there is dramatic footage captured in september 2000 at the netsarim junction in gaza where i saw a 19-year-old boy shot. and killed by an israeli sniper by france du of father trying to shield his traumatized 12-year-old son, muhammad from israeli gunfire that ultimately killed him. the killing of the boy resulted in the typical propaganda campaign by israel. israeli officials spent years lying about the killing, first blaming the palestinians for the shooting, later suggesting the scene was faked, and finally insisting the boy was still. when an israeli soldier in 2003 murdered the 23-year-old student, an american activist, rachel cory, by crushing her to death with bulldozer, as she tried to prevent the illegal demolition of a palestinian doctor's home, the israeli army said it was accident for which kuren was responsible. israel blocks the work of independent human rights organizations into atrocities and war crimes it commits. in gaza and the west bank. it refuses to cooperate with the international criminal court. it does not cooperate with the un human rights council. it prohibi