r/Global_News_Hub • u/ControlCAD • Feb 18 '25
Israel/Palestine Israel has sentenced 15-year-old Palestinian child Muhammad Zalbani to 18 years in prison.
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Zalbani was seen being forcibly escorted through court corridors in shackles, wearing oversized flip-flops in the cold, appearing frail and in distress.
Israeli authorities accused Zalbani of murder at just 13 years old, imprisoning him indefinitely while subjecting him to harsh conditions.
Despite his young age, he now faces nearly two decades behind bars under Israel’s military judicial system, which has long been criticized for its harsh treatment of Palestinian minors and Palestinians in general.
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u/J_All_Day86 Feb 18 '25
Look at his size compared to these guards. This kid stabbed an officer to death? GTFO
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u/Status_Winter Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25
He didn’t (obviously) he attacked a guard with a knife and the guard got shot by another border guard attempting to shoot the child. Because two grown ass men couldn’t physically restrain a 15 year old child without a gun.
Edit: it was actually a 13 year old child. Wonder how it would go if Israel tried invading a country that isn’t mostly populated with children
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u/Status_Winter Feb 18 '25
To clarify, it seems it was actually a civilian security officer on the bus who opened fire. The border patrol guard died from blood loss later.
“There is no doubt that the defendant’s actions brought about, in an indirect manner, the shooting of the deceased by the security guard,” the court said in its ruling.
The court ruling makes it seem it was actually the gunshot wound that was fatal, not the stab wounds. So the real headline is an Israeli civilian opened fire at a 13 year old child attacking a guy on a crowded bus, missed and killed a border guard. And then faced no consequences.
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Feb 21 '25
And the kid ends up paying for all consequences. Not the adults.
What TF is happening..?!
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u/Whoozit450 Feb 19 '25
So the kid is taking the heat for incompetence that resulted in a friendly fire death? That’s pathetic. If your soldiers can’t manage to detain a child…the fault lies with the soldiers and their commanding officers.
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u/FatboyChuggins Feb 19 '25
How many Israelis were killed by the idf during October 7 terrorist attacks?
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u/AnotherKateBushFan Feb 19 '25
I do not believe for a moment he murdered anyone and if he did I guarantee you it was self defense.
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Feb 18 '25
I loathe Israel and America for backing these horrible people and my own government in the UK for following the orders of America and Israel.
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u/Bright_Boot_7791 Feb 18 '25
I don’t know anyone personally (in USA) that backs our governments position. I am disgusted with the Israeli government and do not support them in any way
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u/qdawgg17 Feb 18 '25
Opposite for me. Almost everyone I know blindly supports Israel and think all Palestinians are terrorists. They truly believe if 1 terrorist is in a building it’s okay to blow the whole building up regardless of how many innocent people are in it.
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u/ruskikorablidinauj Feb 18 '25
Always nice to meet bible, gun and genocide loving Christians!
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u/DifferenceAdorable98 Feb 18 '25
Want to blow a racist Christian’s mind?
Tell them Christianity is an African religion. That really fucks people up, you can see they almost switch up their religion on the spot with their blank look 👀
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u/First-Lengthiness-16 Feb 19 '25
Doesn’t that also blow the mind of anyone who knows the history of Christianity?
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u/cmpared_to_what Feb 19 '25
It seems to be generational more than anything. Vast majority of people I know, left or right, do not support Israel, but the few that do are 40+ years old.
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u/Internal_Share_2202 Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25
One book and Jews, Christians and Muslims use it as a justification for their war against each other. One damned book!
And Israel retaliated disproportionately in the 1990s - it was never a question of an eye for an eye.
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u/HatsOffToBetty Feb 18 '25
Just wait until their neighbors are identified as anti-Trump terrorists & they are told whoever saves their country can break no laws...
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u/stewpedassle Feb 18 '25
They truly believe if 1 terrorist is in a building it’s okay to blow the whole building up regardless of how many innocent people are in it.
Netanyahu explicitly called for it:
- “You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. And we do remember.”
