Israel using strong arm tactics against young Palestinian stone-throwers

didn't this same army use ILLEGAL white phosphorous weapons against children in Gaza last year, and committed war crimes? don't this same army protect ILLEGAL settlers to attack Palestinians in Hebron and burn mosques in west bank? doesn't this same army demolish hundreds of palestinian people homes. doesn't this same army implement an ethnic cleansing strategy in E.Jer aganist Arab Muslims and Christians. Why do we have to be shocked if they arrest children. at the end of the day, they are simply WAR CRIMINALS.

nip it at the but, don't let it become a forest fire before you try you tried to put it off. Any over handed response or lost of live is less that that similar to that in Cast Lead. In fact situation resulting to the need of Cast Lead is encourage by Israel not nipping the fire at the bud.

If those Palestinians had the same rights as Jews do in Israel I would be very much more comfortable with the country. Unfortunately it isn't so.

One reflects the other... Whatever happened to independent thinking? Dutch

You should check the facts and timelines, then sound off Gaza bombarded Israel with more than 10,000 rockets and mortar rounds over the course of 8 years, repeatedly warned to Hamas to cease and desist, they just didn't listen Massacres that you're sounding off about were caused by Hamas, because they insisted on hiding behind their civilians,using them as Human shields Matter of fact, Mr. Fahti Hamad bragged about it, here's a video link, look and learn http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/03/hamas-mp-we-used-women-and-children-as-human-shields.html

It wasn't childish stone throwing, it was for real

how long this can go on? trowing stones at ppl worshiping, and at tourist who visit Jerusalem they had it good so far , all they wont to do is force the world to be Muslim stones and all.

It doesn't happen that way for the Palestinians, does it? Nor is there anywhere near the same level of force used against settlers, is there? And Israeli aren't generally beaten, denied access to a restroom and forced to soil themselves, are they? Shall I go on with the list of disparities, or are you pretty much aware of its length? Who knows, maybe you're not. If you're not, you should find some objective resources learn what really goes on. But if you are aware of them, you're not fooling anyone.

In US south of 1950's, the oppressed "blacks" were all US citizens of west-African (and not necessarily pure) descent. By contrast, West Bank "Palestinians" are by 1966 rules citizens of Jordan and those of Gaza are Egyptians. Closest to reality of equivalent are Biharis (urdu-Speaking Muslims descended from non-Bengali migrants of 1947) of Bangladesh--indeed, it even shows in the support of "Palestinians" (through their "leader" Haj-amin Husseini) for Nazis during WW-2 and support of Biharis for Naziesque government of Pakistan in 1971! To even get a close US equivalent, I had to resort to a hypothetical group of Mexicans who stayed put--WITHOUT accepting US citizenship--in areas siezed by US from Mexico in 1840's (in war STARTED BY Mexico)! Don't try mindlessly comparing it with US south or South Africa!

Good , Better late than never. Meet force with force. Once you have been under attack by stone throwers , actually rock throwers, which can kill, it is good news to hear that our police are using "strong arm " tactics.

Israel land including GH,WB and Jlem and created a country later named Jordan for the Arabs. There was no such thing as a Palestinian arab as Jews were called Pals by the British and Israel Palestine by rome.There was no historical or cultural nationality called Pal arabs!!The land was swampland and Mark Twain in 1867 called it desolate and unihabited with Jews and bedouins on the fringes of swamps and majority Jews in Jlem.Mohammed was never in Jlem and never mentioned it in koran.Jordan attacked Israel and took Jewish land and now that the Jews are taking back their own property, they are called settlers, the Pal arab is the occupiers wanting land that is not theirs allowing themselves to be used by a cult of hate.These pal children need to know the truth and turn from their parents and leaders who teach them hate and need to connect with their own souls develop critical reasoning and independent thought. they are like you CJ devoid of historical knowledge and compassionate wisdom-

Civilised people do not send their kids out into danger to kill or maim. If they have an urge to fight the adults do it.

Stones can maim, and even kill. They are dangerous weapons. Arabs must take it upon themselves to solve this problem, or collectively face the consequences to their idiocy.

