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Childish weapon
Yoaz Hendel
Published: 09.11.12, 14:42
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31. Daughter of Grren Helmet?
emanon ,   USA   (11.09.12)
Remember the arab guy in the green helmet that "just happened" to show up wherever there was a confrontation with troops? I can't help but wonder if this girl is his daughter if she keep showing up trying to provoke troops.
32. Childish weapon
Zacuto ,   Vinstra, Norway   (11.09.12)
Palestinian arabs will never send children to confront Israeli soldiers with hijab or traditional arab dress. These girls are fair-skinned, blonde haired and dressed in tight pink tights and sleeveless shirt. Their entire outlook appeal to the sentiments of gullible and lefty Europeans.
33. #16
(11.09.12)
Her mother is an antiIsrael activist who did something illegal to be arrested. She should have calmed her little wildcat daughter down, and reassured her she would see her again. And if that girl had screamed in the face of Syrian soldiers,or spit on them she and everyone around her would have been shot dead right on the spot. By the way,if their name is Tamimi I can't help but wonder if their related in anyway to Ahlam Tamimi the woman who laughed when she found out she had murdered more children than she previously thought in the Sbarro cafe suicide bombing.
34. To: No. 25
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.09.12)
You need to brush up on your Arabic. This "child" is using language that one generally associates with brothels and prisons. Truly a foul-mouthed little thing. Disgusting, really.
35. To: No. 24
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.09.12)
Only when the cameras are rolling, you fool. Didn't you read the article? She's a child star in these films. Not exactly Shirley Temple, though, is she?
36. #14, seems you are really upset the IDF
Ben ,   fantastic Israel   (11.09.12)
soldiers didnt respond as you wanted. Those kids will end up with chocolate and other candy from these guys, which we hope will have a better effect than your peoples hatred and filling young kids heads with it. Why are you cowards? You have to use children, is that all they mean to you? bad enough you hide behind women, now kids!! Would love to see a kid in Gaza go up against your government....not that we dont know what you do to them anyway! Best you and all the other Pallyalleys here keep quiet on this one!
37. #16 - what land and water is stolen?
William ,   Israel   (11.09.12)
There are no streams nor other water source in Nabi Saleh to be taken. And the land Nabi saleh claims as their own was always public land and has never been designated an area of village expansion, for as far back as records go. It's a farce argument. And in the context of the disputed land only the private land is off-limits until a final peace deal is reached.
38. She was trained and coached and used cynically for PR
William ,   Israel   (11.09.12)
but if the youths were really afraid of the IDF they wouldn't be doing this or jumping on the back of APCs in Nablus for fun, or even joining violent protests.
39. #28 - not "acquired" through war but reclaimed
William ,   Israel   (11.09.12)
Nothing wrong with reclaiming that which was stolen from you, so Israeli presence on land both promised to them decades earlier, and much owned by Jews that was ethnically cleansed is absolutely legitimate...regardless of the level of brain-washing through historical revisionism.
40. Well I must say that...
Ken   (11.09.12)
...this young girl is far more respectful to the IDF than the 'Hilltop Youths' or the vicious settler children from Hebron.
41. BBC fully aware of these staged "photo-ops" & is complicit
John Phee ,   Sydney AUSTRALIA   (11.09.12)
42. To: No. 34
Bob ,   NYC, USA   (11.09.12)
Well...if anyone would KNOW the language of a brothel Sarah....
43. #32 the Palis continue to waste their energy on
Frank ,   USA   (11.09.12)
smearing Israel rather than on something productive for their people. Sick!
44. #14 - "children just have a mind of their own"
William ,   Israel   (11.09.12)
If that were true, why does your population have honor killings?
45. #16 - how would you feel BA...
William ,   Israel   (11.09.12)
if for no other reason than being a certain creed your family is targeted by terrorists whose only goal is your collective annihilation. Of course, you fail to acknowledge that those same "evil Jews" they target are the ones who provide potable water to many homes in the region. If they're thirsty, I suppose they could ask Abbas why he's had 367 permits to drill wells since 2004 but only drilled 146 of them.
46. #3 - You do need them...those kids fearless to make peace
William ,   Israel   (11.09.12)
But I fear with your indoctrination of racist hatred and violence, this generation is also lost. Too bad - you really need a generation of fearless peacemakers to make up for your generations of cowards who hide behind children for years.
47. #12 - it tells the story the Leftists want to depict
William ,   Israel   (11.09.12)
If you want the whole story, you'll get it from the many photos Hamas releases of head-covered terrorists and those handing out candies in response to a little girl's death in Israel. Or better yet - the celebration by crowds to the site of a man with hands covered in blood after they lynched two Israelis.
48. #24 - would only be courage if she were in danger
William ,   Israel   (11.09.12)
and she never was. Like taunting an animal at the zoo because you know it will NEVER be able to respond and harm you. And those who do the latter are usually referred to as "f*cking brats"
49. youtube turkish police
gingimax ,   istanbul   (11.09.12)
dealing with turkish protesters. there is even a vicious video of a turkish officer snapping a protesting boy's arm (he is not much older than this girl).
50. B'Tselem, whixch gives the Arabs
Reuven   (11.10.12)
cameras to dfemonize Israel, must be decklared illegal and the cameras should be confiscated. Young as she ios, this little girl needs to be incarcerated...she's dangerous.
