(Ma'an News) Committee: Israel soldiers force Muslim to drink wine at gunpoint

[shira]

No, this is not The Onion...

Israeli intelligence officers forced a Palestinian man from Beit Ummar to drink wine at gunpoint on Tuesday evening, a local committee spokesman said.

An Israeli military patrol stopped Muhammad Khalil Abu Dayyah, 24, from the Safa neighborhood near Beit Ummar and forced him into a military tower at the entrance to Beit Ummar, said Muhammad Ayyad Awad, spokesman of Beit Ummar's committee against Israel's separation wall and settlements.

Abu Dayyah was being asked to give names of young men who participate in clashes against Israeli forces in the Hebron-district town, Awad said.

When Abu Dayyah refused to cooperate with the soldiers, they brought an intelligence officer who took out a list of names of young locals and asked him to identify them. Abu Dayyah refused to give any information, and the intelligence officer pointed a rifle at the back of his head and ordered him to drink a bottle of wine.

Awad said that after Abu Dayyah drank the bottle, he passed out for an hour. He was awoken by Israeli soldiers who then threw him out of the military installation, he added. Locals who witnessed Abu Dayyah being taken away by Israeli forces took him home after the incident, confirming that he appeared under the influence and smelling of alcohol.

The consumption of alcohol is prohibited in Islam.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=604267

OMG - the Jooz forced this poor guy at gunpoint to drink Manischewitz Wine!!

Great journalism here by Ma'an.

[shira]

1. Best Inebriated Muslim Excuse: IDF Got Me Drunk at Gunpoint

A Palestinian Authority news agency has bested itself for Best Fiction of the Year Award by blaming the IDF for forcing a local Muslim to drink wine at gunpoint after he supposedly refused to supply information on who was throwing rocks at Israeli motorists.

It is great story. Once again the Occupation Army humiliates Palestinian Authority Arabs, violates their rights and subjugates them to embarrassment and immoral behavior.

This one was so far-fetched that even foreign media and Israel’s leftist newspapers and radio channels ignored it.

The only place the story could be found on the Internet, other than the original source of the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency, was the Saudi Gazette.

Just to make sure, the Jewish Press asked the IDF to investigate and find out if there was any truth to the story, which of course, was a work of fiction....

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/best-inebriated-muslim-excuse-idf-got-me-drunk-at-gunpoint/2013/06/13/

[King_David]

2. Maan" news " ?

[Israeli]

3. if only it were just ...

... a bottle of wine shira .

But its not :

http://972mag.com/the-soldiers-stories-that-israel-lacks-the-courage-to-hear/73474/

[oberliner]

4. Larry Derfner?

It is absolutely stunning that this person can be still be published by an ostensibly credible source after his behavior during the Greta Berlin fiasco.

Edit to Add:

There is even a comment of support from Greta herself to this article:

Greta A. Berlin
"Great article, as usual, from Larry Derfner...."

Birds of a feather!

[Israeli]

6. you have a problem with Larry Derfner....

Then go straight to the source oberliner :

http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/

Now lets here your objections ?

Or perhaps you are going to suggest that our kids are self hating Jews and anti semitics ?

Feel free , wouldn't be the first time or the last .

[shira]

8. You believe this wine story from Ma'an? n/t

[oberliner]

5. Should be embarrassing for Ma'an

I'm actually somewhat surprised they would publish something like this without digging a little deeper.

[azurnoir]

7. have you proof it's not true other than the rather nasty bigoted article that was posted here?

which could have have been titled Lying liars and liars(Arabs or Palestinians both were mentioned) who tell them?

[shira]

9. Bwahahaha! You're buying it! If you read the rest of that "bigoted article"...

...you'd see the same guy has been, uhh, quite popular in Ma'an News recently.

[azurnoir]

10. The guy was mentioned as village’s “committee against Israel’s separation wall and settlements.”

It even named the man, Muhammad Khalil Abu Dayyah (24). The source for this great piece of journalism is the village’s “committee against Israel’s separation wall and settlements.”

don't let that stop you anyone can read the article too, BTW

I read Ma'an daily, ya know like some read arutz sheva

[shira]

11. Do a google search and you'll see...

Other Ma’an articles over the past few months have reported that Muhammad Khalil Abu Dayyah was shot in the chest with rubber bullets during a funeral procession in February, also near Beit Ummar, and that Muhammad Khalil Abu Dayyah was detained overnight in April, in nearby Hebron.

With all that bad press, it’s no wonder he took up drinking, .

What a busy guy.



And FWIW, I link to Arutz Sheva through other news feeds. I might read 1-2 articles a month from the source.

[azurnoir]

12. shira the first four pages only mention this story

how many pages did you go out ?

[azurnoir]

13. I just searched again starting @ page 10 and working back nada zip of what you claim

only the first 4 pages of this story at least @ 6:51 pm cst

[Crunchy Frog]

14. Orthodox Joo forced by Muslim to eat pork at gunpoint.

Ha ha ha! Would be a good joke on him if it happened...according to your logic, apparently.

[oberliner]

15. Israel denies Palestinian forced to drink wine at checkpoint

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Israeli army on Thursday denied allegations by a Palestinian activist that intelligence officers forced a man to drink wine at a checkpoint near Hebron.

"After reviewing the incident, all indications show that the described event did not occur," the army said in an emailed statement.

"Yesterday, a Palestinian who was apparently inebriated approached an army post near Beit Ummar. Using minimal, non-aggressive measures, IDF forces moved him away from the spot," the statement said.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=604727

Incidentally the original story is being very widely reported as fact across the region. PressTV, Ahlul Bayt, Saudi Gazette - they are all over it.