Why doesn't Israel practice sharing and cooperation and they won't throw stones? That strong armed stuff only creates resistance. Why can't all your smart PhD's figure that out? Or is that what you really want to create? Excuses for more mayhem and murder! Best method to fight anti-Semitism would be for Israel to stop committing massacres. Simple!

such as throwing stones at one's occupiers, What would you suggest for illegally acquiring folk's territory? Razing their villages and homes? Killing journalists with un-guided fletchettes (for having a camera)? Shooting little girls at point blank range (for walking next to a fence)? Any suggestions?

"I don`t care what the Jewish children did or didn`t do, two wrongs don`t make a right" Both groups of children, Palestinian and Jewish, are wrong. I was not saying otherwise; just that both are in the wrong. Anyone who has ever been in a rockfight in their childhood...as I have...knows how painful a thrown stone can be!

maybe Israel can be more of a parent and open their eyes that you pay a price for hurting someone and that it is wrong!!israel needs to show these kids that iti is unacceptable to hurt people with stones. i am all for it

And the Israeli brigade would cry and weep about this attempted Holocaust.

Those "kids" were peacefully throwing stones, they did it with intent to maim or kill, knowing full well what the possible results could be They thought they would get away with it, and didn't In the USA we have a timeline for the age of innocence for children, it ends at age 5, it goes by the title of "Non Sui Juris" I don't care what the Jewish children did or didn't do, two wrongs don't make a right

A children's crusade. Have you NO shame?????

That thrown stone could just have well been a Molotov Cocktail or a grenade I once had the unfortunate experience of having a stone thrown at the bus I was riding on, hitting my window, which fortunately was only partially up, which prevented the stone from striking mer personally Another time, in the same area, driving my car, another stone was thrown, I stopped the car, ran and caught the stone thrower, who was then defended by a local resident, who said "All the kids do that" Until you're undergone that unpleasant experience, don't tell others how to react, you're far from an expert, just a back seat driver mouthing off

the wonder of haaretz talkbacks is the regular niconmpoops and their total ignorance ! the legal charge for these "children" should be attempted manslaughter !

then it must be strong enough to catch the punishment

"Rock Throwing. Terrorism is terrorism. It matters not if the terrorist is a child or an elderly person. PERIOD" Blimey Noah, I'd hate to have you as a father. I can just see you lecturing your toddler who's thrown egg in your face, "Terrorism is terrorism, Noah Junior. It matters not if the terrorist is a child or an elderly person. PERIOD. I'm sending you to Guantanamo and think yourself lucky it's not worse! Oh, don't tell your mother by the way."

"I believe they should be treated harshly and learn how dangerous it can be" Do you agree that Jewish settler kids throwing stones at IDF and Palestinians is just as bad? Because that's been happening a lot recently...

"After what Israel has been through, any other country would sell these kids into slavery, while Israel will most likely return these teens peacefully to their home" Rubbish. They weren't removed from their homes peacefully, were they? Got any comment to make concerning the Jewish settler teens who attack the IDF with stones? We've read in Haaretz several recent articles describing just this....

"I love soldiers beating up rock throwing kids. Brats deserve it" Would you also enjoy seeing Israeli settler teens who throw stones being beaten up? Because, don't worry, they never are...

GO FIGURE !

Everybody knows that the israeli police would have never mistreated jewish youth in the same way.So what do call this kind of behavior. Two peoples living in the same country but the law treats each one in a different way !! Apartheid at best.

Terrorism is terrorism. It matters not if the terrorist is a child or an elderly person. PERIOD.

If there would be no foreign Settlers on Arab Territory, then there would be NO STONE TROWING, RIGHT?

I feel the same way about Haredi children. They should also be punished in the same manner. I read recently that parents in America went to jail because their 16 year old had a party with alcohol and they are declared responsible for his behavior. By the way there are 1,000,000 Palestinians in Israel proper who live normally, don't cause problems and have the same rights as I have, and just want to educate their children and prosper like the rest of Israel. I blame the leadership of both fundamentalist sides who incite violence.

