recently the abc ran a documentary on the IDF and how they target palestinian teenagers, it suggested that they crucify prisoners and interrogate them without parental precense. as a representative for israel they had a jewish woman settler whom was clearly deranged. i make no exceptions, the settlers are nutcases, mostly american fundamentalist's and 99% of the israelis don't support them.
so the documentary which i watched in shock made some very serious disgusting allegations, none were verified, none were substantiated but worse than this it never once mentioned the fogal family.
obviously like any military force on earth mistakes are made, over zealous or frightened young soldiers can over react and i'm not for one minute suggesting they should not be criticised neither do i think that israel should not be criticised, it's the only country in the middle east that allows it and believe me within its own population are it's worst and harshest critics, that can often make a healthy society depending on perspective, hugo chavaz wouldn't have agreed but i think it's important.
the IDF did target young palestinian teenagers, it's true and i feel unjustifiable but here's why it chose that direction, the two murderers of the fogal family broke into their home and slit a babies throat while she slept and then killed the other three children and their parents in the same brutal way. the murders were committed by teenagers.
i felt this was reasonable background information and any self respecting journalist would include this as to the genesis of the IDF's new response and change in tactic. but the abc chose not to mention this at all.
one can argue disputed territory, occupation and historical claims but until america gives back california to mexico and australia give back sydney to the aboriginal people israel will always have a valid claim to remain where it is. any land it won in war is on the negotiating table and ariel sharon did make a trade for peace but got more war instead.
anyways, back to the documentary. 
last weekend greg sheridan wrote a piece critiquing the documentary, and he was probably the only journalist who took this stance and i wrote a letter to the australian newspaper supporting him, but also mentioning the fogal murder. 
the letter was published but it was butchered, they edited out the substantial truth of the matter and printed a pale imitation of what i wrote.
to this day palestinian television praises the two murderers as heroes. 
heroes!
i didn't see people in europe demonstrating, people venting their ire, the murder like most of the attacks within israel hardly gets a mention outside the country, only when israel defends itself is they calls for boycotts.
the delegitimisation of israel begun in the 70's but has now reached an absurd point, as i have said before, it's pathological and i believe currently an epidemic. history repeats in cycles that are becoming more and more compressed in time, i imagine recent events in the ukraine and russia create a tension that we have seen before, look for the patterns, will we learn anything, i think not.