Palestinian Terrorists Slay An Entire Israeli Family In Their Sleep. Warning - graphic imagery in the video of the slaughter of Rabbi Udi Fogel (36), his wife Ruth (34), 11-year-old Yoav, four-year-old Elad and three-month-old Hadas:
For those who can't watch the video, the story is here, from the Jawa Report:
They quote a Hamas military arm justifying the attack: "According to the International law Palestinian resistance factions have the full right to resist any kind of occupation on the land of Palestine, as well as the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people in West Bank and Gaza grant the Palestinian resistance factions to use all tools and means of resistance against the Israeli occupation forces and the armed Israeli settlers."
Jawa responds:
Armed? Is a(n) infant armed?
More from Claire Berlinski on Ricochet:
A detail that wasn't widely reported, or reported anywhere that I've seen, is that their newborn baby was decapitated....One very quick point I'll make is that this was clearly not a family above all of "settlers"--some alien species that exists primarily as a political bargaining point--but of human beings. In the home next door to the one that was invaded, kids' clothing was hanging on the line next to a child's bicycle. You simply cannot look at that and think, "This story is above all about land and politics." This story is above all about murder. They were children and they were murdered. Two more children were orphaned. The children were targeted deliberately. This was a premeditated murder--not a crime of passion or self-defense--and it was a psychotically savage crime. Anyone who in any way tries to rationalize or minimize this or to suggest that this is a fitting punishment for anything needs to go out and look at a three-month-old baby and ask himself what it would take to climb over a fence, climb in a window, and cut off that child's head. If that act seems an "understandable" reaction to a political grievance to him, I don't think we can have much of a conversation.
Barbarians.
Gazans celebrated the murder by taking to the streets and handing out sweets and candy.
Barbarians.
Official Palestinian Authority TV says killing Jews is mandatory. A lecturer uses the Hadith, words and deeds attributed to Mohammed, to demand this genocide, blogs Robert Spencer on Jihadwatch. The lecturer backs up this demand by quoting one of the many odious passages in the Quran:
Mohammed said in his Hadith: "The Hour [Day of Resurrection] will not arrive until you fight the Jews, [until a Jew will hide behind a rock or tree] and the rock and the tree will say: 'Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!'"
Sure, there are many odious passages in the Bible, but how many of you Christians are going over in the dead of night to slaughter your neighbors for adultery or for the biblical fashion crime of wearing two different fabrics?
More from Phyllis Chesler:
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/03/13/natural-disasters-palestinian-barbarism/2/
Amy Alkon at March 14, 2011 6:46 AM
I can't even come up with a comment to decribe how disgusted I am with the whole thing. It nearly has me in tears. Armed Infant!? What the hell?!
Sabrina at March 14, 2011 7:15 AM
When I see the word "barbarian" my minds eye sees frat boys like in animal house.
When I see the word "palistinian" my minds eye sees a rapid animal wobbling across my pasture and I go get my rifle.
Dave B at March 14, 2011 11:13 AM
So the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade has claimed responsibility. You know, Nobel Peace Prize winning Yasir Arafat's old group. I truly hope Israel's response is swift and extreme.
Eric at March 14, 2011 12:10 PM
s/h/b rabid not rapid. Only time, not even coffee, eases the one hour change.
Dave B at March 14, 2011 12:21 PM
That's pretty close to how they celebrated on Septbember 11th ten year ago.
Conan the Grammarian at March 14, 2011 2:25 PM
If they're going to bring up "international law", I'd like them to cite it*.
Tell me which "law" it is that allows "all means"?
Because if there's one thing that the "traditions and laws of war", as well as "international law" do, it's limit the means by which one can fight.
(* No, I don't expect 'em to, especially because in this case they can't, since no "international law" actually does what they say, even if we granted that the set of "international law" had any real validity.
But still, when it's trotted out, it should be pushed back against.)
Sigivald at March 14, 2011 2:54 PM
The Pali culture is a death cult. They kill because it's there idea of fun. Higher purposes are cited only for the benefit of Western pseudo-intellectuals and the fifth columnists who fund the whole enterprise. When the media reports on something like this non-critically (or better yet, tries to suppress the news of it), they are telling you, "You deserve to die, because you aren't one of us."
Cousin Dave at March 14, 2011 3:34 PM
Too bad they are too close together to use the preferred weapon -- nukes.
I say nuke 'em till they glow and bend them over and use their asses for runway lights.
Jim P. at March 14, 2011 8:03 PM
I thought I was going to see an actual video of the brutal murder of an entire family. All I got to see were some gory crime scene photos. I feel cheated.
Mike Hunter at March 14, 2011 9:14 PM
Dennis Prager (who I don't always agree with) had a nice commentary about this:
The other tsunami
It is very difficult to hate babies. It takes a special person. As morally wrong as it is to murder innocent adults, mankind seems to have a built-in revulsion against killing babies. If a baby does not evoke any tenderness, if a baby is regarded as worthy of being deliberately hurt or murdered, we know that we have encountered a degree of evil that few humans – even among murderers – can relate to.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=275189
Trust at March 15, 2011 9:12 PM
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