Funeral for the 22 year old resident of Ni’lin village killed by Israeli army while protesting against Israeli massacres in Gaza. After the Israeli attacks against Gaza strip, Ni’lin village has been continuously protesting in solidarity with the people in Gaza. During the demonstration on the 28th December, Israeli soldiers used live ammunition against the protesters, hitting three people from the village. 22 year old Arafat Khawaja, was killed after having been shot in the back. The two others were Mohammed Khawaja, 19, who was declared brain damaged yesterday afternoon after taking a bullet in the forehead and Mohamed Srour who was shot in the leg...
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During the demonstration on the 28th December, Israeli soldiers used live ammunition against the protesters, hitting three people from the village. 22 year old Arafat Khawaja, was killed after having been shot in the back. The two others were Mohammed Khawaja, 19, who was declared brain damaged yesterday afternoon after taking a bullet in the forehead and Mohamed Srour who was shot in the leg.
At around 10am a procession of vehicles followed the ambulance carrying the body of Arafat from Ramallah hospital. The procession arrived in Ni’lin at noon where there were around 40 soldiers waiting at the entrance.
Approximately 4,000 people walked through the town with the body, which was first brought to the house of his parents. After Arafat’s mother could see him for the last time, his body was carried to the mosque where prayers were held for him. Arafat was buried in a grave close to the medical clinic at around 2 pm.
Arafat Khawaja was from a family of six brothers and four sisters. He was in the third year of medicinal analytical science at the American University in Jenin. He was living there and just visited his family in Ni’lin during the holidays.
Many people from the surrounding villages and from Jenin came to attend the funeral which was followed by a demonstration in the main street of Ni’lin in front of the checkpoint at the entrance of the town.
Israeli soldiers started firing teargas at around 3pm and continued till 5pm. There were about 30 soldiers with two jeeps standing at the checkpoint, and 10 other soldiers were occupying the roof of one of the first houses of the village.
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Comment by dirk diggler - 01 Jan 2009 - 11:55 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
The life of one Israeli is worth more than all the Palestinians combined. It is a small matter to slaughter them, as they are not much more than beasts anyway.
Comment by dirk diggler - 01 Jan 2009 - 11:55 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
The life of one Israeli is worth more than all the Palestinians combined. It is a small matter to slaughter them, as they are not much more than beasts anyway.
Comment by we are all palestinians - 01 Jan 2009 - 15:58 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
Poor dirk digger, delusional and sick, reeking of the hatred that his pariah vir tual state has been showing the world since its "monstrous birth" 60 years ago.
If we pray long enough perhaps God will cure this foolish and dangerous tribe be fore they destroy humanity.
Comment by arno hollosi - 01 Jan 2009 - 16:26 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
The life of an Israeli is worth 1000 times that of a Palestinian subhuman.
Comment by your mom - 01 Jan 2009 - 16:47 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
Grow up. All humans are equal.
Comment by your mom - 01 Jan 2009 - 16:48 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
Your comments are like those of Nazi Germany. White Germans being 1000 times mo re valuable then a Jew. Grow up, get out of the 40s and join civilization.
Comment by cohen - 01 Jan 2009 - 18:06 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
I'm agree with arno hollosi and dirk diggler. This is why I told Palestinian tha t if you kill only few jews that would scared Illegal state because it is proven jews are not a brave animals. Why ? because Moses cursed them if you read Bible and Quran, God said Jews will be wonders of the earth. If this Illegal state th ink they can get some land I would say go right ahead, whoever will help them will go with them. Everyone knows you can't go against God. Ameen!
Comment by the avenger - 01 Jan 2009 - 20:32 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
israel is a terrorist state run by terrorists, and funded by zionists. they are a part of the greater global conspiracy called the new world order. this gang wo rships satan in their sacred places. they are from any nation and race. they are the sons of satan. they are the enemies of Allah the Most High. they and their filthy new world order will be annihilated! they have no place run and hide..
Comment by jehovah - 01 Jan 2009 - 20:37 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
A pity Hitler is not alive today - it would be nice if he gassed all the Arabs!
Comment by the large kahoona - 01 Jan 2009 - 22:19 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
Lets see dirk diddler is an obvious Israeli operative, most likely a Megaphone h yena. Arno is obviously another in a long line of racist brainwashed fools. And Jehova, what can you say about this bizarre creatures moronic overtures? By the way Hitler and the Arabs were allied through the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, that' s why Betar #2 Shamir was turned down by the Nazis per his request to create the Israeli state in '42, to become a satellite of Nazi Germany. It is amazing how brainwashed so called Western society really is. The Zionists have done a magnificent job of turning these minds into absolute jello. Just ta ke a look at who owns and controls the mass media, most 'democratic' countries. Who has the guiding hand in most universities, especially the Ivy league? This i s not cultural bashing this is absolute truth and the sooner most of you start smelling the truth from the air and not your butts, the better chance we have of getting the human civilization in a position where it belongs.
Comment by we are all palestinians - 02 Jan 2009 - 10:58 [USER NOT REGISTERED]
So the apartheid murder machine is bogged down outside Gaza, that creation of th e jewish mind as much a part of occupied Palestine as evry ghetto the colonial b utchers ever made.
The IOF is a great murder machine like its ameriKan thug brother that finances a nd built it when it can kill with impunity from its vantage point in the sky ove r the terrorised population on the ground. But ask those racist jewish killer go ons and criminal trash schlepped from every ghetto in every country on the plane t that was only too happy to get rid of them.. ask them to get their asses out of their tanks and stormtrooper carriers and go fight like a man in the side streets of Gaza as in Lebannon against the gallant fighters of Hezbollah. Ask a racist bigotted jew to fight like a man against a man and not a child and then the world will see the maggots for what they are.
God bless the resistance in Palestine! The vast majority of mankind stands with you.
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