To the pain of the collective Jewish heart over the inhuman murders of five members of the Fogel family of Itamar must be added a second stab: the world’s indifference. Israeli Jews especially if they are “settlers ” have been so dehumanized that the most brutal murders elicit barely a yawn.
In Gaza Palestinians ululated and passed out candies in celebration. That’s predictable. The world’s silence hurt more.
BBC TV did not find time for even one story on the slaughter. Its website mentioned it en passant in order to criticize Israel’s subsequent announcement of renewed settlement building but did not report the Gazan celebrations. The New York Times which can be counted on for a front-page photo of any Arab accidentally killed in an Israeli response to missile attacks on its cities ran no photos of the Fogel family.
Jewish blood is different. Here’s how Reuters described last week’s bombing at a bus stop in Jerusalem that killed one and wounded dozens of others: “Police said it was a ‘terrorist attack’ — Israel’s term for a Palestinian strike.”
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