PALESTINIAN JUSTICE:
LYNCHING
By
Samuel L. Blumenfeld
May
24, 2002
NewsWithViews.com
While
Palestinians are calling for an investigation of the fictitious massacre
in Jenin, no one will be investigating the wanton execution of three
Palestinians in Hebron without hearings or trials for suspected
collaboration with Israel. That
is known as lynching, defined in the dictionary as “murdering an accused
person by mob action and without lawful trial.”
But that is routine Palestinian justice, and that is not the first
time that such lynchings have taken place.
According
to the Boston Globe (4/24/02) “The three Palestinian men were rousted
from their beds yesterday morning, hands trussed behind their backs and
gags shoved in their mouths. Then they were shoved and yanked over to Salam Street, where
they were shot dead as a mob of their compatriots cheered and jeered. …
Even telling a Jew the name of the street on which you stand is a betrayal
of the people, one of the masked gunmen told onlookers at the execution
scene. … During the heavy fighting of the first three weeks of April,
militias summarily executed dozens of suspected informants, some simply
for having had business dealings with Israelis.”
The
Palestinian Authority has done nothing to curb this form of mob justice.
It reminds us of what happened early in the intifada when two
Israeli reservists happened to mistakenly drive into Palestinian territory
and were brutally murdered by a frenzied mob.
That “incident” has been forgotten by the media and the UN.
Yet,
the Palestinians are demanding that their gunmen holed up in the Church of
the Nativity should be handed over to the Palestinian Authority for trial
in Gaza, where no doubt they will be acquitted as patriots.
Israel is anxious to arrest about 30 of the gunmen, wanted for
deadly attacks on Israelis, but apparently about 13 of them will be exiled
to Italy. And who knows what
will happen to them once they get to Italy, that’s if Italy will take
them.
We
don’t expect the UN, or Europeans, or Palestinian sympathizers to be
concerned with Palestinian justice as practiced against other
Palestinians. Their only
concern is what Israel does in its own defense against the barbarism of
their Arab neighbors.
During
the standoff, three Armenian Orthodox priests managed to escape from the
church with the help of Israeli troops when they hung a sign from a window
away from the gunmen which read, “Please help us.”
After they escaped they reported that the militants smashed
crucifixes, urinated on relics, and destroyed furniture and glass.
The priests themselves, dehydrated and starved, were treated in a
rough, threatening manner by the gunmen.
But once the historic church is evacuated, we shall have a chance
to see what actually took place inside.
It is
becoming more and more obvious that the only way that Palestinians and
Israelis can ever become reconciled is if a new leadership develops among
the Palestinians. The present
leadership represents the self-destructive, barbaric policies of Yasser
Arafat and his terrorist minions. There can be no peace as long as Arafat remains the leader of
the Palestinians. Obviously,
there are many rational Palestinians who would like to make peace with the
Israelis, but they don’t dare say a word or make a move while the lynch
mobs rule the territory.
We
have been told over and over again by the Palestinians that there can be
no peace as long as Israeli settlements remain in the West Bank and Gaza.
A million Arabs live in Israel, so why can’t 200,000 Jews live in
the West Bank and Gaza? Why
must Arab Palestine be Judenrein? The
settlements were built on unoccupied land and did not displace any Arab
towns or villages. With Israel being as small as it is, the settlements are
little more than suburbs of Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.
Besides, both Samaria and Judea are just as much part of the
Promised Land as the rest of Israel.
Jews have as much right to live there as the Arabs.
But
since Arafat has done everything in his power to whip up the most bitter
and murderous hatred of Jews among Palestinians, the likelihood of peace
in the near future seems quite remote.
Meanwhile, another suicide bomber has killed at least 15 young
Israelis in a gaming hall and wounded about 60 others, and Prime Minister
Sharon has cut short his visit to the U.S. and returned to Israel.
It is obvious that the military incursion in the West Bank did not
completely wipe out the terrorist network.
Which means that Israel may have to reoccupy the entire West Bank
in order to assure security for its own people.
The Palestinian Authority failed to become a viable, democratic
government worthy of running a sovereign state.
There can be no statehood as long as its future leaders are
terrorists.
© Samuel L.
Blumenfeld - All Rights Reserved
Samuel L. Blumenfeld
is the author of eight books on education, including “Is Public
Education Necessary?” and “The Whole Language/OBE Fraud,” published
by The Paradigm Company, 208-322-4440.
His reading instruction program, “Alpha-Phonics,” is available
by writing The Tutoring Company, P.O. Box 540111, Waltham,
MA 02454-0111. www.alpha-phonics.com
www.howtotutor.com
