The questions raised in the articles are a very late echo of the conclusions reached by Palestinians on the first day of the clashes - that the IDF fires lethal shots without regard for the degree of danger faced by the soldiers. The names, privacy, families, feelings and thoughts of the soldiers who kill are jealously protected by the military system, and a lack of public curiosity. Israel's lack of curiosity in these cases is easily understood.
Every soldier is a son, a neighbor, a cousin's friend, a brother.
Every soldier is us. His family is our family. This system, from the first stone thrown at a uniformed Israeli, gave the green light for a lethal response. The IDF prepared a series of military responses in ascending order of severity. At the throwing of the first stone, figures from the security establishment bombarded the Israeli public, including soldiers, with theories that the PA and Arafat had planned everything in advance.