Comments on: Cheap shots: Palestinians put kids in the line of fire

By: Ravi Singh

Ravi Singh — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:09:39 +0000

No one believes you… but for Israeli jews.
Maybe it has something to do with the real facts on the ground.
Israel has lost the PR war… don't make it worse with lame sounding denials.

By: Sol Salbe

Sol Salbe — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:02:17 +0000

Well said, Ann.

By: Ann Fink

Ann Fink — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:22:41 +0000

" there’s nothing funny about parents exploiting their own children to score propaganda points in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" And that goes for the Settler's childen too. To insinuate that Palestinians love their children less than do Jews is the vilest form of racism. How many photographs and videos and news footage have we seen of those oh so religious mothers clutching their brood of little ones as they "valiantly defend" their homes on the hilltops they have so bravely occupied, defying the law of Israel and surely putting their children at risk from the "murderous Palestinians" so intent on defending their land. Come on Tamar you can't have it both ways. The settler children throw stones at Arab villagers, burn their olive trees, paint graffiti and even burn their mosques with no fear of retaliation. Haven't you heard of "price tag acts"Do you think they do it out of pure naughtiness or are they simply doing what their parents have encouraged them to do. What about the screaming girls who tried to stop the IDF evacuation? You are a hypocrite.

By: Herbert Kaine

Herbert Kaine — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:03:24 +0000

This is a fruitful strategy for the Palestinians. if their child gets killed in a demonstration, there is one less mouth to feed at home and the child is rapidly replaced, like a tampon or disposable razor. Getting them killed at age 11 saves on costs for feeding and clothing teenagers. Finally, the world eats this stuff up.

By: Susan Cohen

Susan Cohen — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:46:52 +0000

George Dawson IYO, of course.

By: George Dawson

George Dawson — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:45:55 +0000

CAMERA is subjective to a fault, to put it mildly.

By: Susan Cohen

Susan Cohen — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:30:42 +0000

George Dawson Yes, CAMERA has an agenda: the truth. If you want to know why the well was off-limits, ask the IDF. I bet you will have as much luck as she did in finding out the answer.

By: Susan Cohen

Susan Cohen — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:30:42 +0000

George Dawson Yes, CAMERA has an agenda: the truth. If you want to know why the well was off-limits, ask the IDF. I bet you will have as much luck as she did in finding out the answer.

By: Alan Miller

Alan Miller — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:42:51 +0000

What's in a name? The word tamim (like in the girls' name Tamimi ) means in Hebrew naive or dumb witted. And that's just how the West reacts to such slurred reality. Shana Tova

By: George Dawson

George Dawson — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:43:38 +0000

I'd like to know why the well was sealed or deemed off limits to the Palestinians in the first place. This fact was deemed not worthy of mention by the author. CAMERA has an agenda?

By: Leonard S Feinman

Leonard S Feinman — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:47:15 +0000

This provacation is expected, and as such, the police should video themselves, start to finish. Many police units in the US have dash cams. Why not use a drone? They would have a hard time explaining how they did that. What bothers me is that everybody has a bad day go worse, from time to time. Always believe that anything you say on a phone can be heard beyond. Just remember that a camera might pop up in your face at any time.

By: Hans Dutchie

Hans Dutchie — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:18:06 +0000

What else is new..

By: Gabor Fränkl

Gabor Fränkl — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:07:17 +0000

Excellent and commendable piece exposing the insitutionally anti-Israel, perversely hostile Fairfax "newspapers" and its arch-propagandist Ruth Pollard and the by now totally discredited "Breaking the Silence", which is a genocidally anti-Israel, antisemitic fringe group.

By: Debra Stahl Reich

Debra Stahl Reich — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:52:53 +0000

Using children is wrong. However, they must feel there is little choice to effect change and get attention. I am a Zionist and I believe in Israel's right to exist. However, I don't envy the Palestinians position and their inability to move past their great tragedy. Not to acknowledge that is to dishonor ourselves.

By: John Walker

John Walker — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:37:24 +0000

Maybe I am being anti-free press but Israel knows what is happening here and they control the visa's etc… why do they allow them any where near places like this? They stop protesters from entering the country at the airport and make them turn around and leave why not do this here. As for the NGO's start removing people and the group as a whole if they can't play nice so to speak. Yes there will be some criticism concerning press rights et al. What else is new. Not like the press is providing an accurate or truthful report in the first place. I am not saying just remove them but rather say report accurately and fairly proving both sides or you will be removed.

I guess there is no simple or reliable way to do this. Israel needs to do something though. I will keep pondering.