‘Israeli soldiers expose plight of Palestinian children’-dated 27th of August. Please note your response may be made public.

I refer to Ruth Pollards article in the Sydney morning Herald.

Ruth Pollard refer to the Israeli Defence Forces ‘arbitrary’ use of violence against Palestinian children. Arbitrary implies subjective and illogical cruelty and sadism. For eight years prior to Operation Cast Lead Palestinians terrorists fired rockets into civilian areas of Southern Israel with the intent of killing as many innocent Jewish men, women and children as possible. Need we forget the Palestinian iniquity?

Ruth tries to attract sympathy by portraying the Palestinians as underdogs which they are not. Citing information from ‘Breaking the Silence’ is unreasonable since the organisation has been discredited. Along with the Goldstone Committee their ‘evidence’ was rejected. Their allegations along with Goldstones were proven to be outright lies yet Ruth, projects their assertions as truth. The terrorist groups Hamas and Fatah which both seek to destroy Israel , were created, when the West bank and Gaza were under the control of Arabs, not Israel. There is no reference to Palestinian evil, or the morality of the Israeli army which has higher levels of decency, ethics and principles than any other.
The disproportionate loss of life Ruth refers to does not absolve the Palestinians, since war is never fought on a level playing-field.

During World War 2 the Americans killed more Germans than vice versa, yet the former acted on the side of good, whilst the Germans acted on the side of evil. Throughout the article there is a continuous reference to soldiers, but none have been named and details are lacking. Truth carries more detail than empathetic statements made by ‘nameless soldiers’ We see consistent references to Palestinian children, yet we have no mention of their ages. If a Palestinian ‘child’ of eighteen fires a gun, or throws a Molotov cocktail at Israeli soldiers then neither are children. Ruth, uses the word ‘child’ in an attempt to portray Palestinians as victims, innocent of sin.

There is no reference to location, we have no idea where any of the alleged events happened. During the Second Intifada (2000-2005) Palestinian gunmen used their women and children as human shields, since they respect neither the lives of their own children nor that of the Israelis. Being the most moral army in the world the IDF has always announced impending attacks, compromising their own security for the lives of their enemy and civilians. We know nothing about the sample picked by discredited organisation ‘Breaking the Silence’ Thousands of combatants fought in Gaza, yet judgements are made on unverified data which doesn’t appear to be the result of random sampling. Truth cannot be told hiding behind broad assumptions. Truth cannot be told through anonymity and testimony is not hearsay.

Ruth, has made every effort to paint Israel as evil, and the Palestinians as victims. She plays on emotions by referring to ‘occupation’ as if Israel is the aggressor, yet fails to mention how many innocent Jews were killed by Palestinians prior to Israel’s control over the west bank and Gaza. Children are not necessarily good, if they act as terrorists, then they are terrorists.

I look forward to a prompt response.

Kind regards,
Jason Brill

Hi Peter,

Please read through my email and address it accordingly.

1) Why does Pollard use the word arbitrary? It implies that Israelis use subjective and illogical cruelty.

2) Breaking the Silence has been discredited- true or false?

3) Palestinian ‘children’ who throw Molotov cocktails are terrorists, as are those who fire rockets and kill innocent Jewish civilians. There is a moral distinction between Israeli soldiers who fight in uniforms, defend their civilians and drop messages warning innocent people to leave an area, and Palestinians who use their own children as human shields, who teach their offspring to hate Jews.

Let me remind you children are not born equal, and man is not basically good-Children are born innocent and they are taught values. Watch this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdWV02Szb5k
Israel is on the side of good, terrorists are on the side of evil. Why does Pollards article fail to draw a moral distinction?

4) Why does Pollard refer to disproportionate loss of life. More Germans died in WW2 than Americans – Who fought for good? Who fought for evil?

5) Jews were being slaughtered in Gaza before the ‘occupation’- True or false?

6). Why does Pollard omit FACTS like bombs being fired at Israeli civilians- Is she saying that the lives of Jews taken in suicide bombings in Pizza parlors, on buses and on the streets are not worth mentioning?

7) You have vilified the IDF. Can you name another country in the world that would let terrorists fire rockets into their country for eight years without reaction? If your wife and your child were in the line of fire, would you not want your country to protect them. If a child killed a member of your family with a Molotov cocktail- Would that child be innocent?