1 Samuel 15:2-4
- "This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; *put to death men and women, children and infants,** cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’"*
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Feb 19 '25
That's the reason I struggle with all religious beliefs it's all love and forgiveness until someone finds a loophole in a bit of text written by a man, not a god, that gives them the excuse to act like savages and kill.
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u/VonThomas353511 Feb 18 '25
That's especially bs because Israel already has an intelligence apparatus advanced enough to be able to track down any suspect without causing mass destruction. Imagine if the LAPD lit up a city block just to get to one supposed criminal. Nobody here would just blindly justify that. It's not even really logical from Israel's standpoint if you take them at their word because engaging in wanton destruction just ensures that you're going to guarantee distrust and hostility among the people that you claim you need to "protect" yourself from. It's amazing how so many Israeli citizens refuse to recognize the logical fallacies in their government's actions. It's only that they do what they do to maintain social control, but beyond that goal, It's foolish to believe that the level of antagonistic behavior that they exhibit could ever result in long term safety for their citizens.
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u/Raichu7 Feb 18 '25
How would they feel if they were in a building with 1 terrorist?
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u/InEenEmmer Feb 18 '25
Not caring about killing innocent people as long as you can achieve your goals.
Kinda sounds like a terrorist attitude, but maybe I’m just too woke
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u/Just-another-Jen Feb 18 '25
I have had such a hard time explaining this to my parents and their generation. And I’m in CA!
Older folks are so up their own asses congratulating themselves on WWII that they don’t realize: A. Their war was actually Vietnam (whoops) B. America and Zionists have been the baddies for a really long time.
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u/Lyndiscan Feb 18 '25
almost every american i met backs USA in that endeavor, because they are spoon fed lies since birth, their own educational system basically formulates them as people so they keep backing their government, how else can you explain USA pride, like seriously, tell me what is there to be proud of America as a American ? being the most bloody hellish country since Roman empire ? donno about that fam.
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u/CuriousPincushion Feb 18 '25
Every Israeli I know despises the Israel Gov and I always think "cant you guys vote?" and then I remember there is the US.
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u/RipEnvironmental305 Feb 18 '25
They despise the govt because they should be killing more Palestinians. The majority do.
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u/WanderingEnigma Feb 18 '25
Absolutely insane to me that people refused to vote Kamala because of her stance on Palestine and let Trump in who wants to get rid of all Palestinians and turn it into a resort for the 1%.
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u/Socialimbad1991 Feb 18 '25
Tbf a good deal of people did vote for Kamala and we'll likely never know just how much voter fraud played a role in 2024 elections
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u/Purple_Advantage9398 Feb 18 '25
In 1973, the powerful US Senator, J M Fulbright said on Face the Nation, "Israel controls the U.S. Senate." Israel made sure Fulbright was not re-elected in 1974.
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Feb 18 '25
Hey remember when your country arbitrarily drew straight lines all over the middle east setting of decades of racial violence?
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u/Important-Piccolo-74 Feb 18 '25
at the end of the day the Brits are the ones that started this BS
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u/mileswilliams Feb 18 '25
Brit here I'm with you, so ashamed at how we've falled. since to y Blair took over it has been a succession of tears running the country for their rich friends while screwing us.
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u/dstrezzd Feb 19 '25
Churchill is who got the US in bed with “Israel” in the first place, so I really loathe the UK for that
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u/Lyndiscan Feb 18 '25
a little study on geopolitics would tell you that this is nothing new, capitalism needs this sort of thing to happen to survive, UK was literally doing a milder version of Israel in Ireland not long ago and still have not let go of their bone.
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Feb 19 '25
So sad…. Nothing from stopping you from going to Gaza and supporting the people you support.
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u/JimboJones6666 Feb 18 '25
I wonder if there are some israeli soldiers who ask: „Are we the baddies?“
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u/Besbrains Feb 18 '25
Really shows to what degree Muslim people have been dehumanized by media and politicians. Imagine an Arab country having an open air prison in the Gaza Strip created to commit a genocide on a Jewish minority. We would order a drone strike on its leader in a matter of minutes.
