Statistics Indicate Israel Kills 25 Palestinians for Every One of Their Own

It is a manic game of over-retaliation that can't last forever.

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(SALEM) - Much has been written about the disparity between the killings of Palestinian and Israeli people.

Salah Abu Latif

Media accounts published in the U.S. often concentrate on the Israeli side of the story, causing the public to believe in many cases, that Palestinians represent a serious threat to the Israeli populace.

The Hamas rockets that are consistently reported in the United States have killed roughly 30 Israeli people - not a small number, but tiny in comparison to the number of Palestinians killed in the same time frame, since the early 1990's when the first rockets were fired.

The Gaza rockets are unguided glorified fireworks.

Israeli weapons on the other hands, feature the most sophisticated targeting systems in use on this planet.

According to Ha'aretz:

The Palestinian group Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) took responsibility for the morning shooting at Kibbutz Nahal Oz that killed Defense Ministry employee Salah Abu Latif, 22. He was the first Israeli to be killed from Gaza fire since Operation Pillar of Defense in November 2012.

The PRC is not the government of Gaza, Hamas is. Yet the killing led to widespread retaliation from Israel. This is the norm in this region of occupation. One Israeli death is worth 30 Arab deaths, that is how the game is played.

According to the al Qassam Brigades (Hamas)

Israeli occupation forces have killed 25 Palestinians in the West Bank since the beginning of 2013, at least 20 of whom were civilians unaffiliated with any armed group according to the United Nations.

Of these 25, four were children. Thus far, 2013 has registered the highest number of child fatalities by Israeli forces in the West Bank since 2006.

The most recent child fatality was 14 year old Wajih al-Ramhi, who was killed on December 7 by Israeli troops in the Jelazoun refugee camp near Ramallah.

The number of the injured Palestinians was up to 3653 compared to 3031 in the last year which indicates a clear escalation of Israeli attacks.

- UN report :Israeli occupation kills 25 Palestinians this year

It was further reported that the number of Palestinian fatalities in the Gaza Strip during the first 11 months of 2013 decreased by 96 percent compared to 2012 (267 vs 10). The number of Palestinian injuries also decreased from 1,484 in 2012 to 55 so far in 2013.

At Least 3608 Palestinians Injured in 2013

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), reports that at least 3,608 Palestinians were injured by Israeli soldiers, this year.

Furthermore, the report states that at least 145 Palestinians were injured in 91 reported attacks by Jewish settlers, World Bulletin writes.

The depressing numbers continue and describe how there have also been 300 attacks by settlers, which targeted Palestinian-owned property and land.

10,510 Palestinian olive trees were damaged by the settlers, which means a 25% increase in this type of attack.

It is explained, in the report, that violence by settlers in the West Bank includes physical assault on individuals, harassment, takeover of and damage to private property, obstruction of access to agricultural land and water resources, along with attacks on livestock, agricultural land and places of worship.

Fairness and humanity have no place in this occupation as long as Israel is allowed to maintain an apartheid government. Palestinians and those who support them can only hope that international law is eventually observed and not made into a chronic mockery by the Zionist state of Israel.