>>Lots of countries do not want to advance to minimum thresholds of civilized behavior.
If they'd not attack others, we could ignore them and we would not seem so ugly. <<
LOL! I rest my case.-g-
BTW, did you take a look at the web site I linked documenting human rights abuses on the part of the Israelis as well as the Palestinians? The Israelis have killed more Palestinian civilians than the Palestinians have killed Israeli civilians.
" Fatalities in the al-Aqsa Intifada,: 29 Sept. 2000-19 Jan. 2002
592 Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli security forces' gunfire in
the Occupied Territories, of whom 164 were minors under the age of
18.
At least 47 of those killed were extrajudicially executed by Israel. In the
course of these assasinations 13 additional civilians were killed.
Ages of the minors killed: Thirty Seven minors were age 17, Twenty Six
were age 16, Thirty Two were age 15, Twenty Six were age 14,
Seventeen were age 13, Eight were age 12 ,Six were age 11, Five were
age 10, Two were age 9, Two were age 8, One was age 6, One was
age 3, and One was a four month old baby girl.
In Addition:
In the Territories:
141 Palestinian security forces personnel were killed by Israeli security
forces' gunfire, including One minor age 17. One of them was
extrajudicially executed by Israel and Two were killed during the
assasinations of a Palestinian civilian.
13 Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli civilians, including One
Two month- old baby girl.
Four foreign Citizens were killed by Israeli security forces gunfire.
85 Israeli civilians were killed by Palestinians, Nine of them were
minors under the age of 17: One was a aged 17, Two were age 16,
three were age 14, One was age 13, One was a 10 month-old baby girl
and One was a 5 month-old baby boy. At least Six of them were
allegedly killed by persons affiliated with the pna
Three foreign citizens were killed by Palestinian civilians.
33 members of the Israeli security forces were killed by Palestinian
civilians.
Eight members of the Israeli security forces were killed by Palestinian
security forces gunfire.
At least 19 Palestinian civilians were killed by Palestinians due to
suspicion of collobarting with israel. Some of them had Israeli citizenship.
Two of them were executed by the Palestinian authority and Four were
killed by Palestinian security forces.
One 12 year old boy was killed by armed palestinians during a
confrontation with palestinian civilians who were trying to prevent them
from shooting at Idf posts
Eleven Palestinian civilians, Three of them minors, were killed by
Palestinians security forces in circumstances unrelated to suspicion of
collaborating with israel .
Within Israel
Nine Palestinian civilian, resident of the Occupied Territories, was
killed by Israeli security forces gunfire.
Four members of the Palestinian security forces were killed by Israeli
security forces gunfire.
89 Israeli civilians were killed by Palestinian civilians, residents of the
Occupied Territories. 27 of them were minors under the age of 18. Of
them: Three were age 17, Six were age 16, Eight were age 15, Five
were age 14, One was age 13, One was age 10, One was age 8, One
was age 4 and One was two years old baby.
Six Israeli civilians were killed by members of the Palestinian security
forces.
Five foreign citizens were killed by Palestinian civilians. One of them
was a minor, age 16.
Twenty members of the Israeli security forces were killed by
Palestinian civilians residents of the Occupied Territories."
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