Palestinian Youth with Toy Gun Injured by IDF

Palestinian Youth With Plastic Gun Injured During IDF Activity In The City Of Jenin

Click here to see literally hundreds of examples of Arab children in conflict areas being taught to brandish what look like real guns, such as this:


Here's a prescient comment from Charles Johnson, my favorite blogger:

The ?toy gun? this boy is brandishing is practically indistinguishable from a real handgun. What kind of parent lets their child go out and play with realistic toy guns in an area where the Israeli Defense Forces are carrying out an operation, and hang around with masked killers armed with real weapons?

Silly me. A Palestinian parent does this. If the child is shot by the IDF, either in the mistaken belief the gun is real, or in an attempt to take out the Hamas murderer using these children as human shields, where?s the downside? The child is shaheed and goes immediately to heaven, and the Palestinians get another propaganda club with which to beat the Israelis when the international media screams about another Palestinian child killed by the IDF.

Update (Nov. 4): Big hat tip to Michael S. for pointing out that among the most demagogic headlines is none other that of the New York Times' Steven Erlanger: Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Boy in West Bank His anti-Israel reporting is the subject of this earlier must-read post: IRIS vs. NY Times.