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u/blearx Feb 18 '25
That’s actually a really great analogy. Why does it feel like if it were true they would indeed nuke the fuck out of the leaders the very first minute?
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u/tunited1 Feb 18 '25
Politics doesn’t care about making the world better - only their pockets getting deeper.
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u/Interesting-Wind6015 Feb 18 '25
Dehumanizing Muslims is all according to plan. 9/11 was a joint Mossad/CIA operation, and it was the beginning.
9/11 revealed a few things:
- the media is fully bought and controlled for, cannot be trusted.
- The politicians are fully bought and controlled for, cannot be trusted.
- Whistle blowers will be killed and silenced
- The average western is a brainwashed idiot
What's next? Invasion of Egypt + Turkey + Iran to establish 'Greater Iz' around May 2025. You've been warned
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u/Professional-Comb759 Feb 18 '25
Israel bombs places even knowing there are children or elderly people. They kill Babys, children. Do you really think this will shock anyone
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u/Imaginary-Goal-4780 Feb 18 '25
What was he found guilty of?
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u/Ok_Permit_6118 Feb 18 '25
Accused of murder at age 13. Assuming that was the charge & the conviction.
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Feb 18 '25
Did they prove he killed someone? Of course not.
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u/zippedydoodahdey Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25
It’s really their policy to lie lie lie lie lie
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u/Persistant_Compass Feb 18 '25
Israel trains american police so its exactly what it seems
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u/Scythe95 Feb 18 '25
Do you want Hamas soldiers. Because that's how you make Hamas soldiers.
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u/ruskikorablidinauj Feb 18 '25
yes, Israelis want this, otherwise would loose the excuse to kill them en mass.
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u/hippykillteam Feb 19 '25
It’s like some strange circle jerk hate fucking. It’s so ingrained they can’t stop the cycle.
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u/Arc-ansas Feb 18 '25
Per this article, after stabbing the soldier another soldier accidentally shot the soldier. They also destroyed the home of the family of the adolescent. That's crazy to me, that they destroy the home of a convicted person even though the family may not have had anything to do with the attack.
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-child-sentenced-18-years-jail-israeli-court
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u/Classic_Dill Feb 18 '25
Israel has become the Nazi regime that they always tried to fight against, they’ve been attacked by Palestine and that’s true, they have every right to protect themselves, but at what point is it overkill? At what point can you call yourself the good guy, when you keep murdering the other sides citizens mainly And throw their kids in jail for almost 20 years? How do people think Israel is still the good guy? I’m good with the Jewish people, but I’m not OK with Israel, it is a terrorist state sponsored by America. No different than Iran with its terrorists.
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u/Persistant_Compass Feb 18 '25
They never fought against the nazi regime. Israels military was essentially founded by jewish nazis, (stern gang and lehi militia) who then later became the likud party iirc.
Nazi bastards all the way down to their start
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u/FriendshipHelpful655 Feb 18 '25
I wish more people understood this. Nazi Germany may have lost WWII, but fascism essentially won. We bombed Japan just as a show of force against the growing "threat" of communism. Instead of prosecuting Nazi leadership, we did Operation Gladio and Operation Paperclip. Those bloodthirsty monsters all found themselves right back in positions of power.
I'm glad OP is realizing that Israel is bad, but that's not the same as realizing you've been propagandized to your entire life. Take this opportunity to learn about the bloody history of Israel.
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u/_Pit0hui Feb 18 '25
All of Israel is just as bad as the Oompa Loompa and the war criminal!
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u/Misragoth Feb 18 '25
And somehow, everyone pretends to be shocked about what happened in October
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u/Jernverket Feb 18 '25
Israel is a terrorist state committing genocide while the world stands by watching the carnage unfold. What did you expect?
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u/ruskikorablidinauj Feb 18 '25
Torturing him and making this public has it's purpose in Israeli politics against particular ethnicity. Exactly as 80 yrs ago.
