Now there is a piece of shocking research!
Compared to Palestinian casualties, Israel's dead during the 21-month-old intifada include a higher percentage of noncombatants, women, children and people 40 and over, according to a new study.
Due out next week, the study by the Herzliya-based International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism shows that only 22% of the 506 Israelis killed in the intifada through May were combatants, compared to 53% of the 1,450 Palestinians killed during the same period.
The number of Israeli women killed (135) is twice as high as Palestinian women and the number of Israelis 40 and over killed (159) is 50% higher than the same Palestinian cohort — despite the fact that three times as many Palestinians have died overall.
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