Stardate 20010929.0851 (On Screen): Israel is doing a fine job of frittering away any remaining moral highground it may have had. Since the latest ceasefire has gone into effect, there have been a lot more people killed, and
all of them have been Palestinians. There have been well over a hundred people injured, and nearly all of those have also been Palestinians. So what has been happening? Young Palestinians have been rioting and Israeli troops have been firing on them with live ammunition. I think it inevitable that Sharon will try to blame it on Arafat again, but I don't think that's going to stick. If tensions and hostility were supposed to be tuned down by the agreement, why aren't the Israeli troops trying to use non-lethal means to control civil unrest? Palestinian kids are throwing rocks, and Israeli troops are shooting to kill in response. Just who looks the worst here?
(discuss)Update 20010930: Israel has given the Palestinians 48 hours to stop the violence. Apparently it is Arafat's fault that Israeli troops have shot and killed 16 Palestinians since the beginning of the "cease fire". What's he supposed to do, disarm the Israeli army?
