The overall state of the Muslim world is appalling. It does not produce one single manufactured product of sufficient quality to sell on world markets. Muslim productivity is the lowest in the world. Nowhere in the Muslim world is there a single world-class university. Muslim scientific achievement has degenerated into a few research programs in the fields of chemical, biological and nuclear warfare. There is not one true democracy in the Muslim world. No Muslim State genuinely respects human rights. No Muslim state hosts a responsible media. No Muslim society fully respects the rights of women or minorities, and no Muslim government has ever accepted public responsibility for its own shortcomings. Now tell me my brother, who is punishing himself more than we do to each other and to ourself?

Bla Bla Bla... You say alot of things about Israel, some may be true... some may not be. for me the simple truth is just that, simple, and the fact that the Pal's refuse to ever have peace with the "Jew" is enough for me to give carte blanch to the Jews to defend themselves in anyway they see fit. Human rights should be respected, yes, as long as they are respected against you i believe. So no, i cant agree with you and never will. Fighting terrorism is like no other, because you are fighting a war that will never be won, lost, or ever end (Untill one day earth will get hit by an astoroid and we will all figure out what we have lost, and how pathetic this yearning to distroy the only Jewish homeland on earth has been.

Some one like this should never have served in the Israeli Army, psychiatric test should have shown that this young woman was not fit for army duty but its to late she did and Israel now pays the consequences. On the other hand the photos show no harm down to the prisoners not like what the Arabs are doing to Gilad Shalit.

well, well- the Arabs have feelings- what about stoning women, cutting off their noses, decapitating prisoners, keeping Gilad in captivtity for 3 years- shut up already-

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why dont you post when your beloved brothers do horrible things to the Israeli civilians, such as suicide bombing,killing innocent Jewish children,firing kassam rockets, and the rest.Shame on you Marwan

Cutting off heads with swords, ripping out and eating the livers of those suspected of being informants, and all the other delightful tortures encouraged by Sharia Law is just dandy!

The pictures shows mild and good treatment of palestinian prisoners. They are treated better in israeli detention than in the hands of their cleptomanic rulers.

Robert I directly answered all your questions without reserve. I also stated in clear terms what the IDF do with innocent civilians and am willing to back up all my statements (as I have done on many occasions) with refs to reports/quotes/news items etc. You on the other hand refuse to answer any direct question. All you can do is try to character assassinate myself with lame ad hominem 'arguments’. One can only conclude that you refuse to address the question regarding the cowardly IDF using innocent civilians as human shields and how this is a documented war crimes because you have no defense against this obvious reality. So continue with your ad hominem attacks but just remember that this will never negate the facts which I present here as you are utterly powerless against such undeniable truths.

Nobody is arguing that the IDF has not used human shields. They have, but you I noticed failed to address my post #59. Where you accuse Israel of using more human shields than anybody else. A statement that is clearly false. In addition when I did some quick research on this issue, I found something quite striking. When the IDF has used human shields, I could NOT find where it resulted in a single death. Maybe I missed something, I don't know, but even if I did, clearly the IDF use of human shields...if I missed something... has not caused many deaths. Hamas cannot make this same claim, since it is the basis of how they run their war.

and the Arab media went nuts with applause. Who's the sadist?

and, had the IDF acted in the same brutality and inhumane ways as Arabs, they would have all been shot and dumped in a shallow grave by now. When considering being picked up by the IDF or one of the thugs from Hamas, PA, or Jordan, I'm pretty sure which one the "Palestinians" would choose.

For sure these blind-folded Arabs were arrested and questioned for their ties to security activities and released if not guilty....unlike the poor souls in Iran which were judged "guilty" by the militia member as he's raping them, and eventually kills them.

What Arabs seem to be reading into these photos is the blind-folded Arabs being paraded as trophies by the IDF. When infact it looks like just another series of arrests of "Palestinian" suspects (who happen to be sitting on the cement security barrier) and were simply a backdrop to a photo that was really focused on her. The photo is devoid of the situation before the arrests (most likely another "peaceful" Arab protest) and her role, which seems to be providing for the arrested including food and water. I think Arabs and Leftists fall to this default line of thinking because if roles were reversed, they would (and did) do worse.

He recently said in an interview that Hamas stores weapons in mosques, hides in them, and blows people up in them. Clearly, the group that systematically uses human shields as their MO is Hamas and Hizbullah. Matty's claim that it's part of IDF policy just shows his/her biased hatred. He/she has no idea what IDF official policy is but feels ignorance is no obstacle to spouting conjecture as fact. His/her MO.

First, the link you provided just took me to some sort of error page, but, I would like to see the source. So check that out, and send it again, so I can see what your talking about, thanks. Second, you say that the IDF admitted to using human shields 1,200 times between 2000-2005. Yet my point was was this, yes we agree the IDF has used human shields. But, it hasn't caused many deaths...I couldn't find any, but I admitted that my research was brief...now you confirmed my point, inadvertently. To quote you: “An 18-year-old Palestinian was killed in 2002 during one such operation”. So, in 1,200 uses, of Human shields by the IDF...based on your numbers, which I think are false...only once, did it cause a death. Which was my point. I stated that because my research was brief that I might be in error, but, clearly there could not have been many deaths caused by the IDF using human shields. I was right, because you, who do much research, apparently, only could find one death in 5 years. Third, Hamas and their entire strategy of asymmetrical warfare is based on using the population as human shields. That's why they dress as civilians, launch attacks and store weapons from civilians areas i.e. schools, hospitals, Mosque's and residential neighborhoods. All of the above are considered using human shields. Also here is a good working definition of what we are talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_shield Clearly, this what Hamas does, and what the IDF doesn't do. My understanding, and pictures I've seen with IDF involvement show the IDF use to be limited. Kids put in front of trucks to stop stone throwing, or people asked to walk into what may be a booby-trapped house.While Hamas uses human shields for PR purposes and to prevent attacks, which is the classic definition.

No idea what the fuss is all about. No big deal, people making too much noise over nothing.