We've all heard lots about the Palestinian children dressed up as suicide bombers. I find it grotesquely appalling that children are taught to hate at so young an age.
Of course, there are two sides to every story. This video breaks my heart to watch as well. Israeli children throw stones, spit water and throw more stones at a human rights worker all the while an Israeli soldier looks on.
People, hate is not inherited. It is learned.
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So if Israeli kids do this, is it just an "incident, perhaps"? And what would your outcry be if these were Arab children?
"never heard about it but it certainly is not taught in schools .."
Did he mention *anywhere* in his article the school system?
Children learn this crap from their PARENTS. Bigotry and hate doesn't need to be taught in a school to be handed down from generation to generation.
Kids are always taught to hate and one sees that all over the world by their parents.
An "eye for an eye" philosophy can never find a peaceful future. It is where the old bible falls short in helping either side find a workable answer.
I'm sure this video leads you to confront a very difficult truth. It can't be easy. But the fact is children are taught hate at home, not at school. Hatred at school is reinforced in more subtle ways, like the re-writing of history. The fact remains that I've just linked to a heartbreaking video of children acting in appalling ways and you make an excuse for it. What does that say? That one's group is more important than humanity?
You can say it is an incident, too. But the same can be said for the one photo of I have seen of the Palestinian baby-bomber. Incident? Perhaps. But having it happen on both sides: I call it signs of an out of control cycle of violence.
Kelly
"there really is no two sides, i don't know what you are talking about..an incident perhaps..never heard about it but it certainly is not taught in schools .. "
This is why the two sides are where they are today a cycle of violence , death, and hate..
GOd bless.