Disgusting, "poor me" stuff. The Jewish folk have had plenty of aid, assistance, and international recognition. I can't believe after all the lives given up protecting you, you now committ the same atrocities done against you to others. If you want to talk about human rights, behave like humans, instead of elevating yourselves above anyone else who is not of your religion. Saturn is watching you, its eye sees all, and it weeps at your lies and deceipt and that you would politicise the death of a young lady killed in a tragic accident. Trivial, opinionative, and completely lacking any kind of understanding of how the rest of the world actually sees you, this is not journalism. Lose the persecution complex already.

In syria no Caterpillars,only russian made junk :-))

To the Palestinians, a dead Westerner for their cause is automatically a martyr, more valuable in death than they ever were when alive. Israel is wrong, though, to let their foolishness constrain their activities. Rather than express regrets and apologies, Israel should have simply asserted, "It was her own behavior, her own stupidity, that got her killed. And we have nothing to apologize for." Then proceed to the next structure meriting demolition.

As always, you have once more written a factual, informative and well balanced article, exposing the truth and the need for justice. Please come to Israel and run for our Kneset (Parliament), we need you. I shall vote for you! Ciao to our true friend, may God Bless you!

Dear Shmuel...first of all you accept that there was a Palestine (with Palestinians living in it) Land Ownership in anywhere on earth doesn't give you the right to establish a state on it...so I would rather buy 5% of Israeli land today and establish my own independent state..just because maybe my ancestral ties extend to egyptian pharoah...

You mentioned a number of Israelis killed by terrorist actions, but you seem completely unconcerned with the far greater number of innocent Palestinians and Lebanese who have been killed by Israeli forces. When Israel treats its neighbors as it wishes to be treated, that will be the beginning of peace. And Rachel Corrie was a heroine, indeed.

"Far greater numbers?' Are you on drugs? Check your math, Russell. You could not possibly be more wrong. By the way -- when the cowards of Hezbollah and Hamas hide behind civilians; when they cache weapons in schools, hospitals and mosques, thereby turning them into legitimate military targets -- is that Israel's fault? No. It isn't. But even if you eliminate all the ersatz "Palestinian" civilians because of the dastardly acts of Hezbollah and Hamas, Jewish deaths at the hands of ersatz "Palestinian" terrorists FAR outstrip and ersatz "Palestinian" deaths. Of course, Russell, let's beg the question a little. Care to account for the nearly one million Afghani and Iraqi civilians killed by indiscriminate bombing raids? No, didn't think you would. Or, for that matter, could. Rachel Corrie was a terrorist sympathizer and abettor who entered Israel under false pretenses. She claimed that she had come for tourist purposes. That was a huge lie and, in and of itself, is a crime. She wasn't a heroine. She was a brainwashed idiot, and richly deserved her fate.

Oh, PLEASE document the alleged lives that have allegedly been given up "protecting Jews." It is clear from your post that you are a common, garden variety whack job, but on this news forum, we expect that you document your claims. Otherwise, you will be accorded all the attention you deserve -- which is to say, none at all. Put up or shut up. By the way, with Saturn's temperatures hovering around minus three million, one hundred and seventy nine degrees Celsius -- that must be quite a warm parka you have ....

That's rich, coming from a "country" whose existence only Turkey recognizes.

How can someone from eastern europe claim a 'Homeland' in Palestine. Its a myth that I am part of a group that were, 'A land without a People for a People without a Land.' Total insanity that only I could make up. At this point and time Im chewing on a Snickers bar which is full of Nuts because I need a Top up because, you know, Im full of it.

not to reopen old papers ... here the idf has to do the orders .demolition of houses can not prevented by the owners to stand infront so it was for rachel it is all

This article should be removed, it is an insult to every good people who died in order to defend innocent people. Long live Rachel Corrie, you will always be in our souls.

You wrote: "Long live Rachel Corrie, you will always be in our souls." You realize, of course, that this noble sentiment puts you in the same camp of American flag burners, and, much like your beloved martyr, given to the rabid cursing of America. Google the AP photo of Rachel Corrie burning the flag in Gaza. Live with the fact that you are just another brainwashed fool.

Brought up on a diet of pro-Palestinian propaganda who knows nothing about history, nor from the sounds of it do you want to learn. For your information, the Jews did not steal Palestinian land. The early Zionists brought and paid hard currency for desolate land that they developed with their hard sweat and toil. As thanks for that in 1948 five Arab armies launched a genocidal war against the Jews as they did again in 1967, unfortunately for them they lost. The rules of war are that land won in a defensive war belong to the winner of that war, it has always been so throughout history. Israel gave up plenty of land in return of peace but that was never forthcoming. By your argument the Czechs stole the the Sudetenland from Germany and should give it back. Read some history and please stop spouting your hatred of Jews, stop blaming Jews and Israelis for all the problems in the Middle East and accept that your precious 'Palestinians' are greatly responsible for the situation today. They are not innocent victims, but hate mongering, murderers. .Start reading something other than the Muslim Mein Kampf. Suggest you read Alan Dershowitz The Case for Israel if you are interseted in learning something other than Arab propaganda.

