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DLnyc

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18. This is an atrocity, in a part of the world steeped in atrocities over many decades.
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:16 PM
Jun 2014

I share your pain for these kids and their families, if that is what you are getting at.

But, IMHO, I think you might be a bit off-base trying to use this atrocity as a sort of point on some political scoreboard. For one thing, I think it is unseemly to use the deaths of three young people as fodder for some sort of competition. But, more important, it seems a little distorted to rely on this sort of point when, in fact, the damages done by Israelis to Palestinians over the last decade or so (for example) outnumber those done by Palestinians to Israelis, in category after category, by anywhere from 6 to 1 to over 10 to 1.

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/

Really, if you want justice, you should work toward an immediate two-state solution that the vast majority of Palestinians and Israelis would welcome, rather than trying to rack up sympathy points in a macabre sort of 'contest' where Israel is actually trailing by about 1 to 10.

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It seems your expectations about DU are wrong Trajan Jun 2014 #1
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Not at all. A tragic and senseless murder of innocents. Anansi1171 Jun 2014 #3
I think it is quiet because there are no words meti57b Jun 2014 #12
we are a sad world. spanone Jun 2014 #4
I really feel for all the Palestinians who have been murdered by Israel quinnox Jun 2014 #5
Did it now? PCIntern Jun 2014 #13
Seen this? elleng Jun 2014 #6
Is it any wonder other Arab countires want nothing to do with Hamas? Archae Jun 2014 #7
How horrible TuxedoKat Jun 2014 #8
You could say that about the mainstream media, as well customerserviceguy Jun 2014 #9
Right... PCIntern Jun 2014 #14
I didn't say customerserviceguy Jun 2014 #15
Two big SCOTUS rulings came in -- Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2014 #10
Sad. But how many died in this country from a gun shot today? madinmaryland Jun 2014 #11
Just sayin' what? whatchamacallit Jun 2014 #16
This is the first I've heard of this Renew Deal Jun 2014 #17
This is an atrocity, in a part of the world steeped in atrocities over many decades. DLnyc Jun 2014 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jun 2014 #19
Ugly post, this tkmorris Jun 2014 #20
About as quiet as the mainstream media geek tragedy Jun 2014 #21
there's several threads on this in the I/P forum and one in Late Breaking News. m-lekktor Jun 2014 #22
Which is a terrible thing... Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #23
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