Reply #51: A balanced approach [View All]

[Gimel]

The initiation of the violence is clearly by the Palestinian side.


On June 22, the Road Map was initated for the second time by the Quartet:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/21808.htm

the June 54-5 summit in Aqaba was followed by a bus bombing:

Suicide bombing of Egged bus No. 14A in Jerusalem
June 11, 2003


Seventeen people - 11 women and six men - were killed and over 100 wounded in a suicide bombing on Egged bus #14A outside the Klal building on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem.

At around 17:30, the bomber...
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0ngn0

On June 11 and 12, Hamas activits were killed by Israeli air strikes:
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Terrorism/hits.html

No further strikes were carried out until Aug 21, three days after the suicide-homicide bombing of a Jerusalem bus full of Jewish worshippers, killing 22 including 6 children and infants.

So you claim (EI source) that from June 29 a list of 17 Palestinians were killed (including 7 children) wounded, etc, etc.

Since the redeployment of June 29 to date, 49 Israelis (37 civilians) have been killed by Palestinian actions, and 266 wounded (232 civilians)
http://www.idf.il/daily_statistics/english/3.doc

The killing and wounding of Palestinians was certainly not without provocation.