If they had a heart They would be crying for the women and children of gaza

Sounds like Meotti wishes HE was the "hero" who ran her down with a bulldozer.

the interests of an oppressed people, just as many Jewish activists did in the civil right movement in the US. Killing young idealistic American girls-- or even spitting on a young American girl-- is not the best way to win sympath from the country that Isreal most needs.

The so called "innocent" Arabs are not so innocent, while almost ALL OF THE ISRAELIS killed by terrorists were! The NGO's are duping you and the world, for calling terrorists "innocent civilians" which is as far from truth as one can get. For example, there are so many recorded examples of terrorists who were listed as civilians in the Gaza war. In fact, if you look at age and sex of the "innocent civilians" you will notice that out of 1285 fatalities, at least 950 were males aged 15 or higher. While males over age 15 make up approximately 25% of the Gaza population, they made up over 74%of the fatalities. • Where the data is broken down by age, it is clear most fatalities were males between ages 15 and 40. Is it a coincidence that this corresponds with the age range of most combatants? The false media and NGO's, along with the terror loving Rachael Corrie and the death of Al-Dura are clear examples of Pallywood, look it up and see how news is made and reported in the Palestinian areas. And stop parroting lies, especially here, where we know the number of innocent Israelis is close to 100%, since they are targets for Palestinians groups.

If the Arabs or the Palestinians or even the rest of the world had a heart, they would be crying for how the palestinians are treated by their lying, stealing leaders. They would cry for the hundreds of Gazans dead due to the Hamas takeover and the lack of human rights, due to the islamic hamas and its sick treatment of the citizens.

Many people are crying for the women and children of gaza; those forced to stand in front of or together with armed terrorists, those forced to stand on the roofs of houses about to be bombed, those children taught that the greatest thing in life is to die in order to kill Jews and those mothers forced to say that the greatest thing in life is for their children to die on order to kill Jews. The tragedy is that many arabs do not cry about this, but support it.

If land ownership doesn't give you the right to establish a state on it, what is the basis for the claim of the "Palestinians"? That the Moslem conquest was only 1300 years ago (a few thousand years after the Jews)? That they decided to call themselves "Palestinians" only in the 1960's (after refusing the title for years while insisting they are arabs, not "Palestinians")? That most of them came in the early 1900's (because the Jews improved the economy after a large influx in the late 1800's)? That many of them came in 1948 at the behest of Jordan (after the Jews were kicked out)?

I CAN believe that someone like you, who reads the truth, ignores the point of the post by making an inane comment.

But you speak to the arabs. The Muslim conquest was in (approx.) 660AD. The area was named Palestine by the Romans to eradicate the memory of the Jewish inhabitants; they didn't have to eradicate the memory of the arabs, as there weren't any. The arabs have attacked the Jews...how many times? You do the counting. And it began way before 1948. They want to exterminate the Jews. If the Jews wanted to exterminate the arabs, it would have happened already.

Which lives have been given up protecting Jews? Mostly Jewish ones. Yes, let's talk about human rights. Read about human rights in Israel for both Jews and arabs. Read about human rights in arab countries. Read about Israel's aid to other parts of the world when tragedy strikes, and the rich arab countries similar aid (warning; there isn't any). If you wish to deal in facts, and not denigrate others because they are Jews, you might learn something. If not, don't bother, as you will be sorely disappointed.

Israel should honor every person killed by a terrorist by using a facebook page , with alphabetical lists of names, all the Avis killed,all the benny's killed,etc.

"But as always happens in the Middle East, lies trumped truth. " Correction: As always happens in ISRAEL, lies trump truth.

Writing about a tragic accident as if it was premeditated, is the same as calling the "Palestinians" a people oppressed by the Jews. They are an oppressed people; oppressed by their fellow arabs. And it is made worse by their (and your) ignorance of history, coupled by their (and your) denial that their main aim is to kill the Jews. If they want peace, they (and you) should speak to their 'leaders'.

Rachel Corrie was a rebel without a clue. Her irresponsible behavior was the cause of her death. There is no one to blame but her stupid self. I feel no remorse for her or her family. There's a special place in Hell for useful idiots like her!

I stay away from continental Europe, I don't like walking on the ashes of of Jew's that once lived in "Zionist Paradise" countries; who were murdered by Eastern and Western Europeans!

She deserved what she got. by the way she is an arab american, and since the arabs call themselves Palestinians, and since the Hamas charter calls for the destruction of Isrtael and its Jews, the Corries were and are aiding and abetting the murder of Jews. there is no other interpretation. If they deny that then shoiuld have stood in front of the Hamas rocket launchers aimed at Israel,