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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Ken Besig, Kiryat Arba, Israel: Dear Mr. Ben Ami,
When was the last time there was a demonstration against the Kassam rocket attacks on Sderot in Haifa, Tel Aviv or Jerusalem? Well, there haven't been any. All your self righteous talk of how "close knit" Israeli society is is just that, hot air. Moreover, your rather strange criticism of a Jew in Chicago who dares comment on Israeli government policy just goes to show what I stated, in modern Israel most Israelis are selfish, superficial, and only care about themselves, and the rest of the country can go hang.
Ben Ami: From Roz-Chicago, USA: "How do we convince our secular leaders, who are largely devoid of Jewish values, to do what is right." Firstly, Roz, as long as you write from Chicago, these are not your "secular leaders". Come to Israel and share the danger and risk with us, and we will then listen to what you have to say. In particular, your claim that the Israel leadership is "devoid of Jewish values" demonstrates a remarkable degree of ignorance. There are much more "Jewish values" in the leadership of Israel than in people who send us their advice from the comfort of their Chicago homes.
Roz-Chicago, USA: The Mandells are absolutely right, based on common sense, and the Torah's perspective. But the families of captive Israelis, understandably, feel that any price to redeem their beloved captives is not too high. From an emotional stance, we can empathize, but the Torah/Chazal well understood that following an emotional perspective wiil only lead to further, and greater, trouble. But how do we convince our secular leaders, who are largely devoid of Jewish values, to do what is right, and have the courage to face, and strengthen, the grieving families while saying no to them?
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