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Arab cab driver's killer deemed unfit to stand trial
Vered Luvitch
Published: 12.03.09, 16:05
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1. This is terrible
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (03.12.09)
Israel should have better mental health intervention than this. According to the article, the army cottoned on to Soufir's problems about a month into his enlistment. Why no referral to a psychiatrist? Paranoid schizophrenia, while a permanent affliction, can be controlled with medication. My condolences to the Karaki family. This should never have happened. Israel should have a better system in place for treating and caring for the mentally ill. Nehumim.
2. strange...
Hana ,   Jerusalem   (03.12.09)
So many "mental problems" among Jewish terrorist... isnt it strange?
3. Hana..
shaul ,   Canada   (03.13.09)
...take a look at the jew killers in yemen...
4. Lets not turn this into a double standard argument...
Aaron ,   SF, USA   (03.13.09)
but rather how it goes to show that growing up in France makes you crazy. :-P But seriously, anybody question why he'd have that behaviour in France?
5. The face on that whacked-out cat is priceless.
Cameron ,   USA   (03.13.09)
The dark side of the ME in a nutshell.
6. Another Jewish Terrorist runing free...
Rami of Nazareth ,   Israel   (03.13.09)
7. Sarah #1
Marco ,   Spain   (03.13.09)
Well said Sarah! I never thought that a day would come where I would compliment you on one of your tbs, you proved to me (at least for today)that deep down inside you have goodness in your heart.
8. The Guy Is Radio Rental (mental)
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (03.13.09)
9. To: No. 2 and No. 6
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (03.13.09)
Mr. Soufir is not a terrorist. He is a mentally ill individual, who is not responsible for his actions. If you want to know what a terrorist is, you need look no further than Hamas, Hizbollah, PFLP, Al Fatah, Black September, Islamic Jihad, etc. etc. etc. Shame on you. Mr. Soufir committed a despicable act, but he has an excuse -- paranoid schizophrenia. What excuse does, say, Hamas have, for sending children as suicide bombers? What excuse did PFLP have for machine-guinning 26 teenagers in Ma'alot? What excuse did Black September have when they took 11 Israeli athletes hostage in Munich? Get real. There is a difference between a mentally ill individual who is not responsible for his actions and terrorist scum who know exactly what they are doing and who murder for pleasure and with malice aforethought.
10. #9 Sarah
Marco ,   Spain   (03.13.09)
What excuse did Baruch Goldstein have for murdering innocent people praying in a mosque? What excuse did the IDF have for murdering the child Mohamed El DORRA? What excuse did the IDF have for the massacres of Kana 1 and 2, etc etc
11. To: Marco at No. 10
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (03.14.09)
Baruch Goldstein is a lunatic, and I have not -- and would not -- defend what he did. You are assuming facts not in evidence. The other examples you cite involve acts by the army, not civilians, and therefore have no relevance here.
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