First the real initiators of this incident was the protester violence...! Quote "The commanding officer told me he was going to assume the responsibility.” "The commanding officer was questioned Sunday by the IMP. According to his version, he never instructed the soldier to shoot the Palestinian, but only rattle his weapon so as to scare him. However, the commanding officer did not rule out the possibility that his subordinate may have misinterpreted his order" sounds like the commander is trying to wiggle out of his responsability for the incident.... if I was the investgator I would put that commander through the wringer.... to many commanders get away with giving orders then blame the one they give the order to when thing go wrong. sounds like a class in appropiate force is in order....

well at least the IDF and Israelis don't lynch people and blow up women and children in cafes and on buses. and no children throwing rocks at soldiers are not innocent.

You say :" Deeds like this (i.e. hitting the toe by accident -- and consequently treating the injured toe of the Arab by an IDF medical doctor) ... made a lot of friends of Israel wonder about whats going wrong with your society, your values, your humanity ". SO, the IDF medically treating an ACCIDENTALLY hit toe of an Arab -- makes you question the wrongness of Israeli society, makes you question Israeli values, makes you question Israeli humanity ??? Dear Juan, reading the above sentence you, and friends like you, SHOULD be surprised by your huge anti-Israel bias, don't you think so ? BTW with friends like you, who needs enemies in this world !!!

is "cleverly" stored away. Wonder why? How much did Olmert bribe you?

I do NOT deny the shot, that is a fact. What I contest is the claim that it hit Abu-Rahama. The injury in the photograph looks more like a friction injury from a badly-fitting pair of shoes than a bullet wound, which would have plowed a groove in the flesh, not a circular wound (and would have destroyed the shoe, as well). The shot itself is indefensible, and should be punished, but I have my doubts as to the truth of Abu-Rahama's claims, also.

This is the jewish land given to us from G-D. Therefore please leave! (all of you Arabs!)

Peace corrupt. war keep people better. Israel is the country where there is the least of criminality. In Paris there is a lot more of insecurity and violence, rape, brutalities than in Tel Aviv. The arab israeli population count for half the criminality and they don t serve in the army. The national service canalise the violence and make jewish people less violent. it is a fact well proven by psychologists and intellectuals all over the world (Piaget etc....)

In Gush Katif: Soldier arrested for NOT following orders You ask why is Israel so screwed up?