Video / Palestinian boy upset by father's arrest garners international media attention

Better than Hoax-wood.

First of all, this is Hebron, a city that is over 98% Palestinian, secondly, it is located in the west bank, an area that the entire world sees as occupied territory and the settlements there as illegal - these people use their own water and NOW they are stealing FROM Israelis - too rich - this is what breeds anti-semitism throughout the world - nothing else - you cannot be the oppressor at home and claim to be the victim abroad, not in this day in age.

I just looked on the world map and wondered when will justice for the israeli people be realised when everything will have to be split in 50% and 50% like brothers and not 1 : 1000 .

A few highlights: "The World Health Organization recommends a minimal per capita daily consumption of 100 liters. The daily per capita consumption in Israel is 242 liters in urban areas and 211 liters in rural communities (in 2007). By comparison, the consumption in the West Bank is 73 liters per person (in 2008). In certain districts, consumption was as low as 37 liters (Tubas District), 44 (Jenin District), and 56 (Hebron District)." http://www.btselem.org/english/water/20100324_international_water_day.asp

I particularly like the bit where the occupying, colonizing, army of the apartheid state calls the indigenous people "water thieves". And Israelis wonder why their country is increasingly reviled around the globe...

It is always upsetting if a father is arrested in front of his kid. However, he was doing something illegal and chose violence to represent this

This is disgusting and tragic. And the nerve on the IDF forces to say the boy was acting is even more preposterous. I just wonder if an Israeli settler was in the same position would he have received the same treatment

arrest all the Palestinians, they steal Israeli air by every breath they take. Every day we read such stupid news about Israel, some people are really derailing there.

Soon Israel will have no friends left

If it is illegal it is illegal. It would upset any young child to see their dad arrested.

Imagine if the camera was not present, the little boy may have been physically abused like many of the young children in Isreali dungeons. There is not a day where Isreal does not get negative media attention and hence why it is the considered to be a rogue, facist state that has no regard for international law and deports young children. How Shameful.

children of both sides are always the innocent victims of the grownups irrational behavior. my problem is that international media always focus the misery of one side.

to force him away from his father. I'd think I'd have cried to

Bunch of criminals, approved and supported by western governments...

So much for Israeli democracy if it violintinbg the human rights of millions of Palestinians on a daiy basic.

Is this the latest method of ridding the W Bank of Palestinians? Accusing them of water theft? What's next? Making them pay to breathe the same 'chosen' air as the privileged 'chosen people' - ie settlers.

the real incitment is occuping their land and stealing land and resources

The occupation is turning us into a nation of vile, inhumane, lying beasts. We wrecklessly demolish homes of already impoverished people; we deprive human beings of water with which to irrigate their crops and provide for their most basic needs; we arrest those who try to provide for their families; and then we accuse them of "cynically using "a well instructed and directed" five year old who watches his father being dragged away by border police. We complain that there is a campaign underway to delegitimize Israel. It is actions such as the ones described in this piece, and the ridiculous response of the border police that is defaming and delegitimizing Israel. Where are our prophets of wrath when we need them so badly?

put away all political stances - whos water? whos land? Some people do have options, he chose to do something he understood was wrong and he tried to stop investigators by throwng stones at them. What about all those palestinians that choose not to engage in criminal activity?

He wasn't arrested for stealing. He was arrested for attacking police officers. What if he hit one of them on the head? Would all the racist in this forum feel sorry for the 5 year old Jewish boy left without a father?

Your hate has brought upon you hate wherever you go.

I mean get serious whoever are you IDF's spokesperson.

it is ashame to treat people this way in the twenty century what you expect from this boy when he reach 20years then you call him aterrorist that kind of savage tratment form aterrorist i dont think you will treat a jewich citzen in front of his 5years son this way

Israel is stealing water

Aside from the fact that this video is difficult to watch, the PR crap about how this traumatized little boy was trained to cry made me laugh. The good news is that the world has awakened to Israel's PR nonsense and no sane person who is following this conflict is stupid enough to believe anything Israel has to say anymore. The world has had enough of Israel's pompous crap! I just hope and pray this child gets the help he needs.

"...anti-Israel propaganda, whose sole purpose is to present us in a negative light ..." Could it get much more negative than it already is? Doubt it.

...I suspect a lot more to come... Israel never let the bored people down...

You have to laugh or cry when a police force conducting an illegal occupation on behalf of Jews-only settlements accuses the indigenous population of stealing their own water.

