Why are there more Palestinian casualties than Israeli casualties?
The IDF has done everything in its power to act with restraint in the face of dozens of shootings, violent riots and other life-threatening acts. Given the widespread violence engulfing the territories, it has been relatively successful in keeping down the number of casualties. However, the main reason there are fewer Israeli casualties is that fewer Israelis involve themselves in the violence. Far from being peaceful demonstrations, most Palestinian street protests can best be described as violent riots involving hundreds of Palestinian rioters, some of them armed with lethal weapons, attacking a small handful of Israeli soldiers. It should be stressed that in order to confront Israeli soldiers, the Palestinian protesters must leave their residential areas and go to the outskirts of their towns and villages. Only there will they find the Israeli military, manning the positions which were designated to them in the Israeli-Palestinian agreements signed by both parties. Israel rejects th
