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Video: Settlers hurl stones while soldiers stand by
Elior Levy
Published: 08.01.14, 19:07
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1. settlers kids a bunch of babies
milson   (01.08.14)
the whole haredi has to be self reliant and go into idf. it has been ridiculous to raise generations of pathetic pacifists not of their own doing whose aggressiveness is not serious. As for idf standing by, compared to arab butchering of babies, levy, shut the hell up. The arabs provoked this and it is not much. In the meantime, Bibi is yellow to the bone, only a jew could be like him, fit, strong and pleading with kerry instead of the other way around. how gutless can one be. His military service in terms of effectiveness, i strongly doubt that he was capable but rested on yoni's laurels. olmert, lilvni, lapoid, herzog, gal on, german,peres, bibi where does israel get these weaklings??!!
2. stones
mimimoomoo ,   syracuse n.y.   (01.08.14)
good!
3. The settlers did no such thing!
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.08.14)
B'Tselem stages these so-called "incidents." Poor, poor B'Tselem. Now that things are moving in the direction of an independent "Palestinian" entity, they might actually have to go out and find REAL jobs. (Ten to one that they'll shift their attention to the issue of African illegals. Anything to avoid actually having to work for a living.)
4. Eye witness said it was Arabs in masks
Mike ,   Israel   (01.08.14)
5. Payback's a b****, ain't it?!
manicdrummer ,   Haifa, Israel   (01.08.14)
You hurl rocks and rockets at us, you can bet we'll retaliate. What part of "Never again" do you not understand?
6. Two sides to every story
YingYang ,   UK   (01.08.14)
Jews are constantly being terrorized by stone throwing in their homeland, with dozens being injured every year simply going about their daily lives. Those attacks on Jewish people barely get a mention, let alone a full article. The videos for these attacks also never seem to get this much attention. However I do get a sense of double standards here. When Ynet reports of Palestinians throwing stones they are labelled as terrorists. When a Settler does the same they are merely "price tag" attacks or simply settlers throwing stones. The truth of course is that either both instances are terror attacks, or neither are. I believe some consistency is in order...
7. No. 3 stupid remark
Sally ,   UK   (01.08.14)
"B'Tselem stages these so-called "incidents."' What a stupid remark, do you really think that B'Tselem hired out Israel soldiers and settlers to 'stage' this footage? More likely that your hatred of Arabs is blinding you to the reality that settlers are violent thugs.
8. THE HURLERS WERE MASKED
stude ham   (01.08.14)
so how does this ultra left wing agitation organ know they were settlers? oh yeah... they just know these things to make their headlines with their false accusations.
9. It's NOT a "settler" attack.You don't see ANY wounded people
Yigal ,   Tel Aviv   (01.08.14)
there is a 6 foot high fence between them and anyone else and they are NOT throwing anything over the fence. They are not even throwing anything in the direction of people. Believe me, if anyone was hurt there would be dozens of pictures of injured people to prove what you are saying. There are NONE. You can't even prove they were "settlers" vs. leftists showing up for a photo shoot. This is nothing more than B'salem PROPOGANDA AND INCITEMENT. And very poor quality Paliwood.
10. To: No. 7
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.08.14)
Oh, B'Tselem has planned and carried out far more difficult scripts than this. Using their own people and willing Arab collaborators. You should see what they staged with a tiny Arab harridan, shrieking at an Israeli soldier like a banshee, poking at him, prodding him .... while he just looked at her with amusement. I suspect that's when B'Tselem decided to hire actors to play the role of Israelis. You certainly do seem to harbor a whole host of unfounded opinions for someone who has likely never been to Judea and Samaria in her entire pitiful existence ....
11. Another Arab/B'Tslem PR Stunt
Scott ,   Ramat Gan   (01.08.14)
It doesn't make any sense that settlers, masked or not would be throwing stones at arabs when cameras are filming. Just like it makes no sense they would go into an arab village to beat up a child in the middle of the day.
12. 7.
