{"id":78251,"date":"2013-10-11T18:48:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T17:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/palestinians-and-israelis-unequal-treatment\/78251\/"},"modified":"2013-10-11T18:48:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T17:48:59","slug":"palestinians-and-israelis-unequal-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/palestinians-and-israelis-unequal-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinians and Israelis: Unequal Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nPalestinians and Israelis: Unequal Treatment<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nby Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIsraeli deaths alone matter. Palestinian ones go unnoticed. Unequal treatment ignores their suffering. Daily crimes against humanity go unreported.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIsraelis killed make headlines. A previous article discussed IDF Staff Sgts. Tomer Hazan and Gal Kobi. Both were shot and killed.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nNine-year old Israeli Noam Glick was shot and wounded. She’s in stable condition. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFeature stories covered what happened. Israeli soldiers went on a rampage. They sealed off Palestinian communities, refugee camps and surrounding areas. They stormed them. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThey conducted intensive house-to-house searches. Homes were broken into violently. They were ransacked. Cars were stopped and inspected. Dozens of Palestinians were assaulted.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nDozens more were arrested. Brutal interrogations followed. It’s longstanding Israeli practice. Detained individuals are isolated. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThey’re denied counsel or access to family members. They’re tortured. Children are treated like adults.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOn October 11, Haaretz<\/span><\/a><\/span> headlined “Israeli reserves colonel murdered outside his Jordan Valley home,” saying:<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“Colonel (Res.) Seraiah Ofer was killed in a suspected terror attack outside his home in the Jordan Valley settlement Brosh Habika at 10 PM Thursday night.” <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“His wife Monique was moderately wounded, but managed to escape and contact police.”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nPalestinians were blamed. Doing so is automatic. Israel called the killing a terror attack. Roadblocks were erected. Area sweeps followed.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nDeputy Defense Minister Danny Danon suggested canceling peace talks. He wants agreed on Palestinian prisoner releases stopped.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHe told Israeli public radio:<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“I think there’s room to consider whether to carry on the negotiations, carry on the release of terrorists.” <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“If we need to stop for a number of months; to fight terror and stop the incitement, then that’s what we need to do.”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIsrael’s Yesha Council is an extremist umbrella settlement organization. It’s militantly hardline. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIt’s committed to continued Palestinian land theft. It wants unlimited settlement expansions. Its chairman Avi Ro’eh wants no further Palestinian prisoner releases.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“(I)t has been proven, again, that negotiations only push quiet and distance away and increase terror,” he said. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“The government of Israel should not continue to close their eyes against the wave of recent attacks and against the deception of the Palestinian Authority’s incitement.”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHousing Minister Uri Ariel called Friday’s incident “another lowly murderous attack that proves, once again, that ‘peace talks’ just equal ‘peace victims.’ “<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOther Israeli extremist officials voiced similar sentiments. Blaming Palestinian victims is longstanding Israeli policy.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nB’Tselem<\/a><\/span> publishes data on Palestinian and Israeli fatalities. Doing so reveals an entirely different picture. Disproportionality best defines it.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOn September 29, 2000, the second Intifada erupted. From then through December 26, 2008 Palestinian and Israeli fatalities were as follows:<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nOccupied Territories<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nIsrael<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nGaza Strip<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nWest Bank<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Israeli civilians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli civilians killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli security force personnel killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nForeign citizens killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nForeign citizens killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\n<\/b><\/div>\n
\nData on minors and women included in previous table <\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nOccupied Territories<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nIsrael<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nGaza Strip<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nWest Bank<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nPalestinian minors killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinian women killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli minors killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli women killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Palestinians for suspected collaboration with Israel <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\nData on participation in the hostilities and targeted killings included in first table<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nOccupied Territories<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nIsrael<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nGaza Strip<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nWest Bank<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nPalestinians who did not take part in the hostilities and were killed by Israeli security forces (not including the objects of targeted killings)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinian killed by Israeli security forces, Not known if involved in fighting<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians who took part in the hostilities and were killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians who were the object of a targeted killing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed during the course of a targeted killing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nPalestinian and Israeli Cast Lead Fatalities from December 27, 2008 – January 18, 2009 were as follows:<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nOccupied Territories<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nIsrael<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nGaza Strip<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nWest Bank<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli civilians killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli security force personnel killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\nData on minors and women included in previous table<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nOccupied Territories<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nIsrael<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nGaza Strip<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nWest Bank<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nPalestinian minors killed by Israeli security forces <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinian women killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli women killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Palestinians for suspected collaboration with Israel<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\nData on participation in the hostilities and targeted killings included in first table<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nOccupied Territories<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nIsrael<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nGaza Strip<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nWest Bank<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nPalestinians who did not take part in the hostilities and were killed by Israeli security forces (not including the objects of targeted killings)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinian killed by Israeli security forces, Not known if involved in fighting<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians who took part in the hostilities and were killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians who were the object of a targeted killing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed during the course of a targeted killing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinian police officers who were killed inside police stations<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nPalestinian and Israeli fatalities post-Cast Lead through August 31, 2013 were as follows:<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nOccupied Territories<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nIsrael<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nGaza Strip<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nWest Bank<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Israeli civilians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli civilians killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli security force personnel killed by Palestinians <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nForeign citizens killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nForeign citizens killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\nData on minors and women included in previous table<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nOccupied Territories<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nIsrael<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nGaza Strip<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nWest Bank<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nPalestinian minors killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinian women killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli minors killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nIsraeli women killed by Palestinians<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed by Palestinians for suspected collaboration with Israel<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
\nData on participation in the hostilities and targeted killings – Gaza Strip only included in first table<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nOccupied Territories<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nIsrael<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nGaza Strip<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nWest Bank<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nPalestinians who did not take part in the hostilities and were killed by Israeli security forces (not including the objects of targeted killings)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinian killed by Israeli security forces, not known if involved in fighting<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians who took part in the hostilities and were killed by Israeli security forces<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians who were the object of a targeted killing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\nPalestinians killed during the course of a targeted killing<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFrom September 29, 2000 through August 31, 2013, Israeli security forces and militant settlers killed 6,752 Palestinians.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOver the same period, Palestinians killed 989 Israeli military personnel and civilians. Most perished during the nearly four and half year second Intifada.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFrom late December 2008 through August 31, 2013, Palestinians killed 41 Israelis. Over the same period, Israelis killed 1,930 Palestinians.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe disproportional kill ratio was 47 – 1. It bears repeating. Israelis killed by Palestinians make headlines. Brutal security force retaliation follows.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nCollective punishment is official Israeli policy. Palestinians killed by Israelis go largely unnoticed. Jewish deaths alone matter. Palestinians die out of mainstream sight and mind. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nLongstanding injustice continues. Long denied liberation remains a distant dream.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nStephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHis new book is titled “Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity.”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanII.html<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nVisit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
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\n<\/div>\n
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Palestinians and Israelis: Unequal Treatment by Stephen Lendman Israeli deaths alone matter. Palestinian ones go unnoticed. Unequal treatment ignores their suffering. Daily crimes against humanity go unreported. Israelis killed make headlines. A previous article discussed IDF Staff Sgts. Tomer Hazan and Gal Kobi. Both were shot and killed. Nine-year old Israeli Noam Glick was shot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}