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.
