Jewish rage
Murdered Israelis seldom make the news, even when entire families get wiped out and even after infants in their cribs are shot at point-blank range.
On December, 7. 1993, an African American gentleman named Colin Ferguson stepped into a car of the Long Island Railroad during rush hour, took out a pistol and sprayed enough bullets to kill six passengers. Eventually, he was tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
But before that, his lawyer, the famed William M. Kunstler, tried to get him off by use of an old liberal tactic, “Root Cause”, with a new name, “Black Rage”. This killer, Ferguson, was entitled to go bonkers, according to Kunstler, because as a Black man in America, he had been disenfranchised and oppressed.
Liberals love the disenfranchised and the oppressed, and they especially love Root Cause. For everything, in other words, there is a season and a reason.
So, why are they not rushing to the defense of Eden Natan-Zada, the Israeli deserter who indeed committed an absolutely despicable act when he went berserk the other week and killed four Palestinian Arabs? First, the man is dead, so there is no one to defend in court, and second, Jews are not entitled to express themselves through rage. (Though there is a limit, as when the Jewish hornet’s nest gets stirred up once too often, and, with vigor that makes the world gasp, the IDF takes on five armies at a time.)
This killer (I hate using his name for all the damage he has done) was beaten to a pulp by an Arab mob, and that is to be expected. We expect that all right, but we do not expect a Jewish guy doing what he did. Still, what about Root Cause? Supposedly, he was ticked off about Ariel Sharon’s plan to uproot Jews from Gush Katif in Gaza.
Personally, I don’t buy that, because that’s the trick the jihadists use; first they kill, then they conveniently find the cause. But suppose this killer really was being oppressed and disenfranchised because of the uprooting? Shouldn’t he be defended and remembered as a victim? Where are the liberals when you need them?
They are in hiding. Jews, after all, are held to a higher standard. Just ask the leadership – not the membership, thank goodness — of certain church groups and they will tell you that Jews must be perfect. (Just as perfect as these church leaders themselves.) Anything less than perfection from Israel is unacceptable.
Therefore, as Pharaoh said, “Come, let us deal craftily with them.” Hence, the slavery process of yesteryear, to the disengagement process of this year.
“Come, let us punish the Jews, and keep on punishing them, for we know not what we do.”
Sharon himself demands perfection above democracy, and thus, three teenage Israeli girls were just released after serving 39 days in prison for protesting peacefully against Sharon’s expulsion plan. They were locked up for exercising their democratic rights, which is unlawful in a democracy, according to Sharon’s police and judges. Kafka, Ionesco and Orwell saw this coming, though never in a Jewish state.
Condoleezza Rice insists on perfection, and thus demands that Israel immediately hand over thousands of rifles to the same people who vow to annihilate Israel.
The world has thrown a party and Israel will surely comply and behave, because it does not want to be the only guest who uses the wrong fork.
This terrible crime committed by an Israeli against Arabs was, however, a splendid moment for the world, for now we were into moral relativism territory.
Gotcha!
For CNN, the BBC and so many others — what a relief to finally come upon an official, bankable Crazed Settler. Now we can define them all.
This guy, to the pleasure of so many newsrooms, came along just in time, in time to gloat and shout, “Aha! Told ya! They are not perfect, these Israelis.”
So how does Jewish terrorism measure against Arab terrorism?
Well, terrorism fans, it’s a draw. Over the past generation, 40 years and more, there’s been the killer of just this past week, then Baruch Goldstein, and then Ami Popper, and that’s it, the extent of Israeli terrorism. Against this: over the past four-plus years, Arab terrorists have targeted Jewish Israeli civilians more than 25,000 times. They have “succeeded” in murdering more than a thousand Israelis and wounding or maiming more than 10,000.
But the world counts all that as an even score. Actually, no. Wrong. The Israelis have the edge on the terrorism scorecard. Murdered Israelis seldom make the news, even when entire families get wiped out and even after infants in their cribs are shot at point-blank range. They certainly do not merit front page, and when they do, it is in the passive voice: “Four Israelis Shot Dead”.
The active voice is reserved for “Jewish Terrorist Kills Four Arabs In Shooting Spree!”
That is to keep reminding us that only Israel is guilty, in a world so blameless.
