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The Palestinian war on children
Anne Herzberg
Published: 04.07.14, 23:18
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1. war against children
despoina ,   greece   (07.05.14)
LETS PUT ASIDE ALL DIFFERENCES AND LOOK FORWARD FOR THE WELL BEEING OF BOTH ARAB AND JEWISH CHILDREN. THERE IS LAND FOR EVRYBODY. AN HONEST COLLABORATION WILL MAKE THE TWO NATIONS TO THRIVE.
2. Amoeba
Sagi   (07.05.14)
are of a higher order.
3. Anne Herzberg is right.
Israeli 2   (07.05.14)
1) The UN is worthless 2) These Arabs are sub-human 3) They go hand in hand
4. Well done !
Moshe ,   Israel   (07.05.14)
An in-depth and Illustrating article.
5. The problem is Islam!
Benny ,   iran   (07.05.14)
Arab murderer's mother of the 3 Jewish kids, said, I taught him Islam on my lap ... which is:" destroy infidels." As they killed the 3, they were celebrating & laughing, just like the student at Technion. World leaders & so-called Islamic scholars need to revamp Islam to remove all the hateful diatribe in the Quran.
6. jews do same things, also camp meir in NY
kren   (07.05.14)
You think people don't know?
7. Human Rights Violation?!
Z.Z. Coltrane ,   USA   (07.05.14)
How about the Euro-trash and the scum at the UN investigate the Palestinians for the abuse of these small children who are taught this culture of death. We shouldn't hold our collective breaths! The Euro-bunch and the UN are just savages in suits, as opposed to the terrorists' uniform of the day: dresses and burkas and little face-covering scarves (pick the color)! IDIOTS! God bless Israel!!!
8. Despoina #1
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (07.05.14)
That's a lovely thought but the Arabs can't even get along with each other. The Jews have ambition and work hard to improve the land. The Arabs don't but prefer to take from the Jews what the Jews have created. If an Arab takes something from a Jew he will destroy it because it's Jewish and then he will have nothing. That attitude makes it impossible to collaborate.
9. Blaming Palestinian kids, like blaming Jews for Holocaust
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (07.05.14)
10. Jews are admazing.
(07.05.14)
Deluding themselves into believing they are different and better. Jews are taught from birth they are "chosen" "the light of nations". While at the same time the nation are animals, jews can do no wrong. Ask yourselves why is antisemitism is growing. Don't delude yourselves.
11. Anne has just discovered some cultural differences!
Shachar ,   Eilat   (07.06.14)
There is nothing new about using children in war, Jewish kids in the ghetto were often used as couriers and combatants. Having killed hundreds of Palestinian children we are hardly in a position to preach, but it would certainly be beneficial to all sides if the Palestinians stopped targeting and using children in their war.
12. no. 9 - you indeed used to blame Jews for Holocaust
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13. #10
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (07.06.14)
I know many Christians that are taught the Jews are God's chosen. If you believe the Bible and the Torah are the word of God then you must believe it is true or you are calling God a liar. Deluded is calling Israeli's animals while ignoring what goes on in Muslim countries where they butcher each other and kill anyone that doesn't agree with them. Nobody is better at killing Muslims than Muslims. No other country would put up with what Israel does and show so much restraint. Israel should go after people shooting rockets at them and throwing rocks at them like they are killing snakes instead of always worrying what the world will think. Jews are different. Jews don't riot and kill over cartoons and teddy bears. If the God of Israel feels insulted he can handle it himself. He doesn't have to rely on his followers to do his job for him. I'd be ashamed if my God couldn't take on a cartoonist without my help.
14. Part 2
Dave ,   Jerusalem   (07.07.14)
Oh, and a reason that the casualty count for Arab children is so much higher than the amount of Israeli kids killed. IDF has better weapons, and doesn't hide in hospitals and kindergartens. Go figure. Add to that the fact that modern Israeli culture isn't centered around death and suicide/murder.
15. 9, Sarah B, collective punishment against Jews, Arabs, wrong
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (07.07.14)
All Jews are not responsible for what one Jew does, good or bad. Same with Arabs, bombing Gaza every time an Arab commits a crime in Israel, or the West Bank, is collective punishment.
16. To: Brian Kavanaugh FB
Dave ,   Jerusalem   (07.07.14)
I'm generally OK with a bit of hypocrisy, but this is just too much. OK, so it's totally out of bounds for Jews to go and establish a state as per the British Mandate on their ancestral homeland after suffering the brutal mass murders of the Nazis. But, because it's a struggle for "freedom" (from what exactly, considering ISraeli Arabs' lot is far better than Syrian/Iraqi/Iranian/Saudi Arabian citizens) it's OK for Arabs to go kill pregnant women and children indiscriminately.
17. Brian Kavanaugh again: "There will be war"
Dave ,   Jerusalem   (07.07.14)
ISrael's OK with war. The Arabs want war, as always, and apparently they've never heard the old saying "Be careful what you wish for". They initiate hostilities, then when they summarily get destroyed by a far superior army, or as in 1948, a far inferior army, which was vastly outnumbered, they chicken out and start begging for pity. Total lack of self-respect, just like kidnapping and murdering teenagers. And those are the people whose cause you champion. Says quite a lot about you, wouldn't you say so?
18. # 15 Put the record straight
Moshe ,   Israel   (07.07.14)
When Israel "bombed Gaza" for a crime an Arab had committed in Israel or West Bank ? It retaliates merely, usually with air strikes, on terrorists' targets, after your brethren from Gaza shelled indiscriminately Israeli civilian centers.
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