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August 10, 2002
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80% of Israeli fatalities are unarmed civilians, most Palestinian fatalities are armed violent men

The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (www.ict.org.il) has published a statistical analysis of Palestinian and Israeli fatalities since Arafat and his thugs refused peace and started to murder unarmed Israeli civilians in October of 2000.

Here are some interesting facts:

* 80% of the Israeli fatalities were non-combattants, unarmed civilians.
* 30% of the Israeli fatalities were women.
* 2% of the Israeli fatalities were killed by Israeli actions, by mistake.
* 30% of the Israeli fatalities were non-combattants over the age of 39.

* 54% of the Palestinian fatalities were combattants, mostly armed men.
* 3% of the Palestinian fatalities were women.
* 14% of the Palestinian fatalities were killed by the Palestinians themselves, for "collaborating" with the enemy.
* 5% of the Palestinian fatalities victims were non-combattants over the age of 39.

Most media outlets will report something like this: "The latest clashes in the Middle East have claimed the lives of 1574 Palestinians and 599 Israelis".

This moral equivalency of mixing up armed Palestinian terrorists, whose goal is to murder unarmed civilians, with Israeli women and kids, whose crime is simply to breathe, is shocking.

I copy below the breakdown of Fatalities from 9/27/2000 through 8/6/2002. For a more detailed statistical analysis of the fatalities, see also "An Engineered Tragedy: Statistical Analysis of Fatalities".

Breakdown of Fatalities:
27 September 2000 through 6 August 2002
http://www.ict.org.il/
casualties_project/stats_page.cfm

Palestinians

1574

Israelis

599

No. of whom were female
70
No. of whom were female
187
Non-Combatants killedby Opposite Side
No. of whom were female

609

52
Non-Combatants killedby Opposite Side
No. of whom were female

468

184
Combatants killed byOpposite Side

677

Combatants killed byOpposite Side

115

Combatants killed by actions of own side

142

Combatants killed by actions of own side
2
Non-Combatants killed by actions of own side

61

Non-Combatants killed by actions of own side

13

Non-Combatants below age 17

217

Non-Combatants below age 17
62
Non-Combatants Males between ages 13-30

342

Males between ages 13-30

125

Non-Combatants over Age 39

75

Non-Combatants over Age 39

176

Posted by David Melle at August 10, 2002 10:16 AM
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I would like the most up to date info on israel. i need it for a project. If you could accomodate me with this it would be greatly appreciated. I need all the casualties and acts of violence. Thanks

Eric

Posted by: eric maat on October 17, 2002 11:24 AM
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