[news] The Children of 5767

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By Gideon Levy - January, 17 2008 

It was a pretty quiet year, relatively speaking. Only 457 Palestinians and 10 Israelis were killed...Fewer casualties than in many previous years. However, it was still a terrible year: 92 Palestinian children were killed...One-fifth of the Palestinians killed were children and teens -- a disproportionate, almost unprecedented number. The Jewish year of 5767. Almost 100 children, who were alive and playing last New Year, didn't survive to see this one.   


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