Blog #4
Israel and Pakistan
Two boys who weren’t even at the age of ten were hit by an Israeli by the name of David Be’eri. Be’eri said he only hit the two kids in fear of his own life because they were throwing stones at him. Video footage and photographs show that Be’eri ‘s car swerving to the other side of the road just to hit the kids throwing stones at his car. Later it was discovered that Be’eri was an activists for Jewish settlement in the Arab East Jerusalem. The area that he was in when he hit the two boys is where there is frequent violence of Pakistan’s and Jewish families and organizations that have moved into the area. The father of one of the kids who was hit by the car reviewed the video footage and said that his son and the other boy didn’t even have time to move out of the way of the car speeding towards them. David Be’eri was released after a few hours a questioning even though the Palestinian Authority condemned it a “hit and run” crime. I think that this newspaper article favors the Palestinian way a little more just because of what this man did to those little kids. If I was a witness to the particular event I am sure i would be on the Palestinian side too.
Work cited: Wyre Davies, October 11, “Israel debated ‘child violence’ after Palestinians hurt”, BBC News Jerusalem, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11516009.