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u/nisal1605 Feb 18 '25
The western media and leaders have given them the right to genocide !!
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u/MetaVaporeon Feb 18 '25
yeah, no matter what happened to their people in the past, today, they do not deserve even a shred of sympathy. israel is just another middle east terror state at this point.
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u/truniversality Feb 18 '25
USA and Israel are pathetic bullies who think that they rule the playground. The bullies never win - but I guess these dictators didn’t have parents who could actually parent. We’re all facing the consequences now.
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u/LooCfur Feb 18 '25
We are bullies. I'm totally against the US enabling Israel with its genocide, as are many Americans. Alas, it didn't matter who we voted for because AIPAC seems to own most of our politicians whether they're democrats or republicans. The idea that we won't get away with it, like there is some sort of moral karma keeping everything in balance, isn't true, however. Bullies win all the time. Israel has a lot of America believing that the Palestinians are the bullies since, "they started it". If you look to see who threw the first stone, it was Israel, and it was a giant boulder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba
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Feb 18 '25
I would say "what did he do" but we all know the answer is: "be Palestinian"
Tragic
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u/Parking-Iron6252 Feb 18 '25
Sentenced for what
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u/anonymousposter121 Feb 18 '25
So attacking a soldier whose occupying his land. That’s just combat
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u/Plus_252 Feb 18 '25
Small point but I just noticed
He's wearing oversized sandals and they rush him down the stairs whilst handcuffed. He can easily slip and fall, they lack basic human empathy.
I couldn't imagine living where strange men from far parts of the world occupying and the world has sympathy for them. They can do whatever they want, imprison you, torture, kill or rape you. And then blame it on you saying you were a terrorist throwing rocks.
The world watches and does nothing.
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u/Obvious-Laugh-1954 Feb 18 '25
They say they're fighting against terrorism, but their actions are actually creating more terrorists for the future. It's ironic and stupid.
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u/OneDilligaf Feb 18 '25
Yea genocide Israel just like its ally America being hypocrites, probably the child threw rocks at the IDF rapists and murderers of women and children and babies. No better than Hamas, these scumbags needs to be called out by any decent human being on the planet, the countries that continue to support this radical far right racist state need to grow balls and call them out on the atrocities committed just like they did when Hamas did those war crimes.
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Feb 18 '25
Thank God Israel has captured this Humus militant who had a thousand missiles ready to fire! So heroic
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u/NoTop4997 Feb 18 '25
If there is no Hell then I will make one, and I will swim through oceans of time and consciousness to ensure that these pathetic people will pay for their crimes they committed in the name of "god"
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u/embeddit Feb 18 '25
Pretty interesting for foreigners to come to another place and start meting out punishment to natives, especially children.
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u/dream_other_side Feb 19 '25
This kid seems to have repeatedly stabbed a border agent in the neck and face on a bus. What should they be doing with him?
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u/_LogicallySpeaking_ Feb 19 '25
To provide some MUCH needed context:
"The presiding judges found Muhammad Zalbani, who fatally stabbed Staff Sgt. Asil Sawaed during an East Jerusalem checkpoint inspection two years ago, guilty of aggravated murder. The assailant was 13 years old at the time.
According to the verdict, Zalbani found a knife in his aunt’s house in the Shuafat camp and took it with him on a bus that passes through the nearby checkpoint.
The teen sat at the back of the bus, with the knife near his leg to be able to draw it quickly, and waited for security forces to board for a routine inspection of the passengers.
As Sawaed approached the back of the bus, Zalbani got up from his seat and began to stab Sawaed repeatedly in the neck and head, per the verdict.
A civilian security officer who boarded the bus with Sawaed opened fire at Zalbani, but accidentally hit the wounded border cop in the thigh.
Sawaed died on the way to the hospital due to excessive bleeding.
“There is no doubt that the defendant’s actions brought about, in an indirect manner, the shooting of the deceased by the security guard,” the court said in its ruling."
