re: #14 Lobengula

There are currently hundreds of palestinian children languishing in israeli jails. This is a fact, not an opinion. Save the Children has a breakdown of the numbers. Of note, the majority have been imprisoned for throwing stones at israeli soldiers, a crime that carries a penalty of up to 20 years. B’Tselem has documented numerous cases where children have been physically and psychologically tortured (don’t have a link, just go to their website!). The Defence for Children International similarly documents numerous cases of child imprisonment and torture. Much of this data was obtained by court orders from the Israeli Prison Services, so I don’t really see how you can say that child imprisonment isn’t a phenomenon in israel. What really pisses me off is the sheer and utter hypocrisy of Israelis and their supporters in the US who (rightly) protest the abduction of a soldier yet remain silent about the hundreds of palestinian kids taken off the street, away from their parents, tortured and put into Israeli custody, in clear defiance of the Geneva Convention. Are their lives worth less than Gilad Shalit’s? There is a disgusting, racist attitude underlying such an approach.
Buck, your accusation of prejudice clearly demonstrates that Israel is beyond reproach in your eyes. You can (and have) uttered bigoted statements about other ethnic/religious groups on this site and yet you mechanically throw out “anti-Semitism” whenever you feel Israel is being challenged in any way. You really are a giant dick.
Interesting and surprisingly objective article from Time Magazine here.

You that those rocks are lethal weapons, right? Given that, children detained for having done that have to be punished. If you let them return to their families they’ll be rewarded instead of punished and that just invites future attacks. No, they must be detained. Anything else is a “Broken Window”.