The News Journal · 25 December 2022
CP-2022-045
Less than 1% of Israel army probes yield prosecution
By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press, Jerusalem
Transcribed from the clipping
“JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it investigates every killing of a Palestinian that it does not consider combat.
But over the past five years, less than 1% of those investigations have ended in a prosecution… Of 248 investigations opened into the deaths of Palestinians since 2017, just two produced charges, according to data compiled by the Israeli rights group Yesh Din… The military says its system meets international standards… ‘The system is designed to whitewash,’ said Ziv Stahl of Yesh Din… The figures have taken on new significance after the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh…”
Context added by this archive
A statistic and its denominator, printed in an American paper on Christmas Day: 248 investigations, two prosecutions. The Israeli military’s own defense of the system runs in the same column.
Cite this clipping
"Less than 1% of Israel army probes yield prosecution," The News Journal, 25 December 2022, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2022-045. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2022-045
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