The surprising thing to me is that Cathy Rigby didn't retire from the role until last year. At the age of 60.

It's not new to me, hence why I said "Holy Mary Martin" in the headline. Because I'm glad they are sticking to the tradition.

you misread the article. It was praising them for keeping with that tradition, not going "OMG, PETER PAN IS A GIRL!!!!!"

Funny, even I can tell that that M-16 is off to the flank of that "child". And this is what you get when you force a nation into conscription to combat your petty conflict. Most Israeli solders are forced into service because fucktard Palestinians government officials want to keep the war going. Palestinian cant…

Technically, Gaza where Hamas is the leader is not occupied. There had not been Israeli military occupational force, or any permanent presence there, or indeed civilian presence, since 2005. Blockaded because of the terrorist threat, yes, still supplied with power, materials, water and food, yes, but not occupied.

Yes, but unlike HAMAS the IDF has scruples.

If the roles were revered, the jews would have already been killed or driven from the middle east.

Lol

Thank you IO9! This was the one place that I could come to to avoid the incessant, uneducated trolling that exist in all the other corners of the inter web.

"Hamas killed hundreds of children in the construction of its extensive tunnel network, built partly to carry out attacks on children across the Gaza border in Israel. That report—confirmed by Hamas itself—emerged in 2012, not from the Israeli government, but the sympathetic Journal of Palestine Studies, in an article…

No mention that Hamas uses children and civilians as shields? No mention of the hundreds of children that died building those tunnels? Hamas IS a terrorist organization.

Hamas is more terrifying by far.

This article is already out of date :-( The Palestinians were planning an imminent 9/11-style terrorist attack, through a series of tunnels dug from Gaza to towns in Israel. The Israelis discovered it this week; Hamas had planned to launch this attack on Rosh HaShanah (The Jewish New Year)

Between their secret tunnels,…

Yeah, these tunnels were not meant for the IDF; they were meant for Israeli civilians. The Israeli security figured out there was a large scale plot to floor the tunnels in September and try to kidnap or kill as many civilians as possible. The tunnels were stocked with handcuffs and zip ties and all sorts of stuff. …

Considering that the tunnels were going to be used for killing civilians, I kinda doubt its just "psychological"

Ah. I shall counter with a Hamas war crimes reminder, for the reasonable.

You're being way too charitable to this guy.

So...who should be more offended by this?

What is it with people co-opting the Jews and the Holocaust in an attempt to garner sympathy for their bullshit as of late?

Correct. It is a bunch of over-degree'd little bitches. Your perceived self-value, sourced through conformity, doesn't stand up to the 18 year olds in Israel who serve in combat. The US generally supports Israel for many good reasons. The lack of knowledge here and an absence of analytical skills is not surprising.