Ilana wrote: >>while there are more than 500 Israeli victims in this intifada.
Jeroen replied: >As opposed to how many Palestinians deaths? 1,500 or so? How many of the 500 Israeli deaths were civilian deaths caused by terrorists and how many were Israeli's actively involved in the conflict (i.e., Israeli soldiers or Israeli terrorists)? How many of those 1500 Palestinian deaths were active combatants (i.e. Palestinian soldiers/militia and Palestinian suicide bombers) and how many were civilian deaths? Active combatants, whether legal or illegal combatants under the Geneva Convention, are people who know and expect that their actions could lead directly to their death (especially suicide bombers). Civilians going about their everyday routines of work, play, and/or worship do not expect that at any moment they could be killed. I think the general perception in at least some of the U.S. is that most of the Israeli deaths are civilian deaths, and most of the Palestinian deaths are combatants, many of whom were actively looking to become martyrs. I'd really like to see whether the actual numbers back up that perception. Does anyone know of a link with that kind of breakdown of these numbers? Reggie Bautista _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
