My Children Don’t Have This Hobby

Killed by a “hero” of the “Palestinian resistance"
Killed by a “hero” of the “Palestinian resistance”

In the New York Times, of course, Jodi Rudoren has another one of her now trademark gushing pieces on a “heroic” symbol of the “noble Palestinian resistance”. The poor little 17 year old stone thrower.

Rocks in Hand a Boy Fights for his West Bank Village

“Children have hobbies, and my hobby is throwing stones,” Muhammad explained weeks before his most recent arrest. “A day with a confrontation is better than a free day.”

You know what? I am pissed off that he’s being arrested by soldiers in the middle of the night for the umpteenth time. Because he should have been shot and killed already.

This kind of writing, humanising these damn savages with their rock throwing as if it’s some kind of noble endeavour, sickens me. The only reason they do this with rocks is they know we’d shoot them if they had guns.

Their intent is the same: wound or kill civilians. We should crush them and kill them and break their spirit with overwhelming force.

We stand accused of occupation anyway!

If you’re on Facebook, perhaps tell Jodi what you think of her public relations work  giving these murdering children a sympathetic portrayal.

Update, Arnold Roth sends me the following:

How sentimental – or acceptable in terms of journalistic integrity – is it that the Rudoren article describes the deaths of “a man and his 1-year-old son who died” (in fact Asher Palmer and his son Yonatan) without saying the ring leader of the gang hurling the “stones” was convicted of murder? And others from the same gang are on trial on similar charges?

Menuha Shvat, who has lived in a settlement near here since 1984, long ago lost count of the stones that have hit her car’s reinforced windows. “It’s crazy: I’m going to get pizza, and I’m driving through a war zone,” said Ms. Shvat, who knew a man and his 1-year-old son who died when their car flipped in 2011 after being pelted with stones on Road 60. “It’s a game that can kill.”

The killer is Wa’al Al-Araja and understanding his story is key to putting the morality tale of the “Abu Hashem boys” and their “hobby” into a grown-up context.

12 thoughts on “My Children Don’t Have This Hobby”

  1. Rudoren should have her credentials voided and her visa canceled, as she is a propagandist and not a journalist.

    1. ali is an idiot…

      but pretty cool that he reads this blog

      interesting that jodi and ali the pig only commented on brian’s posts, and neglected to note the myriad of jew hate posts on the same thread, that jodi the jew hater chose not to block

      also interesting that ali the filthy pig sees jodi’s column as commenting on the “pathology” of rock throwing, when it does just the opposite…it excuses and encourages it

      btw brian…it is apparent that the pig terrorist ali, by pointing out your travels is attempting to do you harm

      i hope you forward his article to the proper authorities…including the state dept, cia and fbi

  2. seems that jodi blocked me, brian and a few others for using “threatening” language. while she allowed the following person, to spew lies and bile

    Ian Scott Horst One way to stop stone throwers, end the occupation. Meanwhile, most of these commenters sound like klansmen defending lynching. The so-called settlers deserve every rock that is hurled their way.

    Ian Scott Horst So not surprised that a supporter of apartheid Israel can only think in crude ethnic terms. No, not German. Does that mean you agree with me that people with European surnames have no business taking land away from indigenous Palestinians?

    Ian Scott Horst Hilarious hasbara, Geoff Klein. Exhibit A, ladies and gentleman, a supporter of a state of immigrants has the nerve to accuse the Palestinians of being “foreigners.” Self-serving, blood-drenched lies.

  3. No matter what excuses or rationalizations Jodi comes up with, the fact remains that she is guilty of aiding and abetting thugs who specialize in stoning non-combatants with the premeditated goal of committing murder. In addition she whitewashes their crimes so that these criminals appear to be just teenagers enjoying themselves with their friends. As if that wasn’t bad enough, she posted a link to her article on Facebook and so gave a platform for some rabid anti-Semites to add their lies to Jodi’s. She should be ashamed of herself!

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