Al-Quds Newspaper -Should Israel pay $100 in damages to Palestinian girl whose bicycle was confiscated by Israeli soldier? Reporter asked US State Department official.
Said Arikat, a reporter for the Palestinian Jerusalem based Al-Quds daily brought up the incident, which occurred two weeks ago in the West Bank city of Al-Khalil and was caught on a video by an activist.
In the video, the Israeli soldier is seen stopping the girl as she played in front of her hosue near Al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil.
The soldier puts his foot on the bicycle, which has fallen to the ground. The girl, aged 8, runs away crying. The soldier is later seen throwing the bicycle into the bushes.
On Thursday, Arikat posed the following question during the State Department’s briefing: “Should Israel compensate this little girl for the bicycle?” Deputy spokesman Mark Toner responded: “I do not know that that’s a question we necessarily should answer from the podium of the State Department.”
He added: “We understand the tensions that exist in Israel regarding security and security concerns. It is also legitimate to say that what’s portrayed in that video is concerning and raises emotions on the part of many people who see it.”
Arikat replied to Toner: “But you subsidize Israel to the tune of billions of dollars. Should you deduct like 0 to pay for that bicycle?
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He explained: “Should you deduct $100 from the $40 billion or so that you are about to give Israel for the next 10 years, and say this is to replace the bicycle?”
Toner avoided the answer, saying: “Our security relationship with Israel is important both to Israel’s national security interests as well as our own, as well as the region’s, and it is vital that we maintain that close cooperation.”
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