Birdi ,   Israel   (01.08.14)
No dear B"Tselem did not hire Israeli soldiers & settlers to stage this footage. It is well know that the Palestinians have worn IDF uniforms & dressed like settlers in the past to impersonate them. You are naive, are'nt you!
13. B'tselem.
deavman ,   Akko   (01.08.14)
has lost any credibility it might ever had. And in fact they are doing a great disservice to the Arabs with whom they are so enamored as nobody will ever pay attention to their staged stories and real incidents will be ignored. In this case the video starts at a specific timeand we don't really know what happened before.
14. Constitutional
Olivier ,   Paris   (01.08.14)
" the right of the people to throw stones shall not be infringed" Mandatory Palestine second amendment
15. So where are the B'tselem cameras when Israelis are stoned
Jake   (01.09.14)
by these palestinians?
16. How do we know these are IDF soldiers?
Robert ,   Queens USA   (01.09.14)
I'm all for holding IDF soldiers or an soldiers anywhere accountable if they did something wrong but these soldiers in the video didn't have any of the recognizable IDF gear. If I'm wrong I'll be glad to retract this.
17. #3, ***Sarah***things are NOT moving in the
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (01.09.14)
direction of an independant "Palestinian" entity...such a terror entity will never be allowed, to be put up in Israel ! Bennet is right...Israel is at war ! A war started by Kerry...he lost in Nam and he will lose now ! He is just a weakling...
18. 8> They know they were settlers because the caught them
lydia ,   Brisbane   (01.09.14)
Took the masks off and sent them to the Hospital.
19. To all you "nay sayers"...
A Jerusalemite ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (01.09.14)
Please read the last para again: "Military sources said that the incident was under investigation, and that the **right-wing activists were throwing the stones** in the direction of an unpopulated area."
20. #3 Sarah B
Avi ,   Israel   (01.09.14)
Sarah, you never seize to amaze me with your stupidity.... May God help Israel "If and when" you become Prime Minister as you like to bark now and then.
21. #13 Does the IDF's initial report that
On the Balcony   (01.09.14)
the IDF accompanied masked settles were "hurling rocks at an uninhabited area" seem credible to you? If this were one of B'tslelem's "dramatic re-creations" (staged event) you can be sure that there would have been close-up pictures of small children crying and bleeding in the school yard.
22. #21 IDF has been found to unknowingly accept false info...
deavman ,   Akko   (01.09.14)
...at face value without checking. Betselem has been caught more than once staging and editing videos as to portray the settlers or the IDF in a negative light.They will be never be a dependable source for anything that happens between Israelis and Arabs.
23. It should not be the task of IDF...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (01.09.14)
to fight their own people. For law and order call the police.
24. #23 Nor should it be the IDF'st ask to
On the Balcony   (01.09.14)
defend illegal settlers who are committing crimes that tarnish all of Israel.
25. OMG, jews are really brainwashed. What
Ari   (01.09.14)
weak excuses, how do we know they are the IDF, it was staged, The world not buying the bullshit and lies. Wake up jews can be at fault.
26. Voice
howiej ,   NJ/USA   (01.19.14)
It's interesting that the voice heard is speaking Arabic
27. B'tselem .. No brainer.
chaya ,   central israel   (01.20.14)
when i started reading this article and saw that the video footage is from b'tselem, i know it will be a waste of time to see what they claim. Should the IDF be the protectors of the terrrorists?
28. Even in the Deepest, Darkest Days of S. African
Doug ,   Rochester, USA   (01.22.14)
Apartheid regime, the White S.A.'s did not treat the native black population nearly as inhumanely as the Jewish invaders from Europe treat the Christian and Moslem native population.
29. #6, YingYang
Chutia ,   New Delhi, India   (01.30.14)
Who asked the Jews to come to Palestine? Noone invited them to come and terrorize the pals into leaving their homes
30. settlers #7
M.C   (02.03.14)
The settlers are not 'violent thugs' they are the salt of the earth Get an education please before you hurl abuse!!
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