Choices
Aussie Dave | Sep 23, 2004 | 2 comments
Being human means having free choice. It is this that distinguishes us from the animals.
Yesterday’s suicide bombing at French Hill in Jerusalem is a stark illustration of people using their free choice to do good or evil. And it is also an example of extreme cowardice versus extreme bravery.
To the left is a picture of the terrorist, Zayneb Abu Salem, 18, from the Askar refugee camp in Nablus. She had apparently just passed her high school exams. But instead of trying to do something for the betterment of humanity, she chose to murder innocent people. Apologists will claim that she was desperate, and had no choice but to “resist the occupation.” If it was indeed the case that she had no choice, then she was, indeed, an animal. What is clear, though, is that she took the evil, coward’s road to what she thought would be paradise. But I suspect that the place she is now is far from utopic.
To the left is a picture of the victims of this heinous terrorist attack, IDF border policemen Menashe Komemi (19) and Mamoya Tahio (20). They chose to sacrifice themselves to save the lives of innocent people. According to eyewitness accounts, they barred the path of the bomber, in the process saving the lives of dozens of people, while signing their own death warrants.
The wide gulf between the terrorists and IDF has never been clearer.
Good versus evil.
Bravery versus cowardice.
May G-d bless our fallen heroes.
About the Author
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
My prayers are with the victims and their families. They are truly heroes. They are definately with God right now. I can’t say the same thing for the disgusting terrorist who took their lives. To say she’s an animal is an insult to most animals who have more respect for life than this demonic creature did. Rot in hell bitch!
God Bless Israel!
INN is reporting that the murderess was a children’s TV show host, and that her family owned the TV station where she worked: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=69329
Is it not misleading to report that she is “from the Askar refugee camp in Nablus”, if residents of the camp can set up their own TV stations? I would call that a pretty big clue that these people are no longer refugees in the traditional compassion-inducing sense. Talking about refugee camps brings to mind African tent-camps with no water or food, not solid buildings with municipal services and local TV stations.