….read this facebook entry I posted 8 years ago today, and know better:
Yesterday we found out that a 17 year old Palestinian Arab teenager broke into a Jewish family’s home and stabbed their 13 year old daughter – Hallel Yaffa Ariel, an American citizen – to death. When he tried to do the same to a security guard he was shot to death.
This is a continuation of the Palestinian Arab “knife intifada” in which about 40 Israeli citizens have been stabbed to death while doing nothing but living their lives – in their homes, on the street and in restaurants. Well over 100 more have been injured.
The 17 year old murderer was immediately celebrated by the “moderate” Palestinian Arab fatah government, and his mother proudly proclaimed how thrilled she was that he died as a “shahid” (martyr) – which, apparently includes the brave, courageous act of stabbing a sleeping 13 year old girl.
Any doubt about where he learned to hate this way?
Following is the entire coverage of this sick, depraved action and the joyous response of Palestinian Arab leadership, by our network news shows:
ABC – nothing.
CBS – nothing.
NBC – nothing.
Either these newsrooms hate Israel as much as most Palestinian Arabs do,
or they are afraid of offending President Obama – who, of course, had nothing to say about it (hey, the kid was in Israel, right?),
or they are committed to treating Palestinian Arabs as a subhuman species, not capable of behaving to human norms and therefore not responsible for the depravities committed by murderers like this hate-filled 17 year old.
Personally, my opinion is option #3.
When you expect nothing from a group of people, they cannot be held responsible for the way they behave. They can only be pitied as an aggrieved party when something is done about it.
If Israel, tired of watching its people’s blood spilled and of Palestinian Arab “leadership” celebrating when it happens, decides to take remedial action of some kind, do you doubt there will be network coverage?
Think about it.
End of blog.
