Hi Ramzi, You are quite right about the PA being as democratic as Israel and Lebanon; it was my oversight. I guess I was thinking more of a similarity in "liberal" democracies, but that is also debatable and you are right to bring the point to my attention. I will check with the bureau chief of Al Jazeera in Ramallah about the incident you describe and see if the Israeli army has a response. I'll send the information to you by email.