Laura King of the LA Times compares right-wing Israeli youth blocking streets to brainwashed Palestinian children:
Others, however, see impressionable youngsters being cynically used by adults in order to promote their own political agenda — an uneasy reminder, for some, of Palestinian youngsters being exploited by militant groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad during the last four years of fighting.
This flippant statement is problematic for two reasons: King doesn’t tell us who the anonymous ‘others’ are. And whether or not you agree with the tactics, there’s a big difference between blocking traffic and blowing yourself up at the behest of others.
