Photos of Israeli Children 'Signing' Missiles Stir Controversy
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Photos of Israeli Children 'Signing' Missiles Stir Controversy
By E&P Staff
Published: July 26, 2006 8:25 PM ET
NEW YORK With the Israeli offensive in Lebanon meeting surprising resistance -- despite massive destruction from the air -- the recent publication of photos of Israeli children signing missiles about to be fired into Lebanon, with messages such as "From Israel with Love," have drawn renewed attention.
The Web site of the Jerusalem Post (jpost.com) confirmed that the pictures are real, after they appeared on numerous mainstream news sites and blogs, where they continue to inspire wide feedback.
Similar pictures were taken by photographers for AP, AFP and the daily Israeli paper, Ha'aretz.
The Jeusalem Post site explained, "Questions over the photos' authenticity have been put to rest by authorities that were present during the incident, which occurred on July 17 near the northern border. The mostly local children had been brought to see the shells by their parents. Although it remains unclear who encouraged them to write the messages, their colorful scribbles, including a Star of David, hearts, and 'From Israel, with Love'....
"Over the years, there have been a number of photos that have been popularized by the on-line community such as photos of young Palestinian babies dressed as suicide bombers, or Israeli children in Purim costumes mocking Palestinian political officials."
The Israeli military said it did not sanction to episode.
The photos drew a comment by Robert C. Koehler, an editor and columnist for Tribune Media Services, in a scathing column distributed late Wednesday.
"Maybe the bombs that destroyed the home of the 8-year-old girl in the southern Lebanon village of Ayta Chaeb, quoted by an AP reporter from her hospital bed in Tyre, were autographed by little Israeli girls," he wrote. "Maybe they were decorated with hearts and Stars of David. Maybe they said 'from Israel with love.'"
Koehler called this added "collateral damage: the corruption, the militarization, of the young....This is the collective obscenity of militarized hatred. It's not just a game that adults play. We pull the children into it. We extract their blessing, and far too often their blood as well....
"Welcome to the gates of hell and madness. We can no longer afford to militarize our irrational streak."
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Photos of Israeli Children 'Signing' Missiles Stir Controversy
By E&P Staff
Published: July 26, 2006 8:25 PM ET
NEW YORK With the Israeli offensive in Lebanon meeting surprising resistance -- despite massive destruction from the air -- the recent publication of photos of Israeli children signing missiles about to be fired into Lebanon, with messages such as "From Israel with Love," have drawn renewed attention.
The Web site of the Jerusalem Post (jpost.com) confirmed that the pictures are real, after they appeared on numerous mainstream news sites and blogs, where they continue to inspire wide feedback.
Similar pictures were taken by photographers for AP, AFP and the daily Israeli paper, Ha'aretz.
The Jeusalem Post site explained, "Questions over the photos' authenticity have been put to rest by authorities that were present during the incident, which occurred on July 17 near the northern border. The mostly local children had been brought to see the shells by their parents. Although it remains unclear who encouraged them to write the messages, their colorful scribbles, including a Star of David, hearts, and 'From Israel, with Love'....
"Over the years, there have been a number of photos that have been popularized by the on-line community such as photos of young Palestinian babies dressed as suicide bombers, or Israeli children in Purim costumes mocking Palestinian political officials."
The Israeli military said it did not sanction to episode.
The photos drew a comment by Robert C. Koehler, an editor and columnist for Tribune Media Services, in a scathing column distributed late Wednesday.
"Maybe the bombs that destroyed the home of the 8-year-old girl in the southern Lebanon village of Ayta Chaeb, quoted by an AP reporter from her hospital bed in Tyre, were autographed by little Israeli girls," he wrote. "Maybe they were decorated with hearts and Stars of David. Maybe they said 'from Israel with love.'"
Koehler called this added "collateral damage: the corruption, the militarization, of the young....This is the collective obscenity of militarized hatred. It's not just a game that adults play. We pull the children into it. We extract their blessing, and far too often their blood as well....
"Welcome to the gates of hell and madness. We can no longer afford to militarize our irrational streak."
E&P Staff (<!-- e --><a href="mailto:letters@editorandpublisher.com">letters@editorandpublisher.com</a><!-- e -->)
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
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El_Kabong wrote:http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002913202&imw=Y
Photos of Israeli Children 'Signing' Missiles Stir Controversy
By E&P Staff
Published: July 26, 2006 8:25 PM ET
NEW YORK With the Israeli offensive in Lebanon meeting surprising resistance -- despite massive destruction from the air -- the recent publication of photos of Israeli children signing missiles about to be fired into Lebanon, with messages such as "From Israel with Love," have drawn renewed attention.
