The massacre in Jerusalem
The perpetrator of the massacre of eight seminary students at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem on Thursday was a 25 yr old Palestinian Arab named Abu Ala Dhaim, from the village of Jebel Mukaber in East Jerusalem. He was the holder of an Israeli ID card, entitling him to travel and work freely in Israel. He is reported to have worked as a mini-bus driver in Jerusalem, possibly including for the Yeshiva that he attacked.
There is tragic irony in the situation where Western liberals criticize Israel for mistreating the inhabitants of East Jerusalem, while many of them work and travel freely in Jerusalem and elsewhere in Israel. Whenever the subject of Israel removing Israeli citizenship or rights from them comes up there are strong negative reactions from them, since they know they are better off in Israel than in any putative and disorganized, terrorist-controlled Palestinian State. Many of them receive Israeli welfare payments which are greater than most salaries (if you can find any work) in the PA. So they want it both ways, they want to be free to travel and work and receive welfare payments from Israel, but at the same time continue their hatred and murder of Israeli Jews. In life you can't have it both ways, or you shouldn't be able to.
The village of Jebel Mukaber has been surrounded and isolated while the police and security forces seach for any connections between Dhaim and terrorist organizations. His fiance and several of his friends have been arrested. Immediately after the attack a spokesman for Hamas in Gaza claimed crefit for the attack, but later another more senior spokesman denied it. This was after many countries around the world expressed their disgust at such a cowardly and murderous terrorist act.
The Yeshiva that was attacked is the "flagship" of Zionist Judaism in Israel. It was founded in 1928 by the Reb Abraham Isaac Kook who pioneered the acceptance of Zionism among the ultra-orthodox. As such it was a devastating blow to Orthodox Zionism in Israel, but will no doubt enhance the view that it is impossible to deal with the Palestinians since their culture remains so uncivilized. One question remains unanswered, was there a security guard at the Yeshiva and if not why not? If cafes and supermarkets have guards, was the Yeshiva depending on God alone to protect their precious occupants?
In Jordan, Dhaim's family were prevented by the security services from setting up a "mourning tent" in Amman that had both Hizbollah and Hamas flags on it. However, in more liberal Israel, a large mourning tent was set up in Jebel Mukaber and it contained the flags of both terorrist organizations. How is it that we allow this travesty, where the family of a terrorist are able to fly the flags of murderous terrorist organizations in what is supposedly Israeli territory. The Jordanians know better.
Friday, the eight Yeshiva students were buried all over Israel and their families and much of Israel mourned with them. The injured and maimed are still suffering in hospital. What will be the reaction of Israel and the IDF is uncertain, is this another blow we must take and accept, like the Jews of Europe in the 1930s?
There is tragic irony in the situation where Western liberals criticize Israel for mistreating the inhabitants of East Jerusalem, while many of them work and travel freely in Jerusalem and elsewhere in Israel. Whenever the subject of Israel removing Israeli citizenship or rights from them comes up there are strong negative reactions from them, since they know they are better off in Israel than in any putative and disorganized, terrorist-controlled Palestinian State. Many of them receive Israeli welfare payments which are greater than most salaries (if you can find any work) in the PA. So they want it both ways, they want to be free to travel and work and receive welfare payments from Israel, but at the same time continue their hatred and murder of Israeli Jews. In life you can't have it both ways, or you shouldn't be able to.
The village of Jebel Mukaber has been surrounded and isolated while the police and security forces seach for any connections between Dhaim and terrorist organizations. His fiance and several of his friends have been arrested. Immediately after the attack a spokesman for Hamas in Gaza claimed crefit for the attack, but later another more senior spokesman denied it. This was after many countries around the world expressed their disgust at such a cowardly and murderous terrorist act.
The Yeshiva that was attacked is the "flagship" of Zionist Judaism in Israel. It was founded in 1928 by the Reb Abraham Isaac Kook who pioneered the acceptance of Zionism among the ultra-orthodox. As such it was a devastating blow to Orthodox Zionism in Israel, but will no doubt enhance the view that it is impossible to deal with the Palestinians since their culture remains so uncivilized. One question remains unanswered, was there a security guard at the Yeshiva and if not why not? If cafes and supermarkets have guards, was the Yeshiva depending on God alone to protect their precious occupants?
In Jordan, Dhaim's family were prevented by the security services from setting up a "mourning tent" in Amman that had both Hizbollah and Hamas flags on it. However, in more liberal Israel, a large mourning tent was set up in Jebel Mukaber and it contained the flags of both terorrist organizations. How is it that we allow this travesty, where the family of a terrorist are able to fly the flags of murderous terrorist organizations in what is supposedly Israeli territory. The Jordanians know better.
Friday, the eight Yeshiva students were buried all over Israel and their families and much of Israel mourned with them. The injured and maimed are still suffering in hospital. What will be the reaction of Israel and the IDF is uncertain, is this another blow we must take and accept, like the Jews of Europe in the 1930s?
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