I suppose that might result in more celebrations in Gaza, passing out candy or whatever they do when their heroes murder innocent children. I would not look for folks like the International Solidarity Movement, Code Pink, Women in Black, Jewish Voice for Peace, or Students for Justice in Palestine to shed any tears.
A 16-year-old boy in a school bus. That's what the Palestinians do best.
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Your use of the definite article despoils what would otherwise be a sober commentary. "The Palestinians" did not kill Daniel Viflic, and more than "The Amish" did.
A specific group of individuals, either organized as part of Hamas, or as rivals to Hamas, did the killing.
Israel's biggest P.R. problem is failure to sort out their targets for retaliation. That IS more difficult when the cowards are hiding in civilian populations, but Israel generates more jihadists when it doesn't make the effort.
To be correct it was a Russian-made anti-tank rocket fired into clearly marked school bus that killed Daniel. Palestinians had nothing to do with Daniel's death except firing the weapon.
Thanks for clearing that up for us Siarlys.
Findalis, you need a remedial class in English grammar. Do you recall what "the definite article" is??? "The Palestinians" didn't kill the young man. One, or five, or ten individuals, who may have all been Palestinian, perhaps .000135 percent of the Palestinian population, fired the weapon.
Eric Rudoplh and Scott Roeder are natural born American citizens, but I didn't hear anyone say that "the Americans" shoot doctors who perform abortions. The two kids who committed the killings at Columbine were both natural born American citizens, but nobody says "The Americans kill high school students." And Jews ALWAYS scream when anyone insinuates that the killings of the Stern Gang were the acts of "The Jews."
Funny how you always bring up the Irgun and the Stern Gang. At the time they were denounced repeatedly in the Press and by Jewish leaders as gangsters and thugs. To join either one (Or the splinter groups) was to be alienated from your family. Families were torn over these groups. Father against son. Brother against brother, etc...
Contrast this with the Arabs. Does their media condemn these murderers? NO! Does the people condemn them? NO! In fact they praise them to their children as role models.
BTW both the Irgun and Stern Gangs went out of their way NOT to attack civilians especially children. The Arabs purposely attack civilians, especially children.
The Stern Gang targeted Arab civilians, on at least some occasions. As to the Irgun, can you clarify what sort of advance warning they provided so that civilians might be evacuated from the King David Hotel? I understand that the British military used a good part of the hotel, just as there were in fact munitions for Britain being shipped on the Lusitania.
However, Findalis has essentially made my point for me. No, the Stern gang did not constitute "The Jews," nor did the Irgun. Likewise, Hamas does not constitute "The Palestinians," much less a smaller splinter group.
25 minutes before the bombs were to go off the King David Hotel was warned by telephone. The British didn't believe the warning. Their arrogance and hubris did them in.
But you ignore my main point. The Jews did not rally around these gangs. They shun them.
Arabs not only rally around these murderers, but shower their families with gifts, cash, and hold them up as examples for their children to follow. A very big difference in attitudes of peoples.
SOME Jews DID rally round these gangs. They had support, and some of their members later held high positions in the Israeli government. The leadership of the Hagganah certainly denounced them, because the Hagganah was pursuing a different strategy.
Although there is no Palestinian equivalent of the Hagganah, there are Palestinians who arrest terrorists and promote economic development. Tarring them all with one broad brush is simply not productive.
Abdullah Gul's recent Op-Ed piece in the NY Times (I know, Gary doesn't read anything that appeared in the NY Times) is right on target:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/opinion/21gul.html?_r=1&ref=contributors
This is what it takes to give Israel security in the long term.
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