When Palestinian children became targets for Israeli snipers and other army violence, the ministry of education had no option but to close down the schools temporarily in order to minimize the students exposure on the way to and from school. That was immediately latched on by the Israeli spin machine as proof that we closed down the schools in order to release our children to go out and riot thereby obstructing the free path of Israeli bullets. The safety of home and parents attempts at protecting their children are not even considered. Most children were shot in the head or upper part of the body, mainly with high velocity bullets. The most common targets of rubber-coated steel bullets were the eyes of children.
Israeli officials claim that they had exercised restraint.
Of course they can do worse they can commit genocide or complete the ethnic cleansing begun in 1948. Still, it is Israeli security that is at stake. Israel s powerful army of occupation cowers in fear at the Palestinian people s cry for justice and freedom. The Palestinian people have no need for security on their own land or in their own homes since they have been thoroughly dehumanized by their oppressor as to deserve whatever happens to them. All this is for the sake of alleviating the guilt and responsibility of the real culprit.