“A full page article by Harriet Sherwood (Focus, 26/01/2012) on the Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian children throwing stones continues ‘The Age’s’ penchant for focussing on the negative behaviour of Israel without full context. Nobody can condone brutal treatment of young people or the traumatised state that would ensue from that. However, with a full page at your disposal surely we could expect in depth reporting instead of a story writ large for the sake of its subject matter. To speak in one breath of the 700,000 Palestinians detained under Israeli military orders since the West Bank was ‘occupied’ by Israel more than 44 years ago, without reference to the wars initiated by Arabs on Israel within that timeframe and the death and destruction wreaked by Palestinian suicide bombers, is blatant misrepresentation. Palestinian children (and this article keeps emphasising ‘children’) are also traumatised by their own people when taught to hate Israelis and Jews and trained to become suicide bombers – perhaps Abu Amsha could consider this when he talks of the vicious cycle of violence and increasing hatred caused by the Israeli authorities. Oh, and the throwing of stones is no small thing – it can kill.’

“(Geeez, ain’t I so nice and polite this morning !!!)”

Even a velvet-gloved fist can pack a punch 😉

(Geeez, ain’t I so nice and polite this morning !!!)

It’s negative obsession with Israel is well accepted among the rational left and it will only revert from a blatant propaganda rag to being a Left orientated newspaper, when the whole of the existing editorial management are ‘let go’.

They have no shame.

Whether or not a child has committed a crime or not is irrelevant to their detention prior to sentencing, yet abuse is endemic, including threats of violence, sleep deprivation and so on. This has gone on even though the police have been stupid enough to do it in front of the video camera.

With respect to “a solution to the problem of children becoming embroiled in the violence of the conflict.”– ever considered that coming up to 45 years of military occupation have something to do with it.

http://www.btselem.org/publications/summaries/2011-no-minor-matter

http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2012/01/04/israeli-police-illegally-detain-7-year-old-child-interrogate-him-without-a-parent-or-adult-for-hours/

Some one has to ask the question , why are al’ age Editors so obsessed with anything Jewish or Israeli>

Another one page story on the Jewish community today on Jewish security and how the Jews live under siege from radicals and extremists , of course they quote a Jewish representative on the left who believes we are immune from attacks that we see all over the world and the money is wasted.
Do the Australian public really give a sh-t what the small Jewish community does or for that matter what happens in the ” Muddle East” and what Israelis get up to?