Comments on: A camera is not a weapon

By: Ptrizzle

Ptrizzle — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:58:03 +0000

Like stated above, he was in a war zone. Every time a Palestinian dies in the conflict, it must have been on purpose, is that what you are saying, Nu’man? Reuters has tried to villify Israel since this happend. Conflicting interests prevent them from being very fair in this issue, or in fact covering properly the recently revealed cruelty Palestinians show towards each other. Quit firing rockets wantonly at civilian areas. Olmert is out, and Netanyahou will be back in power. He is not someone that I would provoke. If so, the Palestinians may never see an independent state.
But from the reports coming from Human Rights Watch, it doesn’t sound like they could humanely govern themselves anyway, no matter which political party (Fatah or Hamas) has the power.

By: Nu'man El-Bakri

Nu'man El-Bakri — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:55:37 +0000

The IDF has a history of intentionally targeting journalists and civilians with illegal weapons, and blaming the victims for their deaths. The case of Fadel Shana is no different. Both his flak jacket and vehicle clearly identified him as Press. The Israelis have at their disposal equipment which can identify whether a person is holding a camera or a weapon. The reason why the IDF has failed to provide Reuters with any satisfactory answers surrounding his death is simple: they don’t want to admit he was killed simply because he was a Palestinian.

By: John Patriot

John Patriot — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:23:03 +0000

This is an unfortunate accident. The photographer was in a war zone. Innocent people get hurt when placing themselves voluntarily in war zones.

By: Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:59:50 +0000

Fadel Shana was killed because he was where Hamas was, and Hamas was where the rockets were being launced against Israeli civilians. What sort of precautions is Hamas making for avoiding civilian casualties when it sends Qasam rockets into Israeli towns? Are only Gazan civilian photgraphers important? Are you pounding on the doors of Hamas officials to find out why civilians are SPECIFICALLY targeted by Hamas’ rockets? Where’s your outrage when Israelis are killed because they are simply going about their daily business, maybe even taking photographs? Has anyone in your organization questioned Hamas about their rockets and their targets?