Head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan raises 270,000 US dollars to arm settlement security teams

  • catloaf@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    “High-caliber” “advanced sniper rifles”? If they’re talking about the short-barreled ARs in the picture, they’re neither.

    I don’t get why news outlets make shit up like this. The truth is worse: those rifles are for close-quarters boots on the ground. They’re what you want when you invade and fight door to door in a city. That’s exactly what they’re going to use them for: systematically killing anyone they find in the target area.

    • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yossi Dagan, has purchased more than 500 rifles to arm emergency security teams, and is now working to further upgrade their equipment in preparation for a future war with Palestinians, Masar News reported on 5 November. Dagan purchased dozens of advanced sniper rifles after raising almost one million shekels ($270,000) from supporters…

      They might be referring to two different purchases. One is in the hundreds, the other in dozens.