“Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were enraged on Saturday after Al Jazeera television aired footage of Egyptian soldiers shooting and killing a Palestinian man who had wandered into the Egypt side of the Rafah crossing through the beach,” jpost.com reports. “In the clip, the man is seen entering the water along the Sinai-Gaza divide. After he steps a few meters into the Egyptian side . . .
he is hit by live fire. The victim has been identified as Ishak Khalil Hassan, 28, from the Gaza City neighborhood of Zeitoun. According to reports, Hassan was known to have suffered from mental and emotional disturbances.”
With friends like these? Although it doesn’t make this execution any better, the incident should be seen in its proper context. Like this:
Gaza, a small impoverished coastal enclave, is under blockade by Israel, and Egypt has kept its Rafah crossing largely shut since Cairo’s Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, was toppled by the army in 2013.
Egypt has occasionally opened Rafah to allow passengers with foreign passports as well as students and hospital patients to travel. Israel, which waged war with Hamas in July and August last year, allows travel between it and Gaza largely only on humanitarian grounds such as relief aid and medical treatment.
Cairo has accused Hamas, which is close to the Muslim Brotherhood, of helping militants in Egypt’s Sinai desert, which borders on Gaza, attack its security forces. Hamas denies this.
Nothing like a live fire exercise with a live person down range. Don’t suppose the BLM folks are gonna get all righteous with Egyptian police over this particular murder.
That was rather diplomatic.
So that’s what a secure border looks like.
That’s what I was going to say.
Bet you don’t have many people trying that…
No, they usually just pay the bribe and walk through.
Are you talking about here or there? Guess it doesn’t matter…same difference.
Would like to see every coyote and drug mule receive the same fate.
For the coyotes, yes, but the mules are now often women and children, or young men who’s families are held in ransom until they deliver the few pounds that were stuffed into their packs before they headed north. I have no desire to see someone killed because some evil trash made sure that if they didn’t deliver their mother, daughter, or sister would be raped and murdered.
Agree. They should get a quick training course, an AR, and a free ride.
I’m sure that the Palestinian outrage will be the same as if he was shot by an Israeli soldier.
Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe they can start stabbing Egyptians now…
I suspect EXACTLY the same, somebody will have to go stab an Israeli because of this.
The Value of human life gets cheaper the farther East you go.
So where is the post about the new anti-gun bill, H.R. 4269?
Hassan was known to have suffered from mental and emotional disturbances.
It seems like a lot of people in that neck of the woods suffer from mental and emotional disturbances.
No woods it that sandbox
We talking that dude or the governor of New Hampshire?
So did the NYPD teach them how to shoot or what??
Yeah.. I hope those were warning shots.
In order to qualify for NYPD level training you have to hit at least 7 bystanders. This case does not rise to the level of NYPD professionalism.
Pretty simple rule, don’t cross the border, don’t get shot. Whats the problem?
uhm because borders are arbitrary imaginary lines drawn by statists, some of whom like those in this video, have absolutely no regard for human life.
Would you have shot the unarmed man if you were there?
YES
Borders may be arbitrary, but the problems caused by those who ignore them are not. The boundry laws of sovereign nations should be absolute. It is a reality albeit an ugly one, but a reality.
1 mile from my house a school bus stops to pick up 43 children in one place. They are all the children of undocumented immigrants. They go to a school my tax dollars pay for. They get assistance my tax dollars pay for. They are taking away from my family.
No sir. Our government is taking our money, not those illegal aliens. You don’t pay your taxes to them. And if they went away, don’t believe for a second that your taxes would as well.
” . . .borders are arbitrary imaginary lines drawn by statists . . .”
Borders denote countries, countries denote property ownership, property ownership denotes national identity. Property ownership and national identities are a good thing. Don’t trespass onto other people’s property.
This of course does not include all those drowned when smuggling tunnels were flooded, many collapsing with workers inside. I think the Palestinians already hate the Egyptians, and I think the feelings are reciprocated.
News flash after living in Kuwait for year, everyone in the region hates the Palestinians.
That, at least, shows good sense.
God is Great! Allah Akbar!
Aloha Snackbar! Reese’s pieces be upon him.
A Lil Hack bar!!!
Ow-that’s cold. And if Israel hadn’t given away Gaza we wouldn’t have THIS-they’ll still blame the Jews.
Reminds me of a joke:
Who put the last 3 bullets into Mussolini?
25 Italian sharp shooters.
Looked like suicide by Egyptian army to me. Found another video that has more of the beginning. Looks pretty intentional to me. I would have to agree mental illness played a part in this persons poor decision making. Pretty sad really.
Pay attention Achmed. This here thing at the end of the rifle is called by us infidels a “front sight.” When used in conjunction with this other thing called a “rear sight” it’s useful for actually hitting what you aim at. Like man-sized targets in the surf at 50 yards.
Were those 1000 meter shots with iron sights? Christ; they couldn’t hit a pig in the ass with a banjo.
“…they couldn’t hit a pig in the ass with a banjo.”
I am laughing my ass off at THAT image!
Thank you. As a banjo player, I’m writing that one down
What’s the definition of perfect pitch?
When you throw a banjo in the dumpster, it hits an accordion, and they both break.
I’m going to send that one to my musician son. Maybe change the instruments a little.
as a pig, so am I
Was it The Donald who said “good fences make good neighbors”?
The ” Good fences” part is missing…. My chicken coop is more secure than that border.
And they say there’s no cure for mental problems and emotional disturbance. Proven here while demonstrating a secure boarder.
What’s with all the misses
Well, now we know who to blame if we are faced with an impending 7.62×39 shortage.
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