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Wall St Journal | 23 Sep | JAMES TARANTO
The World's Smallest Violin
Ariel Sharon's antiterror fence seems to be working out quite nicely; few Palestinian Arab terrorists have managed to get into Israel to blow up innocent people. But there are exceptions; yesterday an 18-year-old woman managed to penetrate Israel's capital city and murder two people while also blowing herself up.
The Reuters "news" service, predictably enough, responds with a weepy piece about the family that produced this savage:
Not a word of sympathy from Reuters about the families of the men she murdered. Meanwhile, Arutz Sheva reports that the murderer was the hostess of a children's television program, and her wealthy family owned the station on which she appeared. So much for poverty as the "root cause" of Palestinian barbarism.
Wall St Journal | 23 Sep | JAMES TARANTO
The World's Smallest Violin
Ariel Sharon's antiterror fence seems to be working out quite nicely; few Palestinian Arab terrorists have managed to get into Israel to blow up innocent people. But there are exceptions; yesterday an 18-year-old woman managed to penetrate Israel's capital city and murder two people while also blowing herself up.
The Reuters "news" service, predictably enough, responds with a weepy piece about the family that produced this savage:
Relatives of Zeinab Abu Salem had little time to absorb the shock after the 18-year-old blew herself up in a suicide attack in Jerusalem.
They rushed instead to empty the family home in the Palestinian refugee camp of Askar near the West Bank city of Nablus, expecting Israeli bulldozers to soon come to demolish it. . . .
Her father Ali, recovering from surgery to open clogged arteries, collapsed and was taken to hospital after learning of his daughter's death. . . .
Minutes later, Abu Salem's mother also passed out and was rushed to a local hospital.
"She had a second shock. It was not enough that she lost her daughter. Now she fears she will lose her husband," a neighbour said. "Look at the house, which is empty of her daughter, her husband and all its contents."
They rushed instead to empty the family home in the Palestinian refugee camp of Askar near the West Bank city of Nablus, expecting Israeli bulldozers to soon come to demolish it. . . .
Her father Ali, recovering from surgery to open clogged arteries, collapsed and was taken to hospital after learning of his daughter's death. . . .
Minutes later, Abu Salem's mother also passed out and was rushed to a local hospital.
"She had a second shock. It was not enough that she lost her daughter. Now she fears she will lose her husband," a neighbour said. "Look at the house, which is empty of her daughter, her husband and all its contents."
Not a word of sympathy from Reuters about the families of the men she murdered. Meanwhile, Arutz Sheva reports that the murderer was the hostess of a children's television program, and her wealthy family owned the station on which she appeared. So much for poverty as the "root cause" of Palestinian barbarism.
