What kind of bullshit is this? The term "stone throwers" make's it sound like it's a bunch of little kids thowing pebbles. These dudes are throwing fist sized rocks and many of them are using the old thong slings like David used to slay Goliath. And you get a whole gang of them -- it's deadly barrage. That's how they used to execute people over there -- "let him who casts the first stone", eh? What would you do if a mob came at you throwing stones the size of your fist? I'd open up on them myself without a qualm. And not with rubber bullets either. The Israeli soldiers are showing incredible restraint -- I'd just go rock and roll solid ball, with a ma deuce if I had it. David Honig wrote:
It excuses the use of Israeli live bullets against stone-throwers, adding
At 11:14 PM 11/5/00 -0500, An Metet wrote: that CS gas and rubber bullets are
The Israelis claim that they use live ammo against molotov cocktailers, not mere stoners. Without intending to enter a geopolitical discussion :-) this seems reasonable. I think any home or store owner would do this; and as RoE for soldiers it seems reasonable.
Perhaps they need a water cannon, but water is pretty scarce there..