His comments come in the aftermath of reports, from a project called Shooting Back who distributed 100 video cameras in the occupied territories, over these last few weeks.
Shocking footage of the abuse of Palestinian residents, by settlers and Israeli soldiers, has been exposed by these cameras, with an increasing number of people beginning to record the abuse forced upon them.
Mr McNally, commenting on the Shooting Back project and recent footage, said,
“I am appalled at the ongoing Human Rights abuses in Palestine. This project has been running since January 2007 and has provided Palestinian people the means to record, for the world to see, the shocking abuses they have to live with at the hands of settlers and the Israeli armed forces.”
He continued,
“This recent footage is particularly interesting, exposing the Israeli actively assisting in these abuses. The most recent footage shows the Israeli army shooting a civilian protestor in the foot at point blank range. As many of us already know, the Israeli army is actively engaged in these Human Rights abuses.”
Follow the links below, to view some of the footage.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/jul/30/beaumont.palestine
http://www.btselem.org/english/Video/Shooting_Back_Index.asp
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