Four Palestinian toddlers were killed this week. Instead of focusing on the question of whether or not the deaths were accidental (some certainly were) and instead of asking ourselves who bears ultimate responsibility for their deaths, lets just remember the spasm of grief that enveloped lsrael last week following the discovery of the dead teenagers. Remember how much that hurt? Is it possible the Palestinians are experiencing similar despair over the death of these four toddlers, and the 11 other children killed last week and the 3 children killed during the search for the boys and the 1500 children killed dating back to 2001? Im ready to stipulate that each and every one of those deaths was legitimate. All 1500. The circumstances of those deaths isnt the point. And I assure you I am not trying to portray the IDF as monsters or child killers or to suggest they didnt do every thing they could to avoid killing those 1500 kids. Thats not what this is about. Im just asking you to remember what it feels like when a kid dies. Remember what it made you think. What it made you say. Think what you would do if there was no IDF to keep your fingernails clean and three of our kids were kidnapped and murdered every few weeks. Youd go a little crazy right? Thats all Im saying. Youd go a little crazy. I know I would... PS this isnt an argument against the war. You can be for the war and still feel grief or understand the grief of others when children die.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:35:02 +0000
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