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http://www.ict.org.il/articles/artic...?articleid=439
There. That's the number I was looking for. Was that so hard? Hell, it's even pro-Palestinian, sorta.
What I want to know is why these gents with their vast intelligence and enlightened and correct perspective could only get me the distorted number... twice. [/b]
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I'm not going to get (re-)involved in this discussion - for aforementioned reasons - but it's interesting to note that the numbers given are considered to be 'distorted', whereas the numbers you show are considered to be 100% truthful.
Whose numbers are right? I'm not going to claim that the numbers found by us (from different sources) are any more correct than yours.
All I will do is to point out that the ICT is an Israeli organization formed solely to combat terrorism. That is their only purpose. If you browse through the articles published by them, you will find that their articles aren't 'balanced' at all: they serve the purpose of being a propaganda group. There is of course nothing wrong with that - but the slant of their articles should at least be well know.
Its Board of Directors is formed from the former head of the Mossad, who is also a former memeber of Sayaret Matkal, an elite assassination unit of the IDF. Possibly one of the top assassins in the world, both in the field and as a co-ordinator.
Its executive, Boaz Ganor, was a top aide to Binjamin Netanyahu - the well-known creator of peace and harmony in the middle east - assisting him in counter-terrorist matters.
If you read some of the articles on that site, you will find that they are all uniquely focused against Palestine, from the angle of anti-terrorism. They have no interest whatsoever in publishing a 'fair' report on the situation; they remain a propaganda group, forming public opinion. (example link:
http://www.ict.org.il/institute/ganor.cfm ) In one of those articles, Ganor advocates 'pro-active military initiatives', amongst other things, arguing that "above all, aggressive Israeli action is of primary importance ..."
Maybe that will give you some insight into their motivations, and as to who the aggressors are: it's well-accepted policy. The very site you are citing provides plenty of proof to that.
Feel free to publish a similar analysis weakening the basis of the statistics we have posted in the past.
As background information, especially on Sayaret Matkal, read:
http://www.konformist.com/botm/volume04/botm1100.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...t/1984/STJ.htm