of 26 August, the Al Qassam Brigades stated that they had targeted the IDF’s chief of staff, Benny Gantz, in Nahal Oz on Friday 22nd August. The Al Qassam Brigades had received information that a convoy including a senior Israeli officer would arrive and they believed it would be Benny Gantz and therefore directed mortar and rocket-propelled grenades at the area around the convoy.[112. Ajnad News, Qassam emphasizes target Gantz on Gaza Border. http://ajnad-news.com/site/ajnad/details.aspx?itemid=19178] The presence of Benny Gantz at Nahal Oz during the attack was confirmed and made public in Israeli media reports on 23 August.[113. Times of Israel, IDF chief was at Kibbutz Nahal Oz when mortar shell there killed Daniel Tragerman, 23 August 2014. http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-chief-was-at-kibbutz-nahal-ozwhen-mortar-shell-there-killed-daniel-tragerman/] According to a media article published on 24 August, Israeli security forces suspected that “Hamas has succeeded in identifying in a few incidents when and where VIP visits occur. On several such occasions, Hamas has launched rockets and fired mortar shells on the southern Kibbutzim during these visits.”[114. Amos Harel and Gili Cohen, Israel Assess: Hamas is launching rockets on the south during VIP visit's, Haaretz, 24 August 2014. http://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/.premium-1.2413881] Based on the information available, the commission cannot exclude that the intended target of the tragic attack of 22 August on Kibbutz Nahal Oz was the IDF Chief of Staff. http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/A_HRC_CRP_4.pdf

There - was it so difficult to prove that these armed squatters moved their family back into a war-zone and the entire blame for the death of the 4-year old rests on their shoulders?

But I still need to know why its not detailed like that in the Wonkypedia. Have you been banned and threatened as well?

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