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Settlers wound soldiers, school kids
Efrat Weiss
Published: 06.05.06, 21:52
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1. Wall them into Palestine...
Finish the Wall   (05.06.06)
then they can throw all the stones they like. Let's focus on Israel for a change - finish the wall and include the Jerusalem burbs v'nigmor inyan. $60 billion to pamper a small fraction of the population was money down the toilet.
2. More fabricated "news" from Weiss; where's the horse?
sk ,   USA   (05.06.06)
Does Weiss recycle the same "news" story every other week? They always have four "Palestinian" school children, and someone from a far-left organization "verifying" the story. In this case, it's "Peace Now" and the compulsive liar Yariv Oppenheimer. At least no horse was "killed" this time.
3. responsible journolism?
Yisraeli   (05.06.06)
thats the second time Ynet produces almost same report but isnt a newspaper meant to report the other sides version of events too? I dont see it, one side only....cant possibly be because you have bias or an agenda right?
4. peace now
p ,   israel   (05.06.06)
where is there voice when Israeli, Jewish children are murdered. The peace dnow activists and office are Jew haters. I do not condone what is happening with youth throwing stones etc at children - not at all BUT WHERE IS THERE OUTCRY WHEN ITS JEWS???? They hate Israel and hate Jews and support terror!!!
5. #3
chana ,   washdc   (05.07.06)
what other side do you want them to report? how the children and the soldiers "provoked" them into throwing rocks and concrete at them? there is no excuse for attacking children under any circumstances.
6. Ynet Does It Again
Adina Kutnicki ,   US   (05.07.06)
I am sure this report is full of biased garbage. The part that rings true is that the IDF soldiers spend their precious time as escorts ! for PA Arab children. How crazy are we Jews and how insane is the IDF? If the IDF were not tasked to be hostile to Jewish 'settlers', the level of animosity towards the security forces would be nil. Every time the IDF acts as an escort ! service they are neglecting their real duties - to protect each and every Jew in Israel, and that means even religious 'settlers'!
7. how sad, how shameful
b katznelson   (05.07.06)
the settlers have lost long ago any right to engage the rest of the Jewish world in civilized dialogue -- attacking children, undermining the integrity of law and the IDF, sinat chinam of the worst type, masked hilltop youth burning Israeli flags and attacking police and soldiers... they should return not only to within the borders of our country but to the historic morality of the Jewish people.
8. Katznelson is shameful
sk ,   USA   (05.07.06)
You have not a clue about the "historic morality of the Jewish people." Post-Zionist secular humanism is not "historic" anything. Tell me, b katznelson, do you have any Tannakh in support of the expulsion of Jews from Hevron?
9. Extra Extra! Settlers kill Bambi & Efrat Weiss's horse!
sk ,   USA   (05.07.06)
10. #6
Trevor Brooks ,   London, ON, Canada   (05.07.06)
"Every time the IDF acts as an escort ! service they are neglecting their real duties - to protect each and every Jew in Israel, and that means even religious 'settlers'!" Has it occurred to you that the IDF wouldn't have to act as an escort if not for these settlers THROWING CINDER BLOCKS AT SCHOOLCHILDREN. Perhaps you should consider re-evaluating where you direct your anger in this situation.
11. #2,3
Anka ,   Jerusalem   (05.07.06)
Actually, I think the *army* verified this story, making it very difficult to spin this as a left-wing conspiracy story. Unless, of course, you are going to accuse the IDF of making up attacks against Palestinian kids ... The fact that this has been reported on in the past hardly makes it less of a story or less believable.
12. I have seen such events.
Shai ,   T-A   (05.07.06)
I served in Hebron and elsewhere and I have seen settlers stoning deliberately palestinian children going to school. I was ashamed of their violence. You can't imagine the fanaticism of these people.
13. Katznelson is right
Karen R ,   Maryland   (05.07.06)
Throwing cinder blocks at school children is despicable and cowardly. Note that the brave settlers dispersed as soon as the soldier fired into the air. Judaism is a religion of righteousness and peace, not bullying and lawlessness. Whatever "religion" these settlers are practicing, it is not traditional Judaism.
14. #11 (Anka)
sk ,   USA   (05.07.06)
Uh, Anka, the IDF has become so thoroughly political and so wedded to the expulsion of Jews that it has no credibility with me anymore. Just recently it has been revealed that Hamas has been behind terror attacks while the IDF had been saying otherwise. You think they didn't know? ANYWAY, this is an example of a very poorly sourced "news" story. If the information came from an IDF press release, that needed to be reported as a source. Real journalists know to get the "who, what, where, when, and why."
15. #12 (Shai)
sk ,   USA   (05.07.06)
The problem, Shai, is that I "hear" your own fanaticism regarding Jews in Yesha. I, for one, am just not willing to trust your testimony. Sorry. But real journalism does not require me to trust your testimony. Rather, it investigates & supplies evidence. It does not copy from an unattributed IDF press release and "verify" this by turning to Peace Now. It woudn't surprise me if this "event" never even happened. P.S.: When I look around, I find that Arabs have an unfortunate and apparently insatiable desire for the murder of Jews (and Christians, and Animists, and Hindus, ...). The idyllic setting of this "news" story, where heartless Jews throw stones at poor little Arab school children who were just minding their own business seems out of keeping with reality.
16. #7, #13: I'm still waiting for references from the Tanakh.
sk ,   USA   (05.07.06)
It is really tiresome to read responses that refer to Judaism but that never contain references to traditional Jewish sources. Karen is apparently getting confused. Islam is the religion of peace.
17. Not a Wonderful World
ABID ,   Norway   (05.10.06)
The "Filistines" have thrown stones for years and got all the sympathy in the world. Settlers copy their actions, hoping to gain the same, get all the rage of the world. Does this have to do with the quality of the stones or what ???
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