Comments on: Picture of the week: Finding friendship in the ruins of war

By: SAYED KHALIL

SAYED KHALIL — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:56:43 +0000

I wonder how you would feel if a rocket destroys your home and kill your family but only break your arm.
Would you consider it even if we break the arm of the one whom through the rocket!!!!!

By: ANGELO CASTO AND MAURO CAMINITI

ANGELO CASTO AND MAURO CAMINITI — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:46:37 +0000

We are italian. When we had read this article in Italy, we have decided to write a song titled “Orel and Maria”. The link on youtube is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzveRZCj0J8

Best regards and thanks for your attention!

By: Nicky

Nicky — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:50:30 +0000

On December 30th, The New York Times ran an article on the two children. It’s well worth reading. Check it out below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/world/middleeast/31children.html?_r=2&ref=middleeast

By: Carl Muller

Carl Muller — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:55:03 +0000

Collateral damage. None of these children started anything.
As Golda said “The day they love their children more than war, it will end”
We should pray that the Palestinians will stop being used as excuses to win sympathy by their own philosophy and leadership.
Read http://www.shoebat.com/ and see how a nation is destroyed by themselves. This is a testimony of a terrorist whose eyes was opened by the truth.

By: Alex Nazario

Alex Nazario — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:24:41 +0000

Though I see both sides. The devastating effects of war is always negative. Sooner of later wars end and talks need to ensue or else more of this catastrophic situations will continue.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:43:13 +0000

How could anyone not take heart when they see two children from opposing sides who have been damaged so badly by conflict, overcome all of this to be friends.

This isn’t political. It’s distinctly, and wonderfully, human. And it’s the basis of any peace agreement we one day, hopefully, might have.

By: David-Joe

David-Joe — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:32:20 +0000

Have you not even realized what has been done when the above article so casually declares that a “grad” missile injured the Israeli child while the Arab girl was injured during Cast Lead?

Why is it so difficult for people to understand the evil of moral equivalence?

It was Arab hatred and intense decision to destroy Israel that caused the injuries.

It was Israel DEFENDING itself – and timidly apologizing all the time – because after years of immoral inaction by weak Israeli leadership that the Arab girl was hit.

Yet we read nonsense above – it was not two sides launching rockets – equating Israeli defense with Arab initiation of Force is utterly evil.

Get rid of the liberal emotionalistic nonsense – so the children are friends?! Where is the outrage by Israelis that Israeli children are attacked? Nevermind the Arab children.

And the excuse is always some sort of mystical ridiculous Jewish benevolence – look how we risk the lives of our soldiers to help Arab civilians. Je Accuse!!

One of the Founders of the United States – which like Israel is also in the throws of philosophical collapse – Hamilton, wrote extensively warning on what happens to a free nation that forgets it foundation.