Israel Has No Shame

Originally posted by sensayuma ↑

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But I did not see stones reaching their intended target, let alone to kill anyone.
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If you listened to or read any news other than your beloved one-eyed Al Jazeera, you would know some of what follows...please read carefully.

And...just imagine how many innocent Israeli adults and children would have been seriously injured or killed if the stone-throwers were armed!

But to first answer your question, the number of people killed from stone throwing (as of 14 September, the last death victim of such acts) was 14, including 3 Arabs who were mistakenly identified as Israelis by the Palestinian stone throwers.[1]

Now to put things in perspective, regardless of the ridiculous cry of the Israeli government and Israeli propagandists, shouting “stones can kill!” that is not the main problem.
Imagine the situation. You are driving your car, and suddenly a rock hits your front window. It is not fun, and sometimes people get injured, but even if the rocks don’t hit your car, it doesn’t change the fact, you are caught in stone throwing.
Not to mention, stone attacks are usually not by hands, but with a sling, to maximize range and distance. One of those who died was hit by a cement block which crushed his skull, two of the most recent deaths were caused by car accidents following to stone throwing, one in 2011, when a father and a 1-year-old baby died and one in 2015 when a 50 year old man died. There was another Israeli infant, that was injured in 2013 and died two years later as a consequence of her critical injury earlier.
The Israeli police reported that there were 18,726 stone throwing incidents in 2014, opposed to 7,886 in 2013.[2] In the first nine months of 2011, there was an average of 387 stone throwing incidents per month, with a total of 3482, and between 2004 and 2010, there was an average of 4,066 reported attacks per years. The month that is considered the quietest was October 2010, with “only” 133 attacks, while the quietest year was 2007, with “only” 3,501.[3]

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First of all, glad the tone of your replies have improved. We both know the reason for that. So, it has been a good outcome, in this respect.

I can't challenge those statistics you provided, because I don't know their source, and have no statistics of my own. Not say here you're incorrect.

We both can argue all day. That is not true, because I am working during the day, so, have no time for that but take my breaks when I need to. However, in the end, you still will be standing on one side of the fence, and I will be standing on the other side. So, this is clear for both of us by now.

What intrigues me, when the United Nations determined that the settlements are illegal, and you say they are legal, it raises the question about your objectivity on this whole issue.

And to say that once the Palestinians, were offered 95% of the land and they rejected. And told you before, would anybody believe Israel will give that much land, from a position of strength?

I provide my links to inform, with brief comment, and let people think or say what they want. But let us keep it clean and civilised.