Quote Originally Posted by Camelopard
"We saw the mosque where in 1994 Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Muslims prayer, killing 30 and wounding hundreds. In the demonstrations that followed, the Israeli army killed 12 more, then shut down the mosque for nine months, and gave part of it over for a synagogue."
A difference between the cultures is that while suicide bombers are revered as heroes and chil role models by Palestinians, Goldstein is seen in mainstream Israel as a filthy murderer/terrorist/general piece of scum (a lot of people who visit the graveside are from overseas and the group he blonged to, Kah is considered a terrorist group outlawed by Israeli government).
This whole post you quoted is very one sided. I think that if you were a soldier and faced with a life threatening situation, you'd rather take a life than have yours taken. These demonstrations were not peaceful (I don't blame them), in fact they were flat-out riots. These soldiers are not "killers". BTW the place where all this insued is called The Patriarchs Cave and his holy to jews as well as muslims (and christians as well). Jews are not allowed inside but for 10 holy days every year. This is only to prevent clashes and to leave the muslims to their prayers.

Concerning this story, I could counter it with a thousand other stories of palestinian terrorism, but I guess the point of Camelopard's posts are to one sidedly show Israel as the bad guy so who am I to interfere...