If not, the economy gets out of whack. If the man was circumventing the meter, and taking water that he was not paying for, he is a thief. Focusing the issue on the crying kid is a theft of intelligence.

this is all staged to make Israel look bad- But hey! anti-israel media can no longer fool us. it's all becoming to boring now. But i never expected this from sky- it's something akin to al-jazeera and the likes of barbra plett and liz ducet, remember them

If it is illegal it is illegal. It would upset any young child to see their dad arrested.

""Instead of the family acting responsibly toward a child and removing him from the situation, they chose to make cheap anti-Israel propaganda, whose sole purpose is to present us in a negative light around the world." Guys, you don't need any help presenting yourselves in a negative light, you do it really well yourselves. You cut off a Pal from his own water, while you ignore settlers burning Pal fields and then you come up with some BS about the 5 year old being an oscar-winning actor. Come on, guys, stand back and take a look at yourselves. Are you proud of what you see?

Brutal arrests like this one, for a not so serious an offence, can only bring discredit to Israel.

If Israel has issues with water theft it sould raise it with PA autorities not march into PA citizens homes, it is a disgrace.

seeing the boy freak out is a shame and makes people hate more idf could've handled it better too

I just would like to see how will react our children if something like this would be done to us! I'm sure my little girl will scream and cry... shame such a shame to behave like this as 'Light for the Nations'

Does Israel realize the state of absurdity it has reached? Calling Palestinians in Israeli occupied Hebron "water thieves". This is a hopeless country.

Israeli police say "the 5 year old was well instructed and directed" to perform as he did to gain sympathy. Iam never amazed to hear such shit from a collective people who have absolutely no morals and have lost all control.Shame Israel. You continue to lose what little respect you may have had,

I have a 5yr old grandson and if his father was treated that way in front of him it would be etched in his memory for all time. Israeli;s really don't understand how the rest of the world thinks do they?

But probably you will learn nothing.

This is resembling very much to the Liban claims on natural gas. Whose water or whose gas it is? So what is the use if you don't take the water from the earth if you posses it or not? The water or gas is under the earth. If you don't have any means to produce it, does it mean that this water or gas belongs to you? No one is banning him to take his water from earth. But if you are taking these water from your neighbour be Israeli or Palie you have to pay for it. Simply the water belongs to who is taking on earth. If you don't have any tech or any means to take it from the earth than it cant

The family say they have documents to prove they are registered with the Palestinian Water Authority, and are paying for the water they use. Fiendishly cunning these Palestinians, pay for water & then stage a police raid so that the trained 5 year old can make Israel look bad. Maybe, the Border Police should hire this 5 year old to give them some training

wow - what a performance. He should be nominated for an Oscar, Baftas, Cannes etc everything. Either that or he's a distraught 5 year old boy. Honestly, why do the IDF have to make it worse for themselves. They could just have said we arrested a guy, and unfortunately this caused deep distress to his family, including his son. We are sorry this happened." Instead they just reveal themsleves as verging on insane, with a completely dehumanised view of the Palestinians - people whom, remember, they are charged with 'protecting' in area B and C.

the West Bank settlements by Israelis are illegal. Who then is the one, who is "stealing" ?

Poor child, poor us. Anyone who says a child needs training to scream when a parent is attacked and dragged away doesn't understand children.

I wonder who the real water theives are

Apart from the obvious humanitarian implications,we always manage to shoot ourselvces in the foot,and show ourselves to be inhuman. He was using water on land which he has a perfect right to be on(HIS) As he is also a G-d created man he needs water to survive.If he needs to steal it,there is obviously something very wrong about his living conditions. As for the child...any 5 year old would react similarly.To suggest that he is an'actor' is SO LUDICROUS that it makes us seem even more inept,uncompassionate and robot like.It shows that we are regarding the Palestinians as 'lesser mortals' They have 'gripes' with Israel so will naturally use this as a PR stunt. This sort of decision making is not confined to police or *IDF' as I come across it widely in all walks of life here in management. We seem to act first and(sometimes) actually think afterwards. The sooner we have a 2 state solution the better it will be

"they chose to make cheap anti-Israel propaganda, whose sole purpose is to present us in a negative light around the world." Don't worry guys. You, the IDF and the rabid settlers are doing just fine on your own. you don't need help from a trained 5 year old watching his father getting beaten.

