Palestinian children killed by Israel

One of the most disturbing aspects of the strife between Israel and the Palestinians has been the killing and maiming of children.

The Israeli occupation army and paramilitary Jewish settlers have killed 545 Palestinian children and minors since the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada in September 2000.
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Hanna Issa (Director-General of the Palestinian Ministry of Justice) condemned all attacks on civilians, Israeli and Palestinian alike. "Murder is murder, period." However, he added: "I don't believe that Israel stands on a higher moral ground just because Israeli soldiers are dressed in khaki and use F-16s, apache helicopters and flechette shells (deadly dart bombs) to kill and maim Palestinian children while Israeli civilians are killed by suicide bombers."
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"The blood of their children is not more precious than that of our children,” said the new Hamas leader in Gaza, Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi. "Let them stop killing our civilians, and we will stop killing theirs."

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The deaths of children are the most tragic part of the conflict, although I'm sure the Ariel Sharon Fan Club disagrees. It is the younger generation that will be needed to make peace work, but instead they are being killed on both sides, adding more fuel to the fire.


The IDF bombers and snipers are unworthy of discussion, but for their people's sake the those angry fools in Hamas have to stop killing civilians. They can't murder nearly as many innocents as the professionals in the IDF, and even if they could they would acheive nothing except provide an excuse for the Israeli Right.

Then again, maybe that's why the Mossad funded Hamas's creation in the first place. more

I can only hope the International Solidarity Movement's example of non-violence will reach both sets of terrorists.

Most memorable quote by Israel's spokeswoman - "If we hadn't killed those Palestinian children, then the terrorist would have killed three or four times as many Israelis."

There is never an excuse to kill children, neither here, nor in Iraq, which seems to be continually happening. These children will be needed to make peace happen, but, as I have said many times, they are getting a very poor education. They need to learn, at a young age, that all lives are equal, including theirs. It is only when the younger generation is educated to realize that this is not an acceptable way of life, that there is hope. The children of this region are our only hope. The quote that you posted is hopeless. We need to make peace in this region, and the next generation is imperative. We cannot let them believe that killing each other is justified.