Zionists' friend denounces Zionist enemy

The Israeli army killed 7 Palestinian youngsters, aged 11 to 17, today as they picked strawberries in a field. Palestinian Authority presidential candidate, Mahmoud Abbas/Abu Mazen, Israel's favourite candidate, denounced the actions of the "Zionist enemy".

I first caught this on UK Channel 4 news and I couldn't help noticing how the reporters were more shocked at the language used by Abu Mazen than by the Israeli army killing children. But then, of course, Abu Mazen denouncing Israel is a rarity; the Israeli army killing children is a common occurrence.

We were treated to the usual excuse for the child killing:

Lieutenant Avi Levy, the area army commander, gave a guarded apology. "If we hit innocent Palestinians, I’m sorry for that," he said. "You have to remember that the (militant) groups fire from the cover of these heavily populated civilian areas."

So that's alright then....except that this "populated civilian area" was a strawberry field.