This time they were in fact killed by Israeli munitions. But their blood is still on the hands of the terrorists who attempted to use the civilians as cover.With more than 100 rockets and mortars fired at Israeli communities since the weekend, the IDF is keen to prevent any further launches before a catastrophe ensues. A car carrying three Islamic Jihad terrorists AND the Katyusha rockets they were about to fire would, therefore, make an obvious target - one that rational people would do everything to steer clear of.
And yet, after the first Israeli missile obviously failed to kill the Jihad rocket crew, “Palestinian” civilian bystanders rushed to the damaged vehicle in an effort to save their venerated terrorist brethren.
Is it just me, or is the natural reaction not to move away from bad guys being targeted with superior firepower?
I’m sorry for the tragic losses down there in Gaza, but when you so foolishly crowd around a flaming hunk of metal that contains still-living wanted terrorists, you take your life into your own hands.
In this instance, not only the terrorists who were illegally operating out of civilian areas, but also the civilians who acted so irresponsibly are accountable for the harm that came to them.
No doubt the world, and in particular the media, will ignore these aspects of today’s events, and focus only on the fact that an Israeli missile killed 11 “Palestinians.”
PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas has already given them their headline:
Israel is trying to “wipe out the Palestinian people.”
Of course, if that were true, there would be no more “Palestinian people.”
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10 comments so far ↓
1 Clarence // Jun 13, 2006 at 10:39 pm
Mahmoud Abbass is right in demanding the original homeland of the palestinians/philistians.
He and his Muslim hoard of murdering swine
should therefore go and settle in Crete.
2 Deveny Means // Jun 14, 2006 at 7:18 am
An article by Reuters did a fairly good job of reporting all the details, although without your emphasis and editorializing. What the BBC said, I don’t know, and don’t particularly care to know…
It’s not likely that all the Arabs in that area (who refer to themselves as “Palestinians” instead of ” Arab immigrants and/or the native-born children of immigrants”)think that the Jews have even less right to live than they, but the news reports seldom mention them, and one wonders how long the few whose divergent comments made it into the media lasted.
They need our prayers, as do the rest of their less than well-informed and compassionate citizenry.
Indeed, they’d be better off reading the Bible as long as the Holy Spirit was the one telling them what it meant.
3 Bob // Jun 14, 2006 at 9:08 am
Warning to Palestinian civilians….
DON’T STAND TO CLOSE TO A TERRORIST
4 ben // Jun 14, 2006 at 3:25 pm
good comment clarence. even better put mahmoud abbas in a box in the ground to rot with worms alongside arafat.
5 ben // Jun 14, 2006 at 3:31 pm
the fact that ehud olmert has decided to even talk to the PA / hamas scum shows us that he and his govenment cannot be trusted with the safety of israel. he’s just one of the many naive left wingers who willingly will give away land for terror. a single inch of land given away to the arabs is seen as a victory to the intifada for those violent scum. Bring back Likud/Yisrael Beteinu and other hardliners who can be trusted with Israel’s future.
6 ben // Jun 15, 2006 at 2:51 am
THEY WERE NOT ISRAELI SHELLS - THE IDF HAS A RECORD OF EVERY SHELL HIT AND ITS TARGET. THE PLO HAS TAKEN REPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEATHS, SAYING ONE THING IN ARABIC AND ANOTHER IN ENGLISH
7 Patrick // Jun 15, 2006 at 8:12 pm
I AM A FILIPINO AND FILIPINOS LOVE ISRAEL!
8 ben // Jun 18, 2006 at 2:42 pm
why am i not suprised that the british media still hasnt apologised for falsely accusing israel for the deaths of the arab family on the beach
9 Ottoman // Jul 10, 2006 at 2:46 am
Israel is killing unarmed people. Little children are terrorists??? Earlier Nazis were doing the holocaust, but now Israel does the holocaust. The account will be given soon.
10 Dalia // Jul 10, 2006 at 5:55 pm
STOP HARMIING PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS, GET OUT OF GAZA!
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