Exploiting Humanitarian Gestures
You have to hand it to the palestinians. They do everything in their power to make life harder for themselves.
An Israel Defense Forces soldier stationed at the Hawara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, sustained mild facial injuries on Wednesday, after a Palestinian woman poured an acidic substance in his face.
The soldier was taken to the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva for treatment.
The woman arrived at the Hawara checkpoint and attempted to cross into Israel using the humanitarian aid lane, which is meant for emergencies and therefore has no security checks. Upon approaching the soldier manning the lane, she threw the acid at his face and then ran back towards Nablus.
Let me guess. It was not her fault, since due to the oppressive Israeli “siege”, the woman was not able to attend university classes, resulting in a decline in her reading level. So when she saw “aid lane”, she read “acid lane.”
Alternatively, this was another cynical palestinian attempt to exploit Israeli humanitarian gestures.
I’m going with number 2.
Please keep this in mind next time you read of palestinian complaints that their women are strip-searched at checkpoints.
Update: Hopefully, you will now understand why things like this occur.
Update: The palestinian IMEMC reports that the woman poured “chemical water”, before launching into a diatribe about checkpoints.
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About the Author: An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
First, this checkpoint shouldn't be there in the first place. It's a checkpoint separating a Palestinian town from the next Palestinian town. That's just unjustifiable. And no, Dave, it does not bloody justify holding pregnant and dying women at checkpoints for no reason. That's just sadistic. And if the woman tried to cross through the humanitarian lane, it's probably because she got tired of having to wait in a 4-hour queue every time she goes in or out of her hometown. In Ramadan, while fasting, in the sun. We already know, reading your blog, that you have no compassion whatsoever to Palestinians. But I thought you had more reporting honesty than that.
Shmohamed, You come on here almost every time and claim I do not report honestly. Sloppy. Show me some facts! You are more welcome to show me the error of my ways. I have no compassion for terrorists. I feel for the average palestinian who is being exploited by their terrorist brethren, and suffers as a result.
Dave, in many instances you really tweak reality. Or choose to see things from a very limited point of view. I also often disagree with your conclusions — justifying things like keeping dying people for ridiculously long periods at checkpoints, as you did here. Otherwise i enjoy your blog, Aussie Dave. I wish you'd just accept that there's a different PoV than yours… Also, quick Q — what's the Sh you add before my name when replying? A joke in hebrew, perhaps? a little insult? Enlighten us!
Dave isn't justifying keeping dying people waiting. He's decrying the necessity for such extreme measures–and pointing out that they are necessary when compassion is so violently abused.
I do accept different POVs. I just don't take too kindly to someone who comes on here and claims I engage in deceptive behavior (posting things I know to be incomplete/not true, tweaking reality etc). Hence the Shmo prefix. (or commonly spelled 'Schmo'). Google it.
Did. Ha, very amusing. My yiddish word of the day. But didn't you ever learn that it's rude to make fun of people's names? And indeed, i do point out when you report half-facts or when you choose not to see the other point of view. Like I did here. If you choose to maintain a criticism-proof zone here, to censor people who disagree with you by calling them names, it's your choice. I was expecting more from you though.
Oh please. I've noticed your modus operandi on other sites. You go on, attack the blog owner without any supporting facts, and then expect courtesy. If I am wrong about something, provide facts to show me how I am wrong! Saying I am wrong is not proof. Where did I censor you? You are still commenting on here, aren't you?