Unbelievable what the New York Times will print as an Op Ed.
Seems all you have to do is slam Israel and you get space to spew: Etgar Keret asks “Do Israelis Still Care About Justice?”
Does he care about the truth? Was he too busy writing about the Tel Aviv rally to notice what was going on in the rest of the country?
The rally Keret rants about started on Shabbat, so of course, religious Jews could not attend. Naftali Bennett was not allowed to speak. There were other rallies all over the country. In Jerusalem, for a hot night and after Shabbat, there was a good size crowd and Israeli President Rivlin spoke.
There was even a rally in Gush Etzion where “settlers” and “Palestinians” together were protesting violence.
Justice? Caring? Has Keret been hiding under a rock to miss all the Israelis beating themselves up? The Knesset plenary is in a special session now. The Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem has made hospital visits to victims, Jewish and Arab.
So many have written on the events last week, but “Palestinians: The Difference between US and Them” from Gatestone Institute is worthy of mention.
Bassem Tawil writes:
- We Palestinians have failed to educate our people on the principles of tolerance and peace. Instead, we condone and applaud terrorism, especially when it is directed against Jews.We want the world to condemn terrorism only when it claims the lives of Palestinians.
- Abbas’s ambiguous, half-hearted condemnations of attacks by Palestinians against Israelis are only intended for public consumption and are primarily aimed at appeasing Western donors so that they will continue channeling funds to the Palestinian Authority. In addition, his condemnations seek to blame Israel for Palestinian terror attacks.
- Netanyahu’s strong and clear condemnation left me and other Palestinians wondering when was the last time we heard similar statements from our leaders. I cannot remember Abbas or any other Palestinian leader ever expressing shock and outrage over the killing of a Jew in a Palestinian terror attack, nor the last time a Palestinian official visited the Israeli victims of a Palestinian terror attack.
- Each time Abbas reluctantly condemns a Palestinian terror attack, he faces a wave of criticism from many Palestinians. Unlike the Israeli public, many Palestinians often rush to justify, and even welcome, terror attacks against Jews. Has there ever been a Palestinian activist who dared to hold a rally in a Palestinian city to condemn suicide bombings or the murder of an entire Jewish family? The Israeli president has good reason to feel ashamed for the murder of the baby. But when will we Palestinians ever have a sense of shame over the way we react to the murder of Jews?
Jerusalem Jane is not Jewish, but she lives in Jerusalem, and she gets it.
And let’s not forget Dave’s post.
Maybe the New York Times should listen to some different voices. Some of the opinions they are sharing now are outrageous. Or is that their strategy to get us out of our summer heat wave slump and write a response.