It would be good to force the media to be more accurate, too.
It would be good to force the media to be more accurate, too.
Just as revealing was the reaction from the European media. In the American press, you read things like: "An observer to the bomb-blast scene described a dead young girl, perhaps 10 or 12, lying on the ground with her eyes open, looking as if she was surprised." For Europe, on the other hand, the main significance of this development was that it was "unhelpful" to the "peace process". Before I'm accused of being more upset about dead Jewish than dead Muslim kids, let me say that I take people at their own estimation: in the Palestinian Authority schools, they teach their children about the glories of martyrdom; indeed, the careers guidance counsellor appears to have little information on alternative employment prospects; at social events, the moppets are dressed up as junior jihadi, with toy detonators and play bombs. It's not that I place less value on Palestinian lives, but that Chairman Arafat and his chums in Hamas do. So does Saddam Hussein, whose government (the subject of an admiring article in this week's Spectator) gives $25,000 to the family of each Palestinian suicide bomber. So does the Arab League, which at last year's summit passed a resolution hailing the "spirit of sacrifice" of the Palestinian "martyrs" and thus licensed Wednesday's massacre. As for the "peace process", those Europeans who, just a few months ago, were urging the Americans to cease operations for Ramadan evidently feel no compunction to demand from Chairman Arafat and his dark subsidiaries any similar "bombing pause" for Passover.
In the days after September 11, we were told that Muslims had great respect for their fellow "people of the book" - ie, Jews and Christians. This ought to be so: after all, the dramatis personae of the Koran include Abraham, Moses, David, John the Baptist, Jesus and the Virgin Mary. It's one thing to believe that the Israelis are occupiers and oppressors and that the Zionist state should not exist. But no Muslim with any understanding of his shared heritage could in good conscience blow up a Passover Seder. It marks a new low in the Palestinians' descent into nihilism - though, as usual, the silence of the imams is deafening. As for the nonchalance of the Europeans, that too should not surprise us: in my experience, the Continent's Christians, practising and nominal, find the ceremonies of Jewish life faintly creepy, notwithstanding that these were also the rituals by which their own Saviour lived.
But this year, when the Christians' solar calendar and the Jews' lunar calendar have coincided and Easter and Passover fall together, it's a safe bet that George W Bush will make the connection. The first time I ever heard him speak, he spoke openly about his faith and about Christ in a way that would be unimaginable for a British politician. He will know all the details - "the baby tried to crawl away, but it died, too".......................
Where is the UN as American citizens are assaulted in Germany,The silence is deafening, isn't it?
and Jewish synagogues burn in several countries of Europe?
FYI guys-aren't these photos incredible! Many thanks Diogenesis!
The West Bank, Gaza, Bethleham, Jericho, Ramallah, all of that is rightfully Israel's and should be inhabited only by Israeli citizens. It is insanity to allow a terrorist state to establish in those areas, especially after they have made clear time and again what their intentions are. If Israel withdraws it's tanks this time and does not mount an effort to push these "innocents" into neighboring countries, then they can kiss their nation goodbye.
It's like doing business with Lucifer
Oh, to dream. Bump for the reality check and heroes in the war on terror...
This is the worse anti-semite violence in Eurpoe since the Nazi's roamed there. Where, oh where, is the World outrage? I thought the Europeans where civilized now?
Shooter
Now that's a GUN!
Also got a kick out of the diminutive Philipino with the big ol' M-14, and so does he, most likely. :)