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Skriven 2005-08-08 22:12:14 av Alan Hess
     Kommentar till en text av Tim Richardson
Ärende: Israeli terrorist
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You were right - the murderer was killed by a mob.  I found this column on
jewishworldreview.com about this horrible incident vs. when Israeli civilians
are killed by terrorists:

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Jewish World Review August 8, 2005 / 3 Menachem-Av, 5765

When an Israeli terrorizes

By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen

     
Israeli security forces inspect a bus, after an Israeli opened fire, killing
four
     

"Man bites dog" is indeed news. But leaving out pertinent context and
perspective is unquestionably bias



http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Has anyone besides me noticed any difference
between the way the terrible recent shooting of Israeli Arabs on a bus is being
portrayed in the press and the way similar situations are portrayed when the
terrorists are Palestinians?


In the stories coming out about this shooting, it is noted that this is the
third attack by individual Jews against Arab civilians since 1990. The third. I
guess that's why it's such big news. By comparison, the Palestinians shoot,
stab, blow up and otherwise kill Jewish civilians so regularly that no reporter
even tries to enumerate the attacks any more. The story on this shooting is
replete with descriptions of the bus' shattered glass, of blood on the seats,
of sad images of the victims' memorials.


There was a terrorist murder/suicide in Natanya a couple weeks ago that killed
four Israelis and wounded many others. Did you hear about it? Read anything
about the victims, their families, the bloody scene? The community's response?
Their funerals? Didn't think so.


The Aug. 5 Associated Press story about the shooting described how "an enraged
mob beat (the gunman) Natan-Zada, to death and prevented police from removing
his body from the bus for hours." It's a natural response by angry bystanders,
I guess, yet had the roles been reversed, righteously indignant mobs worldwide
would have flooded the streets in protest.


Also in stark contrast is the reaction of Israelis to the atrocity committed by
the 19-year-old AWOL private who killed four and wounded more than 20.


For instance, the report says, "Natan-Zada's body was being held at a morgue
after the military, his hometown of Rishon LeTzion and the extremist settlement
where he recently moved refused to bury him," because what he did was
repulsive, reprehensible and unjustifiable by Jewish law. The story notes that
Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon issued a statement condemning the attack
as "a despicable act by a bloodthirsty terrorist."


Compare this to the typical Palestinian response to terrorist killers, who are
routinely lauded as heroes, their images immortalized in posters and videos.
Candy is distributed in their honor. There is dancing in the streets. In fact,
this story notes that "dozens of women in the march chanted mournfully, 'Some
day we hope to die this way as martyrs, as martyrs.'"

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The gunman, the story says, was living in a settlement dominated by followers
of the late U.S.-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, who was widely perceived as a fascist
nut for "advocating expelling Arabs from Israel and the West Bank" - in other
words, for suggesting for Arabs living in Israel, pretty much what everyone
seems to think is perfectly natural for any Jews living in the
Palestinian-controlled territories.


The story notes that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called on Israel to
prevent Jewish settlers from carrying weapons, "because they are dangerous to
the security and peace between the two people." Hilarious.


The story also notes that "Israeli Arabs make up about 20 percent of Israel's
population of 6.9 million. Though they are full citizens, they have suffered
from discrimination by Jewish-dominated governments."


Let's examine that. The Israeli Arabs are full citizens of Israel. They vote.
They serve in the parliament. They are doctors and patients in Israeli
hospitals. They're students in Israeli universities. Anyone know how many
Jewish doctors or patients there are in Palestinian hospitals, or Jewish
students in Palestinian schools, or Jewish members of the Palestinian
Authority? Not only is such a suggestion laughable, as noted previously, most
of the world believes any Palestinian area must be "Jew free."


Many Israeli Arabs who recall the times before Israel was declared a state -
when the region was ruled by mandate by Britain or before that, by the Turks -
who would suggest that their lot under the Jews has been Eden-like by
comparison.


So to suggest, as this AP writer opines in her story, that "they have suffered
from discrimination by Jewish-dominated governments," is disingenuous and even
worse when one considers the fact that Israeli Jews can't even safely venture
into Palestinian areas. That the bus passengers didn't immediately panic when
an Israeli military deserter in uniform entered the bus, says the Jews don't
normally pose a threat.


The opposite cannot be said. 

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