Video Uncovers ’Israeli’ Brutality in Killing Palestinian Teens, Lieberman Refuses Investigation

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"Israeli" Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday rejected as "hypocritical" world criticism and demands for an investigation into the killings of two Palestinian teenagers by occupation forces last week.

"I reject any demand" for an international investigation, he told reporters on a tour of the illegal West Bank settlement of "Ariel".

He further added: "Such an incident will be investigated regardless of any demand," denouncing world criticism of the incident as "hypocrisy".
His remarks came a day after calls by Washington and a top UN official for an immediate investigation into the circumstances of the two killings after video footage emerged showing the unprovoked shootings.

The closed-circuit footage, released on Monday by the "Defense For Children International", appeared to show separate incidents in which two youngsters were shot as they walked down the same street near Ramallah as Palestinians marked the 66th anniversary of the Nakba.

                                            

This comes as the footages showed no evidence of clashes.

In response, the Palestinian leadership accused "Israel" of their "deliberate execution".
But the "Israeli" army dismissed the footage as having been "edited," and said it was investigating the incident.

Late on Wednesday, US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Washington expected the "Israeli" government "to conduct a prompt and transparent investigation to determine the facts surrounding this incident."
And Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, assistant UN secretary general for political affairs, called for an "independent and transparent" probe.

He said it was "of serious concern that initial information appears to indicate that the two Palestinians killed were both unarmed and appeared to pose no direct threat."
However, Lieberman brushed off such calls.

"We don't need an American demand" to launch an investigation, he said.
"We will do it as part our commitment to the "Israeli" army's ‘moral code'."
The youth martyrs were identified as 16-year-old Mohammed Odeh Abu al-Thaher and 17-year-old Nadim Siyam Nawara.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team