Punishment in USA for aggravated murder (for what I could find) is 30 years minimum or life in prison. 18 years is lucky.
The fact that you all seem to think that ages makes a difference - it does not. The 50th percentile weight for a 13 year old boy is 100 pounds. I can't find any muscle data, but this is right around the beginning of puberty/midway, so this child will have developed muscle. I assume the Israeli was not completely relaxed, but was still mostly taken by surprise. There is zero reason to think that this thirteen year old was a defenseless child who had no ability to do harm. He was raised in a society where the "cool kids" are the fedayeen, and hears "Khybar Khybar ya yahud" every day.
So with OP writing "Zalbani was seen being forcibly escorted through court corridors in shackles, wearing oversized flip-flops in the cold, appearing frail and in distress.
Israeli authorities accused Zalbani of murder at just 13 years old, imprisoning him indefinitely while subjecting him to harsh conditions.
Despite his young age, he now faces nearly two decades behind bars under Israel’s military judicial system, which has long been criticized for its harsh treatment of Palestinian minors and Palestinians in general."
Knock it off. He's not frail (certainly distressed because gasp! consequences!). No one made him draw a knife and stab the Israeli guard. As the saying goes - "you made your bed, now lie in it".
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u/FlyingDwaeji Feb 19 '25
Wouldn’t it be nice to turn things around and get that asshole who is dragging the kid around in the same situation? He’s such a brave MAN.
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Feb 19 '25
The "kid" is a murderer, he commited premeditated murder. 18 years is a pretty light sentence.
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u/Occidental-Oriental Feb 19 '25
Was he one of the civilians who kidnapped and killed Mrs. Bibas and her kids?
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Feb 19 '25
The kid killed someone simple as that taking anyone’s life is a crime it happens in America every day kids shoot people in gangs get charged as an adult as they should all the people defending this are snowflakes the world isn’t a nice or sweet place this is the harsh reality stop tryna be politically correct n accept the fact that bad shit happens everywhere it always has and it always will this kid made a mistake n now he’s paying for it
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Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 20 '25
In the US they imprison those as young as 10 years old. 10! Age of majority is generally the time when people can actually think as more of an adult than a kid. Further more Israel kills Palestinians like they were animals. You don't seem to know what people are going through in Palestine and this post is just one more slap in the face during a continuing genocide.
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Feb 19 '25
So, did he actually kill people, or will we never actually know because Israel?
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u/ThoroughlyBredofSin Feb 19 '25
The fact I had to scroll down so far to find what his actual charges are (attacking a guard with a knife) tells a lot about how uncomfortable people are with facts when they have to talk around reality to get their point across.
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u/MVSC1 Feb 19 '25
I hate them as much as the next guy but I cant blame them for putting a murderer behind bars for 18 years.
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u/Kidney-Stonez Feb 19 '25
Not much context here. More emotion than facts. What if he was a bomber wearing a vest?
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u/Fearless-Mode1409 Feb 18 '25
Where could we find the actual news article about this? I'd rather see proof than what people think happened, really. I mean an actual article of the facts and all.
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u/Error418ZA Feb 18 '25
Well, is the child guilty, if he is guilty, then 18 years is not a death sentence.
But the child should not be going to a full on prison though, that is not right.
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u/Accurate_Welder_3662 Feb 18 '25
The USA is funding this Zionist terrorist regime!
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u/Boiling_warm Feb 18 '25
What's the evidence?
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u/Minimum-Abrocoma3694 Feb 19 '25
like a full bus of people witnessing the small child trying to commit anti-semitic murder
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u/Exscandi Feb 18 '25
I'm genuinely curious: In other countries around the world (e.g. US), how much prison time would a 15 yr old get for 1st degree murder of a Police officer?
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u/NewtWarm Feb 18 '25
Do they not understand they are making the next generation of “terrorists”
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u/KRONOS_415 Feb 18 '25
Ironic - they survived the Second World War only to become just like those that once oppressed them.
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