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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-714788
Palestinian Response to Terror on Israelis Shows Why Peace Is Impossible
(Jerusalem Post) Editorial - Much can be learned about people by understanding who their heroes are. When a Palestinian terrorist went on a shooting spree in Jerusalem early Sunday, wounding eight innocent people including a pregnant American Jewish woman, the reaction of a segment of Palestinian society is to term the operation "heroic," thereby coronating its perpetrator a hero. How is peace possible with those who view as heroic the shooting of a pregnant woman? What kind of accommodation can possibly be made with those who view such a despicable act as heroic? The predictable counterargument is that Israelis also kill Palestinians. Yes, unfortunately, some Palestinian civilians were killed last week by the IDF in Gaza. But those deaths - deeply regrettable - were the unintentional results of legitimate actions of self-defense. And, unfortunately, there have been cases of Jewish terrorism. But to compare the numbers is as outlandish as it is ludicrous. When there are those few instances of Jewish terror, they are unequivocally and forcefully condemned by the officials of the state, as well as by the vast majority of the country repulsed by such action. When the only voices Israelis hear after Palestinian attacks are those of men distributing celebratory sweets, or praising the actions as heroic and calling for more and more and more, then any talk of accommodation seems discouragingly remote and hollow.