From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes
will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The
following press release was published by Amnesty International on 27 October 2015.
“Israeli Forces in Occupied Palestinian Territories Must End Pattern of Unlawful Killing”
Israeli forces have carried out a series of unlawful killings of Palestinians using intentional lethal force without justification, said Amnesty International today, based on the findings of an ongoing research trip to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
The organization has documented in depth at least four incidents in which Palestinians were deliberately shot dead by Israeli forces when they posed no imminent threat to life, in what appear to have been extrajudicial executions.
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