51. Reacting to Pin Pricxks
Noah Lev ,   LosAngelesUSA   (11.10.12)
The Arabs are using the old Chinese water torture approach. The first drops dont make much impact, by the 800th they start taking their toll. This is all part of the Pales strategy..peck away at Israel until she folds, makes a mistake (lethal), or tires and gives them everything they want ( at first blush): the 67 borders, E. Jeruslem, a Judenrein Plaes, control of the air and water, ability to make treaties, and an army. The above successful, part 2 of their strategy goes into affect. The right of return, foreign troops on Israel's borders, a nuclear Iran, beefed up Hez and Hamas. PR is important in all this...to erode US support for Israel, a UN hostile, and of course Pales becoming a recogtnized state. The girl is just one spoke int this huge wheel, like Rachel Corrie and Goldstone's UN report. Israel must have trained people to deal with each of the above, in this case, unflapable, immoveable, not easily provoked. But, if she repeats too often, she should be arrested, and given a light jail sentence, to set an example. The suggestion to counter with pictures of Arab violence is okay, but it wont convince the hate Israel group. Or, declare partial marshal law, and make all these offenses criminal acts. The Arabs have successfully thwarted Israel's power by hiding rockets among their civilians. The US responds, as do other countries by saying, " we are sorry, but THEY are responsible for such deliberate acts". And let it go. israel is still on the defensive...reacting to every prick.
52. Israel Needs to Declare Marshal Law
Noah Lev ,   LosAngelesUSA   (11.10.12)
If the Pales sat down with Bibi (no pre-conditions) and were willing to drop some of their red lines (right of return, etc.), they ould find a tolerant Israel. But Abbas sticks to his non starter approach, banking on outside forces to push Israel out of the territories completely...w/o giving anything in return, such as an Arab League end of the conflict in writing, allowing major settlements to remain, allowing Jews to live in Pales,just as Arabs live in Israel, giving Israel control of the water and air and Jordan Valley, until peace is secure. Also, ending the hate rhetoric taught their children as well as Nakba Day, etc., in Israel proper. Two people at peace, do not need the above provocations. I would add that Iran, the Sudan and Turkey should exchange embassies with Israel and renounce violence and of course war. Am I dreaming..I suppose, but consider the alternative. This girl is just the tip of the huge iceberg.
53. To: No. 42
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.10.12)
Amazing, isn't it, when one is well-read! Don't you wish you were equally well-educated? Do you even speak or understand Arabic? Ah, that's what I thought. So your comment is really rather meaningless, isn't it?
54. To: No. 40
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.10.12)
Care to back that up with actual fact? A videoclip might be nice, too. And since when is spitting on a soldier and cursing at him and pushing him respectful? The only reason the little shrew did it was because she knew that no harm would come to her. Love to see her try that stunt with any other army in the world. But I think she overplayed her hand, this time. The videoclip has gone viral. I am sure that a girl wearing a sleeveless top and skin tight leggings will not play very well in conservative Moslem societies, not to mention a girl raising her voice to a man!
55. A gross distortion of the truth
Marlene Newesri ,   NYC/USA   (11.10.12)
Yes, a picture speaks 1,000 words, but the problem here is that all the pictures have not been shown. This was actually taken a few months ago and is not recent. If the media and the person who authored this article is so aware that the children's mother is an activist, then he should also be aware that she was arrested and that is why these children are justifiably upset! But who here is brutalizing who? And arrested for what? For being on her own land, for she and her children being oppressed on their own land. For being denied the right to go to places on their own land while it's being used by settlers. These people have faced nothng but violence from the Israeli army as well as the settlers. And now the author wishes to call this a "childish" weapon. I wonder how the author would feel if he had to live that way, or if his children had to live that way, or if he saw his own mother arrested because she was denied her rights to live as a human being.
56. if only the arabs were as good at
Barney ,   USA   (11.10.12)
integrating "refugees" into society as they are at twisted publicity their problems would be over. they face only a dead end. Israel with Jerusalem as the capital is here to stay.
57. Little Israeli girls
(11.10.12)
The age of the girl here,and much younger were brutally murdered by Arabs and they had done nothing to them. Case in point,a few years ago,a pregnant Israeli mother and her 4 daughters,all under age 10[the youngest of whom was an infant in her babyseat] were just driving by on a road when their car got shot at when it hit the tire the car spun off the road the terrorists came up to the car and repeatedly shot the terrified little girls and their pregnant mother repeatedly at close range. Again,the girls never yelled or screamed, or spit at the gunmen they were just driving along with their mom in a car. That gives you some idea of how cruel and evil these people really are and how Israel can never give into their blackmail.
58. #55 Cry me a river
Cynthia ,   USA   (11.10.12)
The Palestinians thrive on violence. They communicate their "peaceful" intentions by firing kassam rockets into Israel, stoning drivers and slitting the throats of Israeli children as they sleep. Hundreds of terror attacks against Israelis makes the Palestinians active participants in their own misery.
59. What is most interesting is She's Blond!
Just Sayin' ,   Israel   (11.10.12)
I mean really they searched for a little blond Palestinian girl so that the European Leftists could easily identify with her "plight" because she looks like them! Further the little girl's text is similar to what Israeli Right Wing Girls say to Israeli soldiers when they are on the march against Israeli soldiers. Very curious the whole thing is
60. Confiscate their cameras.
Ben ,   UK   (11.10.12)
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