Assisted Suicide

When the Western press gives credence to anti-Israel propaganda, as it did in recent reports about the death of Palestinian woman, Jawaher Abu Rahmah, it’s Arabs who are hurt most - Assisted Suicide by Lee Smith.

There is heated discussion in the comments section relating to the he said, she said aspects of the tear gas story (interestingly even the testimonies included on a partisan website supporting the porotest about her presence there and her medical state are conflicting) but the fact is clear that there was no autopsy on the dead woman's body, that the PA initially refused to co-operate in an investigation into the death and that only following the release of information by the PA, did the IDF's commander in the West Bank, Brigadier-General Nitzan Allon issue the following statement to the media -

There is no chance that the gas caused her death. Using tear gas in the way it was used in such an open area, and given the distance where she at which she was standing from the demonstration, there is no chance that her death was caused by the gas," Allon said, adding "today, there is no difference between our understanding of the events and that of the Palestinian (National) Authority's officials.

A week later and I have yet to see a refutation of that final comment from the PA.

Is that telling us something?