A dark day for humanity
Why are these Palestinians, including children, celebrating? Because a terrorist group newly named after fallen Hezbollah kingpin Imad Mughniyeh sent a gunman into a rabbinical seminary last night and opened fire, killing eight and wounding nine as they studied the word of God and prepared for Purim. Thousands of Palestinians celebrated the massacre in the streets.
More from the AP, including the quote of the day:
"Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev harshly condemned the shooting and said the Palestinian government must take steps against the extremists — not just denounce their attacks.'Tonight's massacre in Jerusalem is a defining moment,' he told The Associated Press. 'It is clear that those people celebrating this bloodshed have shown themselves to be not only the enemies of Israel but of all of humanity.'
...Israeli defense officials said the attacker came from east Jerusalem, the predominantly Palestinian section of the city. Jerusalem's Palestinians have Israeli ID cards that give them freedom of movement inside Israel, unlike Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the attacker walked through the seminary's main gate and entered the library, where witnesses said some 80 people were gathered. He carried an assault rifle and pistol, and used both weapons in the attack. Rosenfeld said police were also searching for an explosives belt.
...Yehuda Meshi Zahav, head of the Zaka rescue service, entered the library after the attack. 'The whole building looked like a slaughterhouse. The floor was covered in blood. The students were in class at the time of the attack,' he said. 'The floors are littered with holy books covered in blood.'"
A picture tells a thousand words, and the photo accompanying your blog entry probably says even more.
One of the reasons Hamas holds as much power as they do is because they went out and won the hearts and minds of many Palestinians. They built hospitals, they built schools and they distributed aid, albeit limited aid. In any case, many Palestinians viewed it as being more aid than they received from Fatah.
Unfortunately, their schools preach hate. The kind of hate that makes their students dance in the streets when another country suffers a tragic loss.
Maybe someday this country will learn something from this, and divert some of the funds used for bombs and bullets for use in winning hearts and minds. Maybe we could even do it right.
"Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev harshly condemned the shooting and said the Palestinian government must take steps against the extremists — not just denounce their attacks."
That's what they were supposed to do in 1991. That's all they've ever been asked to do. They never have. They never will, as long as they know that the US will pressure Israel to cave in over and over again until they have no chance to defend themselves.