The Web site of the Jerusalem Post (jpost.com) confirmed that the pictures are real, after they appeared on numerous mainstream news sites and blogs, where they continue to inspire wide feedback.
Similar pictures were taken by photographers for AP, AFP and the daily Israeli paper, Ha'aretz.
The Jeusalem Post site explained, "Questions over the photos' authenticity have been put to rest by authorities that were present during the incident, which occurred on July 17 near the northern border. The mostly local children had been brought to see the shells by their parents. Although it remains unclear who encouraged them to write the messages, their colorful scribbles, including a Star of David, hearts, and 'From Israel, with Love'....
"Over the years, there have been a number of photos that have been popularized by the on-line community such as photos of young Palestinian babies dressed as suicide bombers, or Israeli children in Purim costumes mocking Palestinian political officials."
The Israeli military said it did not sanction to episode.
The photos drew a comment by Robert C. Koehler, an editor and columnist for Tribune Media Services, in a scathing column distributed late Wednesday.
"Maybe the bombs that destroyed the home of the 8-year-old girl in the southern Lebanon village of Ayta Chaeb, quoted by an AP reporter from her hospital bed in Tyre, were autographed by little Israeli girls," he wrote. "Maybe they were decorated with hearts and Stars of David. Maybe they said 'from Israel with love.'"
Koehler called this added "collateral damage: the corruption, the militarization, of the young....This is the collective obscenity of militarized hatred. It's not just a game that adults play. We pull the children into it. We extract their blessing, and far too often their blood as well....
"Welcome to the gates of hell and madness. We can no longer afford to militarize our irrational streak."
E&P Staff (<!-- e --><a href="mailto:letters@editorandpublisher.com">letters@editorandpublisher.com</a><!-- e -->)
I'm by no means saying it is okay, or supporting it, but you must remember it is a war, and last time I checked, there were no rules, (well I know some will say there are, but it is a war....war is war....), and besides that I have seen several pics of americans signing bombs from past years....no outrage there....is it strictly because it is children?Cheers,
NEWAGEHIPPIE
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newagehippie wrote:I'm by no means saying it is okay, or supporting it, but you must remember it is a war, and last time I checked, there were no rules, (well I know some will say there are, but it is a war....war is war....), and besides that I have seen several pics of americans signing bombs from past years....no outrage there....is it strictly because it is children?
Just to add a comment to this. I have yet to hear it called a war on any news station that I watch up here. Incursion, field trip, crisis, but not war. I don't know who they think they are kidding, but they are not using that word.You've changed your place in this world!0 -
my2hands wrote:this shit is getting pretty scary... and seeing those kids sign the bombs just might be the scariest fucking thing i have ever seen
Here's something I've already written in a similar thread a few days ago, but everyone keep ignoring it for some reason:
"I don't like this picture either, but I'm not gonna be demagogic about it. Do you understand hebrew? Well, I do. These kids are from Kiryat Shmona, maybe one of the most bombed towns in northern Israel since the 80's. Do you know what they wrote?
"Nasralla, I've waited for this all of my life..." "Hizbullah, I hope you'll get what..." and then signed their names.
This, This is what I'm talking about. Assuming things just becasue someone said something that matched your point of view and there we have it - the whole world is now thinking these Israeli *kids* and maybe all Israeli kids are evil.
How LOW can you guys go?"
That artical proves I was right. Great, so now our kids are evil. Yeah, good for you. Keep on "not" stirring up the air storm.0 -
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I wonder what the response would be if it were Muslim children doing the same...0
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dkst0426 wrote:
Must have been in the way of a missile trying to get to the government of Israel. Sounds about right for the excuses we hear from both sides when innocent people get hit. Oh the suckers who vote in or have to live with the hate that these people have. Oh, that is on both sides.You've changed your place in this world!0 -
inmytree wrote:I wonder what the response would be if it were Muslim children doing the same...
Some sort of excuse for their behavior? What's funny (or perhaps not) is that one can make the exact same excuses for either Muslim or Israeli children who do this kind of stuff. Maybe they lost parents or other loved ones? Maybe they have been indoctrinated into a culture of violence? Maybe they are too young to really realize the gravity of what it is they are doing?
Two sides of the same bum nickel.0 -
giveblood wrote:Some sort of excuse for their behavior? What's funny (or perhaps not) is that one can make the exact same excuses for either Muslim or Israeli children who do this kind of stuff. Maybe they lost parents or other loved ones? Maybe they have been indoctrinated into a culture of violence? Maybe they are too young to really realize the gravity of what it is they are doing?
