Any murder is wrong. To take the life of another human being for no legitimate purpose is sick and disgusting and never justifiable.
But when the murder victim is a child, it tugs on our heartstrings even more.
Meryl has angry words for the murderers of Meirav Hatuel, aged two, and her pregnant mother and three older sisters:
Meirav was two. She and Rebecca have something in common. They’re both Jewish. Meirav lived in a town in the Gaza Strip with her three sisters. Rebecca lives here in central Virginia with her three brothers. Rebecca giggles a lot, and dances a lot. I’ll bet that Meirav giggled and danced, too.
Meirav was two. She was killed by palestinian terrorists while strapped in her carseat in the back of her mother’s car. Meirav’s body was riddled with bullets. The terrorists shot Meirav, her nine-months-pregnant mother, and her three sisters at close range. Then they ran up to the car and shot each of them in the head — to make certain they were dead.
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Meirav was two. PA radio hailed her murderers as “heroic martyrs.”
Meirav was two. The palestinians celebrated throughout Gaza and the West Bank. Worse still, the murderers brought a video camera and recorded the deaths of the mother and children.
This is why I loathe them. This is why I don’t believe they want peace. This is why I have slowly but surely lost any sympathy I once had for the palestinians.
Rebecca is two. She is Jewish. If she were living in Gaza or the West Bank, she would be considered a legitimate target by the palestinians.
Meirav was two.
This was no case of an “innocent bystander” getting in the way. This was not an accident. No, this was a cold-blooded, deliberate attempt to murder an innocent woman and her children. I’m with Meryl on this one.
Update: Israpundit posted the e-mail address for anyone who wishes to send condolences to David Hatuel on the loss of his wife and daughters:
Expressions of sympathy for David Hatuel of Katif, whose wife and daughters were murdered by Palestinians, can be sent to him via his neighbor, Irit Ben-Aryeh, whose email address is abirit @ zahav.net.il
Hebrew preferred, but English would still be very much appreciated.
The equivalence will arrive shortly.
“Palestinian children have also died! It’s the exact same thing!”
Joe Geoghegan:
You said- “Palestinian children have also died! It’s the exact same thing!”
I reply- Oh, I understand, you mean the PA arabs kids that are used as human shields by those jihad cowards in order to protect them when they kill Jewish babies.Mind you, I suppose you also support the PA arabs who specialize in exploiting their own children, using them as human bombs to kill innocents.
Equivalence? What color is the sky on your planet?
Let me explain this for you, Cliffy:
I put that statement in quotes, because it’s the sort of tired and misleading response that always follows the atrocities of terrorists.
I was imputing the statement, you see, to the dissemblers who would like to suggest that the thugs who shot up the Hatuel family do not occupy a lower moral plane than the average IDF soldier.
i.e., I’m on your side of this debate.
The sky here in NYC was blue this morning, but now it’s gray-white and dreary.
Opps ,my sincerest apologies regarding my comments to you. Please understand that I am a little sensitive regarding the horrific acts being perpertrated on my fellow Jews in Montreal and the world these days! Guess I got a little jumpy and took your ‘quotes’ out of context.
Regards
Cliff in Montrea
Perfectly understandable, Cliff.