The family of a terror victim in Israel has asked bloggers aroundthe world to link to her memorial page. I’m honored to comply. Go to Remembering Shiri Negari, and be reminded that while we wave our hands and have high-level discussions about policy, real people with real lives bleed and die. It will give you perspective.
I do not doubt that there is real tragedy on the Palestinian side as well; when they stop trying to get my attention by killing Shiri’s, I’ll be happy to talk about it.
Link thanks to Ted Barlow.
Date: 09/19/2002 00:00:00 AM
Hello,Thank you all for helping us tell Shiri’s story.The point is that terrorists try to justify their horrible deeds in all sorts of ways, and they try ti convince the world that they are willing to sacrifice the most basic moral standarts for their “higher” cause, but in the end of the day all terrorists are evil ,and their actions can’t be justified.Thanks again,shiri’s cousin,Jerusalem
Date: 09/16/2002 00:00:00 AM
Actually, the point I was trying to make, and failed completely to make, was that you shifted gears between the Israeli individual and the Palestininan “they”. You could have commemorated a Palestinian victim without even softening your opposition to what “they” are doing, simply by commemorating (for example) commemorating the 18-year-old woman who was recently killed by the Palestinian Authority because her uncle (who was also lilled) had implicated her in Israeli intelligence work. Or you could have commemorated apolitical Palestinians who die because of the curfew. So what we got from you was a humane comment about real people with real lives (Israeli) followed immediately by the same old objectifying talk about “they” (the Palestinians).
Date: 09/16/2002 00:00:00 AM
…the horror…the horror…