"they chose to make cheap anti-Israel propaganda, whose sole purpose is to present us in a negative light around the world." Don't worry guys. You, the IDF and the rabid settlers are doing just fine on your own. you don't need help from a trained 5 year old watching his father getting beaten.

"they chose to make cheap anti-Israel propaganda, whose sole purpose is to present us in a negative light around the world." Don't worry guys. You, the IDF and the rabid settlers are doing just fine on your own. you don't need help from a trained 5 year old watching his father getting beaten.

This is sad for all of us who have children. This is sad for the people of Israel. For arabs. For all humanity. Sad! You gave us a sad day IDF. Again

so sad that anyone would say otherwise, almost as sad as the story, itself. Oh and by the way, anyone saying "theft" please come to my West Bank home and see how we live seven days no water, and ONE night on (scrambling to fill tanks, pots and empty cola bottles before it shuts off again), next to settlements with swimming pools. How would you like to try that in your comfortable lives?

Nice show.Thanks to the family.Instead to spare the kid to see his Father being arrested,what every decent father with a little self esteem would do,they chose rather these option.

The child was told to cry....this means a 5-year old child was acting....that is too funny toasorb and very cheap Israeli propaganda. Have there been other babies around who were told to cry as well !!!

why people in the world hate Israel. It is an apartheid state where original people have no rights.

You'd be a fool not to bet on it. The signs are all there. I am proud to be living in a time when this menace will implode and dissipate. Palestinians just need to hold on a little longer and they will get their deserved liberation. Trust me, i know, I lived through apartheid south africa and now i live in the new south africa where i enjoy all the freedom every man deserves. VIVA PALESTINA!!

The best way for Israelis to be accepted and loved in the middle east and around.

This video shows the real face of the jewish ocupation forces . Attacking civilians , stealing water and land and even making a little boy crying for his arrrested father. Shame on You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13285581/ns/nightly_news/

ALL Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under International Law. The settlers are the ones stealing water.

How can you say that a 5 year old boy trained to make a sciene. Where is your dignity, where is your consious. How can you interpret this child's teears as role making. I can not imagine how far they will go to justify their cruel behaivours. This is what will bring Israel to the end, if not stopped.

I hope the police are charged and imprisoned for this.

Israel is fuelling the fire of it's own destruction by insuring that the next generation of Palestinians will grow up to stand up and fight the occupation of their lands. the Palestinian Arabs and Semitic Jews are the true owners of the land.

you know i don't care that people were arrested for possible crimes they committed. the most worrying and racist thing here is that this story is completely turned around; the police are the bad guys for doing their job. won't be surprised is this is used to justify the murder of jews; damn israeli racists arresting criminals. oh, the injustice. shows only the stupidity of those who will fall for the emotional, not the factual.

This is their water, look who is talking, what about the whole westbank land theft by occupation?

all members of his family (males and females) got arrested - the last being his father.. calls for being skeptical about the justice and validity of police claims doesn't it? Were they all "stealing" water? Dying of thirst seems to be the alternative

Especially as the water probably comes from the West Bank itself and rightfully belongs to the people living there. The accusation that the boy was told to cry is a typical Israeli propaganda failure

This is an example of democracy and human rights . . . Children rights . . . I din't know how can Palestinians be convinced with peace . . . How can we eliminate hate ? History is a Sin-Wave curve.

The father was apparently stealing water - he appears to be a common thief. What has his son learned from a man like that? To protest against authority, to defy law and order, and so perhaps to grow up into a criminal too.

The "Border Police made-up story is blatantly ludicrous. As it the charge of water theft. Stop filling settler swimming pools.

I saw the video. I also read how parents trained the child to act like he did. If so, this child matches acting talent with the likes of Jack Nicholson and Laurence Olivier !!

So the family trained this anti semite 5 years old boy on how to hurt Israeli image internationally. this boy is part of the anti Israel propaganda. Maybe if Israel wasn't stealing the water of the Palestinians in Hebron in the first place and denying them access to the water under their land, they wouldn't try to "steal it" back.

A 5-year old whose father is ruthlessly arrested in his own, occupied land is rightly disturbed by what he sees.

A boy of 5 years running after his father ..... thats normal, or not? I wonder what the borderpolice did with the boy, after the video stopt.

the police statement is so disgusting and also racist, it shows how they can not see the palestinians as equal humenbeings react emotionally in a destressed situation