Two sides of the same bum nickel.
And "maybe" they just wrote:
"Nasralla, I've waited for this all of my life..." "Hizbullah, I hope you'll get what..." and then signed their names.
this is the third time I'm writing this, apparently no one wants to litsen. It kills me people are making such crucial assumptions without even knowing what was actually written there (Its in Hebrew, you know). Well I know Hebrew. those were "greetings" for the Hizbullah, period.
p.s - giveblood, this is not personal. this post is adressed to everyone.0 -
shiraz wrote:And "maybe" they just wrote:
"Nasralla, I've waited for this all of my life..." "Hizbullah, I hope you'll get what..." and then signed their names.
this is the third time I'm writing this, apparently no one wants to litsen. It kills me people are making such crucial assumptions without even knowing what was actually written there (Its in Hebrew, you know). Well I know Hebrew. those were "greetings" for the Hizbullah, period.
p.s - giveblood, this is not personal. this post is adressed to everyone.
No offense taken whatsoever ... I understand what you're saying, and I agree that many people aren't listening. ... People choose (consciously or unconsciously) to emphathize with some victims and not others.0 -
giveblood wrote:No offense taken whatsoever ... I understand what you're saying, and I agree that many people aren't listening. ... People choose (consciously or unconsciously) to emphathize with some victims and not others.
I don't care about emphathizing in this case. We're talking about little *children*, that too many people are using them in a very cynical wicked way. They didn't even do anything wrong, but yet everybody thinks its ok to use them that way, in order the make some demagogic false point - Israeli kids are evil.
How low can you guys go?
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jsand wrote:Of course that's scarier than the Palestinian children with suicide bomb belts on.
Give it a rest.
I think it's scary to see both Palenstinian and Israeli children taught hate.The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
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baraka wrote:I think it's scary to see both Palenstinian and Israeli children taught hate.
100% agree....the viscous cycle continues....0 -
Rockin'InCanada wrote:100% agree....the viscous cycle continues....
Yeah, it's heartbreaking to see it. It seems to me that the hate is so ingrained, due to that region's violent past. Like you said, it is a vicious cycle.The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
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baraka wrote:I think it's scary to see both Palenstinian and Israeli children taught hate.
Except that even if you classify this as being "taught hate," this is one isolated incident. It is widespread on the Palestinian side. It's even in their textbooks. They pass out sweets when a successful suicide bombing takes place and the children collect "martyr" cards.0 -
Rockin'InCanada wrote:100% agree....the viscous cycle continues....
Agree with what?!? We don't teach them to hate! Those are kids from one of the most bombed Israeli towns, who wrote "greetings" for Nasrallah. The man is a sick terrorist who is trying to ruin everybody's life ==> they have every reason to hate this evil man, just like I hate him for what his doing to all of us. No one need to teach hatred for terrorists, it supposed to come naturallly.
Everyone, Leave those kids alone! Stop using them for your stupid demagogy! The only thing worng here is the proximity of the kids to those rockets.0 -
shiraz wrote:Agree with what?!? We don't teach them to hate! Those are kids from one of the most bombed Israeli towns, who wrote "greetings" for Nasrallah. The man is a sick terrorist who is trying to ruin everybody's life ==> they have every reason to hate this evil man, just like I hate him for what his doing to all of us. No one need to teach hatred for terrorists, it supposed to come naturallly.
Everyone, Leave those kids alone! Stop using them for your stupid demagogy! The only thing worng here is the proximity of the kids to those rockets.
Shiraz, don't even bother. They have absolutely no respect whatsoever for your country - its government and people.0 -
shiraz wrote:Agree with what?!? We don't teach them to hate! Those are kids from one of the most bombed Israeli towns, who wrote "greetings" for Nasrallah. The man is a sick terrorist who is trying to ruin everybody's life ==> they have every reason to hate this evil man, just like I hate him for what his doing to all of us. No one need to teach hatred for terrorists, it supposed to come naturallly.
Everyone, Leave those kids alone! Stop using them for your stupid demagogy! The only thing worng here is the proximity of the kids to those rockets.
With all due respect, shiraz, your analogy could be used to 'excuse' this behavior on the 'other side' of this conflict. I agree with you that these children are in a war zone and would naturally direct 'hate' towards the opposing side. The same argument can be made for the Palestinian children as well.The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
~Albert Einstein0 -
jsand wrote:Shiraz, don't even bother. They have absolutely no respect whatsoever for your country - its government and people.
Ths isn't true, jsand. I have much respect for shiraz, her people and all people going through this conflict.The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
~Albert Einstein0
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