You can't really identify any of the stone throwers, as the Brits found in NI, they wear hoods or mask their faces. If you can pick them up, then off they go to juvenile court. But if the security forces had started beating them up while in detention, Belfast and Londonderry would have gone up in smoke the next morning. This is not about arresting the culprits, the police don't know the culprits or they would be charging them. This is about preventing protests, peaceful or otherwise, against Jewish settlers, using the only weapons that this Jerusalem police chief seems to understand - violence, intimidation, illegal detention and beatings of non-Jewish people. I hope he has a good pension plan because he is not going to get a job anywhere else. Well maybe N Korea, Iran, Zimbabwe, a couple of South American states, they are big on beating up civil opposition and relish the firm smack of the government's jackboot on the populace.

sell into slavery? You do know that we're living in the 21st century right? Slavery has officially been abandonded a couple of centuries ago. Might want to catch up on some history there.

israeli police is composed mainly by people who did not finish school,what do u want?

I note your concern. I wonder, though; would you also advocate beating haredim kids who throw rocks at people driving on the sabbath? Or are their rocks somehow not dangerous?

"kids everywhere would get arrested for throwing rocks at police. Hell, in ther US they may even get shot! Maybe Palestinians should focus more on being good parents to their chldren and giving them tools for the future instead of mistakes from the past!" I have a newsflash for you! Yes they would and should by American cops arresting people on American soil! However, if Chinese or Russian invaders ever began policing my city Id be throwing bricks off of rooftops. Thankfully we havent been invaded yet, because with citizens like you the country would remain enslaved. If IDF remained inside their own borders these things wouldnt be happening. Why is it you dont hear about stones being thrown inside of Israel but always the territories? Duh Its the occupation dummy.

Anybody living in NYC would know that your claim that our cops would shoot at rock throwers is total nonsense. Where are you really from?

but there are many ways to deal with it. It's just that deep down Israel believes that Arabs young or old only understand the language of force!

is there any other way for Israel to deal with Palestinians? I don't think so if history of the conflict is any indicator. The Israelis are still convinced that if they are tough enough the Arabs will back off. Guess what, it didn't work than and it won't work now!

Bi NATIONAL STATE will solve Israel,s sickness.

....so they pick on kids. There is no soul over there anymore and no heart over here anymore for Israel. Israel's days are numbered...Dutch

A slap can't kill and it can't cause any permanent damage. A rock can kill, take out an eye, cause brain damage, cause a car accident. Seems to me a slap is a light punishment for the danger these kids cause. I suggest a slap AND one year in jail is a fairer punishment for rock throwers. Call me crazy?

Doron 6 is clearly nuts, as is Aron 16 and 10 etc. The thing is you may feel like beating up child stone-throwers but any sane country would say 'No, we're better than that. They're a pain, but they're kids. Normal policing applies.' Instead Israel, wearing its Cast Lead hat says 'No, we'll go in hard with shock and awe and terrify them and their families!" Great idea. Not. Becauuse what it achieves is to further radicalise the youths and their families and it offends international opinion. Well done guys, it's a Lose Lose situation. And this isn't distant Gaza. It's slap in the middle of what you claim as your capital.

Having been myself the reciprient of small rocks thrown at my car on the mount of olives by three boys when I drove to see Jerusalem covered in snow, I believe they should be treated harshly and learn how dangerous it can be. I could have swerved and hurt myself or somebody else. In the middle of the night just means they couldn't find them during the day.

It should never have been allowed to seem acceptable in the first place.

But that'll never do, because purpose behind the cause is furthered by the results. I don't necessarily condone the throwing of rocks by these kids, but I can empathize with the frustration that undoubtedly lies behind their anger. And if the treatment described is even close to being true, there's absolutely no excuse for it, rocks thrown or not! An analogy can easily be made to the tactics used by police in some of the more despicable regimes, both past and present, and the scary thing is that they're getting worse, not better. Add to this the likelihood that there's no real "evidence" against these kids, other than they're Palestinian, for which they are, collectively, considered suspects. Sometimes it's easy to see how Israel manages to breed anger and hatred into the Palestinians. I may not agree with their violence, but I sure as hell understand it!

