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B'Tselem spokeswoman says hurt by rubber bullet during protest
Itamar Fleishman
Published: 21.07.13, 09:08
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31. #26 What does that have to do with loyalty?
(07.21.13)
If the victim was a stranger to you would you be ok with the rape?
32. #29 Hamas shares your obsession with traitors
(07.21.13)
I suggest you would thrive better in Gaza - there your dreams of executing traitors would be realized.
33. #24:Come again, what is there so hard to grasp? "Traitor" as
tom ,   tel aviv   (07.21.13)
in: a person that acts in way that supports enemy positions. That's my take on Judeo-Quislings. Why is it a pathological trait in your school of thought? I'd say that if one's looking for pathology it is easily found in the actions of B'tselem, Peace Now, J-Street; the list is unfortunately much longer than that...
34. #32
Mike ,   London, UK   (07.21.13)
Your naïveté is simply astounding... or maybe it's just plain stupidity. Either way, "my dream" as you so eloquently put it, is for all Jews from every side of the religious and political spectrum to stand together as one for the benefit of the State of Israel and the Jewish people, NOT to execute traitors.
35. rubber bullet
din rodef ,   USA   (07.21.13)
If Israel has to cut defense spending, start with all "non-lethal" munitions. Armies exist to use lethal force and to deter through the threat of lethal force. The use of non-lethal munitions in this context actually encourages rioters and traitors by letting them know that their conduct has no serious consequences. The use of live fire would send the appropriate message to anyone who raises their hand toward an IDF soldier or refuses to disperse when ordered.
36. more terror from the Border Police
Michael Lesher ,   Passaic, NJ USA   (07.21.13)
Plastic bullets fired at close range at the head or thighs, as the Israelis well know, can cause serious and permanent injury. This attack was not only illegal (even according to Israeli regulations) but very likely a deliberate form of terror: an effort to intimidate NGOs like B'tselem whose vital truth-telling the Israelis want to stop.
37. And what have we learned, Sarit?
William ,   Israel   (07.22.13)
I guess the most obvious would be to avoid violent protests in a closed military zone by a population supporting racist terrorism against civilians of another State. Now, if you want credibility, I welcome you to protest in Tahrir Square.
38. #12 - One cannot fix an ailment by ignoring external stimuli
William ,   Israel   (07.22.13)
That is - while you lambaste Israel and its actions through your one-sided depraved organization, you ignore years of external threats and efforts that brought about the situation, and Israel's reaction, that we have today. In 1999, there was a strong hope for peace, barely any IDF soldiers in the West Bank (Areas A+B), NO security wall, NO roadblocks and checkpoints, freedom of movement of Pallys in Israel and beyond, a very fast "Palestinian" economy, and cooperation on many fronts....and all that ended when Arafat used his planned terror campaign to extract more concessions and threaten Israel. They lost everything! And many Israelis lost their lives because the leadership 2000-2002 failed to internalize the true threat of the intifada and the true mentality of "Palestinian" terrorism as was supported by most "Palestinians". Today, there is no lack of terror attacks from them, just successful ones, ALL due to Israeli security efforts. The PLO and Hamas both agree they will never accept a Jewish State, never end their call to flood Israel with 5 million hostile foreigners, and Abbas admitted that with a peace plan in place he will still make demands of Israel, with the threat of "resistance" in his back pocket. Now I ask you....if you address just one part of the equation dealing with an ailment, can you really heal the person? No, you cannot. So please refrain from placing my friends, my family, my country in the line of fire for your personal experiment, you jerk!
39. #30 - according to ICRC, MDA shouldn't take her
William ,   Israel   (07.22.13)
But then again, Red Crescent was too busy carting terrorists and weapons around town to care about Sarit.
40. #36 - please state the laws and regulations violated
William ,   Israel   (07.22.13)
The protest was violent. Took place in a closed military zone. And rubber bullets are used often as a non-lethal means during such violence, with similar followed regulations. Now, with that in mind - how can you say with a straight face that THIS time non-lethal dispersal means were used to "silence and intimidate NGOs"? I would guess it comes from the same biased ineptness you possess that leads you to claim these NGOs are "vital truth-telling" entities, when in fact they are not. Case in point - B'tselem is still using old casualty figures from Cast Lead despite Hamas admitted in Dec. 2010 that over 1000 killed were terrorists and not civilians as originally claimed.
41. #40 William
Bob Cassidy   (07.22.13)
You said this: "B'tselem is still using old casualty figures from Cast Lead despite Hamas admitted in Dec. 2010 that over 1000 killed were terrorists and not civilians as originally claimed." What is your source for this? Prove it.
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