“Die you son of a whore!” “Faggot!” the Israelis scream at Ahmad Salih Manasra, 14, as he lays gasping for breath after being shot by an Israeli colonist.
Charlotte Silver reports he is still alive, in critical condition. His cousin was killed.
The killers claim the boy had a knife. We presume him innocent.
Scott Horton is editorial director of Antiwar.com, director of the Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand:Time to End the War in Afghanistan and editor of The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019. He’s conducted more than 5,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna Horton. He is a fan of, but no relation to the lawyer from Harper’s.Scott’s Twitter, YouTube, Patreon.
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