Max Blumenthal spoke at Globalisation Conference 2014, Oslo, about Norwegian weapons export to Israel. Blumenthal accused Israel of committing war crimes, and using unarmed, civilian Palestinians as testing grounds for new weapons. (h/t Rotter)
Blumenthal: "Norway plays a great role in Israel's impunity."
He then accuses Norwegian arms company Nammo Raufoss AS of supplying Israel with anti-tank weapons, so they'll field-test them on the Palestinians, who have no tanks.
Blumenthal continues with a story that should have made headlines, had it been true. The Najjar family of Khuza'a made some headlines (here and here), since their homes were destroyed. But the news reports forgot to mention the five bodies in the bathroom.
"I visited one of the homes of the Najjar family, and the home had been kind of roasted."
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Next door to this home was the home of Hani Najjar , one of the lucky people who escaped from Khuza'a during the siege, when the Israelis initially invaded in July. And when he returned he found five bodies in his bathroom who had been bound, they had been riddled with bullets, they've had their throats cut with the knives that he uses to slaughter his chickens, and they've been burned with grenades, and there's flesh and blood were still pasted all over the walls when I arrived."
"This is the direct impact of arming Israel,of supplying Israel."
Update
Blumenthal's original 'report':
Hani Najjar of Khuza’a escaped only to find six corpses in his home — five in his bathroom and one in his kitchen — when he returned home. They had been handcuffed, had their throats slit with the knives he used to slaughter his chickens, riddled with bullets, then set alight. The bathroom was covered in dried blood and pieces of flesh when I visited. According to journalist Jesse Rosenfeld, at least some of the men were fighters associated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The execution of combatants while held captive and defenseless is no less a war crime than if they were civilians.
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