I should add that the CBC is not the only major news organization that expresses this kind of anti Israel bias. They are only the latest!
Now that I got that off my chest… I am still in state of shock over what happened there. This butchery took place in a Shul in Har Nof, an Orthodox section of Jerusalem. 4 religious Jews were attacked by 2 Palestinian terrorists and were killed while they were in the middle of prayer. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has already claimed credit for it.
One of them, Rabbi Moshe Twersky was a Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Moshe Meiselman’s Yeshiva – Toras Moshe. He is a grandson of Rav Soloveitchik!
A fifth victim died as a result of wounds received after arriving at the scene. He was an Israeli police officer who responded to the attack. The 2 terrorists were killed in a shootout.
I have relatives that live right in that area. Rav Moshe Sternbuch lives there. It could have been any one of them.
I don’t know how the families of these four Jews can deal with what – so suddenly and so unexpectedly – just happened to them. One moment their son/husband/father/grandfather is alive in Shul where he Davens every day at that time. And the next thing you know he is covered in blood lying dead on the floor.
I can’t begin to imagine the pain these families must be going through. These people are not the extremist ‘price tagger’ types that live in remote areas of the West Bank. They are normal everyday people like you and me. Jews going about their daily affairs. The thought of terrorism is the furthest thing from their minds. They rarely if ever think about the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. For them it is a remote story happening somewhere on the West Bank – a place where they never go. Har Nof is a peaceful place nowhere near the West Bank. It is not the most likely target of a terrorist attack. I don’t think Har Nof has ever experienced anything like this before.
It has been quite awhile since there has been anything like this in Israel. Terrorism has been curbed by the extraordinary measures taken by the Israeli government. Like building a protective wall of separation between the West Bank and Israel proper. But nothing is foolproof. Aas we learned today. The hard way, Rachmana Litzlan – may the Merciful One protect us.
I have no clue how Israel can protect itself from these kinds of terrorists. Perhaps police or security guards should be placed at the entrances of every single Shul in Israel when people are there. I don’t know. What I do know is that there has to be something that can be done to stop it. Because the people of Israel have the same right to live in peace and security as we in America do.