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It's no secret that the death tolls in the Israel-Palestine conflict are lopsided, with Palestinians  far more likely to be killed  than Israelis. But just how lopsided is driven home by looking at the month-to-month fatality statistics, which the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem has been  tracking  since September 2000. Those numbers also tell some important stories about the conflict, how it's changed, and maybe where it's going. You'll notice right away that the overwhelming majority of the deaths are Palestinian, and have been for the almost 14 years since B'Tselem began tracking. Overall, the group has recorded 8,166 conflict-related deaths, of which 7,065 are Palestinian and 1,101 Israeli. That means 87 percent of deaths have been Palestinian and only 13 percent Israeli. Put another way, for every 15 people killed in the conflict, 13 are Palestinian and two are Israeli. (Statistics for the past two months are from United Nations  Office for t

After Gaza slaughter, Buttigieg praised Israeli security responses as ‘moving’ and faulted Democrats for easy judgment Features US Politics   Last   May, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg went to Israel with the American Jewish Committee and two weeks later discussed his trip  with that organization.  At the time Israel was killing Palestinian protesters at the Gaza fence– 60 on one day  within days  of Buttigieg’s visit,  getting global attention  — yet Buttigieg repeatedly praised Israel’s security arrangements as “moving” and “clear-eyed”, said the U.S. could learn something from them, and blamed Palestinians and Hamas for the “misery” in Gaza. He also faulted fellow Democrats for making snap judgments based on “90-second cable news versions of what’s going on over there.” Buttigieg, 37, a former Navy intelligence officer, is today a rising star in the Democratic presidential field as a midwestern mayor with a reputation for intelligence and pragmatism. In his 22-minute d