Pure Evil

There is no possible rationalization or justification for these murders. They are barbaric, savage and inhuman and so are the people who commit them, the communities that enable them, the apologists that excuse them and the ideology that makes them possible. Stabbing children in their sleep because they are Israelis, settlers, Jews...it doesn't get any more barbarous than that. Slitting the throat of a three-month-old baby...the savagery and inhumanity is beyond words. Celebrating the commission of these murders...that's inhuman and beyond words too.

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Palestinians reacted to the murders by taking to the streets and celebrating and passing out candies and sweets. There were some tepid, insincere expressions of regret by the Palestinian leadership, in English not Arabic, but the overwhelming response of the Palestinian community, the Arab street if you will, was exhilaration and joy. Hamas even praised the attack and excused the murders because the victims were settlers. This brings the number of Israeli children killed since 2000 to 123. All of them were killed on purpose, not accidentally, every single one of them. Many of the killers have been glorified and are part of Palestinian folklore. Pure evil, that's what all of this is, pure evil. Jerry Philipson Comox, British Columbia, Canada

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