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Sunday Mar 09, 2008
Posted by Sherri Mandell
The Palestinians threw candy when they heard that 8 yeshiva students were murdered at Mercaz ha Rav; the mother of the terrorist rejoiced that her son was a suicide bomber. The aunt and uncle in Jordan erected a mourning tent, inordinately proud of their nephew, the hero, who cold-bloodedly targeted Jewish teenagers and a young man in the sight of his rifle.
Among some Palestinian people, there exists a murderous lack of respect not only for the lives of Israelis, but also for their own children. This depravity, this lack of decency should not be condoned in any way. But it is. Too many newspapers and news services, including the AP do, referring to the terrorist as a "militant."
We can hope that eventually people will recognize evil - it's not only that there are Palestinians killers but also too many in their society rejoice when they kill innocent Israeli children. New York Times, put this in your cycle of violence-- find me a Jewish family that is throwing a party when innocent Palestinian children are inadvertently killed because the Israeli army attacks those in Gaza who shoot Kassam (named after an Arab fighter in the 1930s) rockets into our cities. Find me a Jewish family that celebrates death.
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Valerie, Israel: Visiting the consulate in Jerusalem has always been a nightmare for me. Recently it has changed to making appointments to get your passports renewed, and is much smoother. Altho I also had to go to the social security office at the consulate recently, i looked it up on the website and there was no mention of anything Israeli, a week before Rosh Hashana...I was also surprised...the social security office doesn't need an appointment and after the thorough security check, which was unpleasant, the clerk was quite helpful...
I agree w/Sherri about not feeling welcome...and hope it gets better..
Jerry, Florida: Lowell: youre right. Passport-losing visitors (like me) get expedited service. Olim need on-line appointments. Ben: because I praised our consulate 1 day after Hag and disagreed (politely, not harshly), with a known righteous woman, Im therefore not religious? Amazing ad-hominem shtuyot. Rx: Logic 101. For Seth our consulate is a racist, anti-Semitic, disgusting perversion, oy vey. (4 slanderous epithets.) The only obnoxious behavior I saw was by kvetchers in line, some sporting kippot. I saw consular staff treat all equally: the bare-headed, the kippa'd, and the hijab'd.
Lowell Blackman, Ramat Ilan, Israel: Poor Sherry. But let us be honest: the Consul General in Jerusalem really serves as the ambassador for the Palestinian state-in-waiting and that, in part, goes a long way to explaining a subtle, but perceptible air of unfriendliness towards American residents in Israel especially those from the territories. A quick look at the post-State Dept careers of a number of former consuls in Jerusalem tells the story. To wit, there is Edward Abingdon, who almost immediately became a chief lobbyist for Yasser Arafat and the PA and a harsh, mean-spirited critic of Israel.
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