The latest in the ongoing ‘Blaming Israel for ___’ series, submitted by Frimet Roth:
On the (UK) Times site, dateline July 25, in a piece entitled ‘Shoot-to-kill policy is based on Israeli model’ previous Metropolitan Police commisioner Lord Stevens is reported as stating:
Israel’s methods for tackling Arab suicide bombers have emerged as the model for Britain’s technique of shooting suspects through the head.
Oh, really? Well, someone obviously missed news of the Palestinian suicide bomber with an explosive belt strapped to his body who was apprehended yesterday by Israeli forces after slipping out of Gaza and proceeding toward Tel Aviv. He appeared on television news unscathed, smiling and capable of conducting a rather lengthy exchange with an Arabic-speaking journalist. Lord Stevens, be a man; own up to Britain’s botch-up without dragging Israel down with you.
Though Israel has practiced targeted killings of terrorist leaders, the overwhelming majority of active terrorist attempts that the IDF thwarts are arrests — not ‘shooting through the head’.