Haaretz reports on the latest Israeli “price tag” attack against Palestinians:
Vandals set fire to a mosque early Wednesday morning in the Palestinian village Deir Istiya in the northern West Bank, in a suspected hate crime by Jewish vandals. Light damage was caused to the door of the mosque as the fire did not spread.
Palestinian residents report graffiti sprayed on the mosque with the messages: “Arabs out, “Hi from Qusra’ and “Revenge for spilled blood in Qusra.”
The attack would seem to be in response to the incident last week when Palestinians in the West Bank village of Qusra thwarted an attack and took the invading settlers captive for a couple hours.
The Independent reports that according to figures from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs the rate of settler attacks on Palestinians have quadrupled in the last eights year, “buttressing claims that Israeli security forces have largely failed to stem the so-called “price tag” campaign.” The UN reports there have been a total of 2,100 price tag attacks since 2006 with yearly totals up from 115 in 2006 to 399 in 2013.
The terminology needs to be changed particularly within the MSM. They aren’t settler or price tag attacks.
They are Israeli terrorist attacks.
“buttressing claims that Israeli security forces have largely failed to stem the so-called “price tag” campaign.”
Hellfire, the IOF/ Israeli government/Moshe Ya’alon enable these attacks, protect the settlers, and nothing is done to prosecute either of the terrorist groups. What happened when the “settlers” were “picked on” in Qusra was that the eternal victimhood lament (by Kahane’s odious, terrorist grandson) went out that the terrorist, illegal settlers were not allowed proper weapons……..so that they are allowed to kill/destroy/thieve at will.
In the US, should such a crime be committed against a Synagogue, can you imagine the fury, the media coverage, the hunting down of the perpetrators? From Israel? *deafening silence*.
That hits home more than usual. Deir Istiya, a lovely village with great people, was one of the ones I stayed in when I was with the ISM years ago. Alhamdulillah the fire did not spread.
Photo of Deir Istiya (taken by me):
http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Dayr_Istiya_967/Dayr_Istiya-13552.jpg
“The Independent reports that according to figures from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs the rate of settler attacks on Palestinians have quadrupled in the last eights year, “buttressing claims that Israeli security forces have largely failed to stem the so-called “price tag” campaign.” The UN reports there have been a total of 2,100 price tag attacks since 2006 with yearly totals up from 115 in 2006 to 399 in 2013.”
Rachel Maddow will not be giving this a minute on her program. But if this were about Israeli places of worship being attacked those so called progressives on MSNBC would more than likely give it a minute
If boycotting a country or making an arm gesture are considered so very terrible, then just how should setting fire to a place of worship and painting bigoted graffiti be viewed?
I somehow think that on the hasbara moral continuum, the last is considered far less terrible than the first two.