"Do you wonder why the world's governments and media focus on the Middle East peace process"

Mehdi,

don't be disingenuous. The reason why the world's government and public opinion focus on Israel is because, a) the country has a vibrant journalist community, b) the Jews somehow attract a type of attention that is sometimes suspicious....

Turkey illegally occupies half of Cyprus, bombs Kurdistan every other week and gets all worked up when someone mentions an episode that took place just after the WWI (does Armenia ring a bell?). They are members of NATO, a former imperialist power and as much on the pay role of the US as Israel....

you never see this type of articles about Turkey or the Turkish army and you know it.

have to say this stinks a little bit. need a bit more evidence than what the author of this article has. and cnn arent the most trustworthy source although i wouldnt say they are very anti israeli either.

objection your honour. sustained

Mehdi Hasan,

I'm afraid you are probably going to lose the srguement here, not because you are wrong but because a bunch of American Redneck, Tea Party members who worship at the feet of Palin, have found this site and are spreading the word among the brothers!

They are now swamping the site with their filth. I am told by an american living here that they don't represent america, I' not so sure though.

Yeah well after seeing Mehdi's stellar performance here, especially his piss and moan about how come other media outlets don't automatically publish unsubstantiated slurs against Israel...he's just the kind of junk journalist to tell stories like how Israel sent a rescue team to Haiti to harvest body organs or some such rot.
In other words..save it for your "friends." You've been exposed.

MEHDI HASSAN

@ Joe Bone - spot on.

MEHDI HASSAN must be a mouthpiece for Osama Ben Laden and the Al Qaeda.

The CIA should be alerted about this.

"Mehdi knows what he's doing...this kind of crap will fly around the blogosphere very quickly and if nothing comes of it, it will still leave the stain and allow criticism of Israel to continue day after day"

And THAT is exactly why he does this sort of thing. Just look at his inflammatory and totally unproven headline.

"Did the Israeli army sexually abuse Palestinian children?"

Probably not Mehdi, but even a guys rear end wasn't safe in Kuwait.

"...I cannot find any reference to this story, ... perhaps, because of the pro-Israeli bias of much of the western media...."

Or perhaps because most professional media have enough integrity not to run that kind of a story without at least some corroborative evidence.

But I feel Mr. Hasan's pain and disappointment. He seems to be looking for another blood libel to blame on the Jews/Israelis.

The greater story that really should be discussed more is how adults compel children to go and throw rocks and other deadly things at soldiers to provoke a violent reaction and incident, and thereby add fuel to the fires of distrust and misunderstanding.