6 of 7 killed were civilians, says Palestinian human-rights group

by on January 17, 2009 3

AC writes:
According to Al-Mezan, the Palestinian human rights org (whose casualty figure has been oddly
conservative, lower than that used by most media outlets), the vast
majority of those killed have been civilians, with only 14 percent being fighters.
Some might demand that it be corroborated by an additional count, but
it does concur with accounts by civilians and medical personnel from
hospitals in Gaza, not to mention all the pictures coming out. The
majority of people killed in Lebanon in 2006 were civilians. Remember
too that according to several studies, principally those conducted by
The Lancet and Opinion Research Business, the majority of those killed in Iraq were civilians.
(PS: MP Kaufman's comment on the West being subdued by Holocaust guilt is an echo of what Desmond Tutu said a few months ago.)

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Posted in Gaza, US Policy in the Middle East

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  1. Kathy says:
    January 17, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    The reason why is racism. Again, the idea that one "race" is superior. This first video shoes an Israeli soldier stating…"They are animals, and we have locked (in a cage,) they cant get out. We are human, they are animals, monkeys, dogs and gorillas." then he laughs as though it were a great joke.

    “>link to youtube.com

    That is why we need diversity in the news, at all levals. To end the demonization of our opponant, who becomes our sworn enemy, and then "other."

  2. MRW. says:
    January 17, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    I watched Kathy's suggestion above:

  3. Eva Smagacz says:
    January 17, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    Don't let it be said that we were not warned:



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