Nadene Goldfoot
Evidently some Jewish extremists are breaking our own rules of ethics and have stepped over the line in their horrid arson attack today on a Palestinian family in Duma. They will be caught.
"Abbas said he had ordered his foreign minister to file a complaint at the International Criminal Court in The Hague."
My thoughts on this are that there have been horrible things that have happened to Israelis living in Judea and Samaria, and now something has turned and it has happened to a Palestinian family. Too bad we didn't turn to the Hague immediately. What was the reaction of everyone when a Jewish family was slaughtered in a very bloody attack several years ago? Remember that?
The Itamar attack, also called the Itamar massacre, was an attack on a Jewish family in the Israeli settlement of Itamar in the West Bank that took place on 11 March 2011, in which five members of the same family were murdered in their beds. The victims were the father Ehud (Udi) Fogel, the mother Ruth Fogel, and three of their six children—Yoav, 11, Elad, 4, and Hadas, the youngest, a three-month-old infant. According to David Ha'ivri, and as reported by multiple sources the infant was decapitated The settlement of Itamar had been the target of several murderous attacks before these killings .
Well, 2 wrongs don't make a right; ever. However, this is how we learn. If the Jewish family's death wasn't dealt with by the Palestinians in the manner in which Israel is now handling this case, it remained a festering sore in some Jewish teens' minds. It was also a time for a good sermon on why we can't turn around and do the same thing to Palestinians and why we're not like that. The arsonists didn't learn a thing except to copy their enemy. Isn't that what Golda Meier said that she hated?
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| Duma is in Samaria (Israel) near Nablus (Shechem in the Bible) more than Judea. Judea was created after King Solomon died from the southern half of Israel. The red dot did not transfer to this picture. |
"Abbas said he had ordered his foreign minister to file a complaint at the International Criminal Court in The Hague."
My thoughts on this are that there have been horrible things that have happened to Israelis living in Judea and Samaria, and now something has turned and it has happened to a Palestinian family. Too bad we didn't turn to the Hague immediately. What was the reaction of everyone when a Jewish family was slaughtered in a very bloody attack several years ago? Remember that?
The Itamar attack, also called the Itamar massacre, was an attack on a Jewish family in the Israeli settlement of Itamar in the West Bank that took place on 11 March 2011, in which five members of the same family were murdered in their beds. The victims were the father Ehud (Udi) Fogel, the mother Ruth Fogel, and three of their six children—Yoav, 11, Elad, 4, and Hadas, the youngest, a three-month-old infant. According to David Ha'ivri, and as reported by multiple sources the infant was decapitated The settlement of Itamar had been the target of several murderous attacks before these killings .
Well, 2 wrongs don't make a right; ever. However, this is how we learn. If the Jewish family's death wasn't dealt with by the Palestinians in the manner in which Israel is now handling this case, it remained a festering sore in some Jewish teens' minds. It was also a time for a good sermon on why we can't turn around and do the same thing to Palestinians and why we're not like that. The arsonists didn't learn a thing except to copy their enemy. Isn't that what Golda Meier said that she hated?
“We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.” She said that never dreaming that we would have a couple of Jewish copycats do a similar horrid deed.
From Israel's Daily Alert
- Prime Minister Condemns "Horrific, Heinous Terror Attack" on Palestinians - Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday forcefully condemned the arson attack on a Palestinian family - in which an infant was burned to death - as a "horrific, heinous" crime that is "a terror attack in every respect." Two homes in the Palestinian village of Duma, south of Nablus, were set alight, and Hebrew words spray-painted on their walls overnight Thursday, apparently by Jewish extremists. An 18-month-old child was killed in the attack, while his father, mother, and 4-year-old brother were injured. The mother was in critical condition.
The prime minister said he instructed the security forces to "use all the resources at their disposal to capture the killers and bring them to justice as soon as possible." He added that "The State of Israel deals forcefully with terror, regardless of who the perpetrators are." Netanyahu said the Israeli government was "unified in its fierce opposition to these awful, base acts." (Times of Israel)
See also Netanyahu Orders PA Be Updated on Israeli Efforts to Find Arsonists - Marissa Newman (Times of Israel)
See also Defense Minister Ya'alon: We Will Not Allow Jewish Terrorists to Harm Palestinians - Yaakov Lappin
Israeli officials, including Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, expressed their shock and outright condemnation of the terror attack in the Palestinian village of Duma. Ya'alon referred to the incident as "a most severe terrorist act that we cannot tolerate, and we condemn in every way," and he sent his condolences to the Dawabsha family.
He noted that all Israeli security forces are making a "supreme effort" to find those responsible, saying, "we will pursue them until we get our hands on them. We will not allow Jewish terrorists to harm the lives of Palestinians across Judea and Samaria. We will fight them in every way, with every tool at our disposal."
The IDF has deployed additional forces in the West Bank to maintain stability and respond to potential disturbances. "We are coordinating with PA security forces to calm the area," said IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz. (Jerusalem Post)- Resource: http://news.yahoo.com/israel-pm-calls-palestinian-toddler-death-act-terrorism-064132916.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itamar_attack
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duma,_Nablus