More blatant racisim in Israel.

Don't you agree?

or the dismantling of illegal settlements in the West Bank (when they occur), and the complaints of mistreatment by security forces. Puleeez.... Israel's security forces are equal opportunity "take no nonsensers" when arresting.

I just don't get it? I don't want to see Palestinian or any other kids mistreated. But I don't understand why the Palestinians care so little for their children as to send them out to do harm, to threaten lives and to cause violence. I'm sure that if the stone throwing was stopped by the parents, footballs would start appearing instead. Here's a thought..... How many young Palestinian GIRLS throw stones? How many young Palestinian girls have been arrested and mistreated?

Because of the high financial cost involved, many if not most modern democracies offer rioters a choice between jail or a huge fine and that's what Israel should do. A group riots and the government pays the bill! Does that make sense?

just as stabbing is. Think about one of these 'stones' hitting your temple or your eye. you may get 'brain damage' or lose an eye. These 'stones' are not 'toys' as some might think. Regards J.

Israel illegally institutes it's Civilian Law in "territories occupied" Israel illegally annexes "territories occupied" Israel illegally settles it's civilians in illegally annexed illegally acquired territory. Israel creates millions of refugees. And posters rant about a few stones being thrown by the victims.

How come advancing IDF met civilians in a war zone? Can you prove they stayed voluntarily?

don't try to hard, dear. Jerusalem's NOT in Canada...Even NOT in Israel.We all loves our great jewish heros fighting with the children.

... and think they are so clever :) TAQIYA just like the Koran teaches. In NYC the police would shoot these rock throwing "kids"!

kids everywhere would get arrested for throwing rocks at police. Hell, in ther US they may even get shot! Maybe Palestinians should focus more on being good parents to their chldren and giving them tools for the future instead of mistakes from the past!

Gods commandment to fathers. prov. 22:6

After what Israel has been through, any other country would sell these kids into slavery, while Israel will most likely return these teens peacefully to their home.

These are not normal children. They have turned into attempted murderers, under the circumstances. They are most likely trained by their fathers. If their rocks felled a Israel policeman they would all dance with glee and celebrate.

I'm trying ... really trying....oh gosh no I can't seem to find one ounce of pity in my stone cold heart for the "poor stone throwers'.

Illegal = CRIMINAL 62 years of Israel illegally acquiring territory by war? Illegal = CRIMINAL Preventing civilians from fleeing a war zone is illegal. Laws of War (during Cast Lead Israel had all boundary crossings closed including those between Gaza and Egypt under the 21005 agreement) Illegal = CRIMINAL

How many can you provide statistics for? You provide and I'll help disseminate the information....

They spend their time acting as security guards for settler scum and beating up Arab kids. New Israel's "soldiers" could never go up against a real Western army.

Your country is in for some very serious times ahead, when the protestors grow up. people like that will destroy a country just as thoroughly as a large invading Army.

Obviously race has nothing to do with the double standards here. Yea right...

Well thankfully it's not like in Iran where child executions are commonplace, however, some teenagers do need a slap and a kick once in a while to straighten them out.

Oh Boo Hoo, Israel should put their parents in JAIL and where are the human right advocates to enforce that the parents of these childrens action are CRIMINAL and above all to let children do the dirty work of the pal terrorists bidding. Pals need a Children's Aid Society

Where are your PARENTS

One can only hope that the Israeli police extend this treatment to include their relationship with haredim and settlers.

This sort of stuff needs to be documented and shared on a world scale. What will stop it is if police are held accountable. The stone throwing needs to stop as well. Ending incitement would help--but on both sides. If there can't be Arab only neighborhoods why are there Jewish only neighborhoods?

they even go free for arson and other hate crimes. The targeted arrest of minors? Just more state sponsored terrorism.

Both sides do it. Either you funnel that throwing energy into Playing Baseball or it will just continue as it has for Millenia.