8) Why is Pollard trying to paint Palestinians as underdogs?

I am appealing to common sense. Please do not send me additional hyperlinks which do not address the article in question. You know that if the Palestinians lay down their weapons we would have peace. If the Israelis lay down theirs-There will be no State of Israel.

9) Why does Pollard paint Palestinians as guilt free. When countries are at war-Do both side always have a completely clean slate? Yes- or -No

I look forward to answers to these questions
Regards,
Jason

How very interesting; Ruth Pollard seems unable to access J-wire so a usefull – well genius(?) – submits her protest.

Now Ruthie baby, I have your smear piece in front of me, and had I not wanted to retain it as evidence of infamous scribbling, I would have followed the example of an C18 Frenchman and taken it to the smallest room in the house and it would soon have been behind me.

With regard to point:
a) the SMH appears in print and not as a video. Perhaps that difference in modalities has not yet landed on Planet Pollard. In the print article, three reports – all anonymous – appeared; they gave not names, dates or details that could be investigated.
b) Truth is not established by the collaboration of two (or more) liars. Truth is established when the stories are detailed and open for investigation. The IDF’s frustration at the lack of details to investigate were buried in the smear piece
c) Not a rehash? Rubbish! DCI-Palestine’s smear was carried by the SMH in April and related to parts of the article Danny slammed with justification.
d) I don’t care where the SMH sends its journos. Their pieces are not worth a tinker’s dam when they practise advocacy journalism. If Pollard was the bootlace of a journalist, she would have checked out the “testimonies” of BtS people and questioned IDF officers about details she dug up. It is of course easier to dig dirt and chuck muck hoping that some of it will stick.

The Jewish historian Dubnow’s last words as he was being beaten to death were: write and record. For unfairfax journos, when it comes to Jews and the Jewish state, tendentiousness has unfortunatley become trendy.

Ben, before you quote B’Tzelem and Am Nasty as your sources of information, read what I wrote earlier: they use unsubstantiated unverifiable sources to blacken the Jewish state. Another name for such group defamation is antisemitism. Just because some B’Tselem and Gush Shalom groupies are halachicly Jewish does not remove them from the ranks of the antisemites when they ally themselves with islamofascists and extreme lefties to advance their political agendas which have nothing to do with justice or reality. The Pals have little and deserve far less.

1. It’s been a while since Amnesty International has been unanimously “respected”: WARLPIRI woman Bess Price, a truly respected Elder of our indigenous communities for example is not a fan (nor am I):
http://www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/qed/2012/08/bess-price-on-amnesty

2. Israeli military regularly use Palestinian children as human shields???? WHAT???
http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo110/bivouac-id/ee689778.gif

3. I admire the IDF unreservedly and salute them:

Even the left-leaning Haaretz has said that, “Breaking the Silence… has a clear political agenda, and can no longer be classed as a ‘human rights organization’.”

In response to Raine who says: Various reports from Amnesty International,…and other respected human rights groups on how the Israeli military regularly use Palestinian children as human shields…

1. It’s been a while since Amnesty International has been unanimously “respected”: WARLPIRI woman Bess Price, a truly respected Elder of our indigenous communities for example is not a fan (nor am I):
http://www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/qed/2012/08/bess-price-on-amnesty

2. Israeli military regularly use Palestinian children as human shields???? WHAT???
http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo110/bivouac-id/ee689778.gif

3. I admire the IDF unreservedly and salute them:

WHY DO MY POSTS NOT GET THROUGH?

In response to Raine who says:

…various reports from Amnesty International,…and other respected human rights groups on how the Israeli military regularly use Palestinian children as human shields…

1. It’s been a while since Amnesty International has been unanimously “respected”: WARLPIRI woman Bess Price, a truly respected Elder of our indigenous communities for example is not a fan (nor am I):
http://www.quadrant.org.au/blogs/qed/2012/08/bess-price-on-amnesty

2. Israeli military regularly use Palestinian children as human shields???? WHAT???
http://i366.photobucket.com/albums/oo110/bivouac-id/ee689778.gif

3. I admire the IDF unreservedly and salute them: