Thursday, December 28, 2006

Israel's Measured Response?

Did not Israel describe their military actions as "surgical", "precise" and with "pinpoint" focus and accuracy? Well, of course all those "accidents" probably account for the high number of civilian deaths.

Pay attention to the numbers below and be honest, who are the real terrorists here?

Excerpts:
Palestinian deaths 'rose in 2006'

Israeli security forces killed 660 Palestinians in 2006 - three times more than in 2005, according to an Israeli human rights group.

B'Tselem, which monitors human rights in the occupied territories, said the figure included 141 children.

At least 322 had taken no part in hostile acts, the group said.

In the same period, the number of deadly Palestinian attacks on Israelis has fallen - 23 Israelis were killed in 2006 compared with 50 last year.
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Since June, Israeli troops have killed about 405 Palestinians in Gaza, including 88 children. More than half of the casualties were civilians, B'Tselem said.

As of November, 9,075 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails. This number included 345 minors, it said.

Of these, 738 (22 minors) were being detained without trial and without knowing the charges against them, the group said. (Source: BBC News, Dec 28/06)


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