Yuval Azoulay: PA detains, hands over two Israelis who entered Bethlehem to fix car
Talkback
Title:# 1 to dd re: freedom of movement
Name:eric
City: State: nm
first of all, the palestinians in bethlehem are NOT allowed beyond the wall that surrounds their town...nor are any palestinians allowed across the wall without authorization; which comes very rarely.

secondly, if a palestinian was seen even approaching the wall with a weapon; he`d be shot dead on the spot by the idf...no questions asked.
hell...they`ve even done it to unarmed children!

and finally there`s this thought; IF the palestinian authority police in either of these instances had reacted like the idf...
what do you think the headlines would have read?
let`s see now...one week ago it would have been:
"israeli tourists murdered by p.a. police while visiting the church of the nativity".
and this one?:
"idf soldier and son shot dead by p.a. police while visiting friends in bethlehem!"...

there usually are no headlines when innocent palestinians are killed; it only makes the news when it actually DOES turn out that they were a threat...then you get a headline about how the great idf thwarted another palestinian attempt.
but hey...if you kill `em all, you`re bound to get a bad guy occasionally.