Massacre of the Innocents

[Warph]

March 16, 2011|By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist


"The civilized mind struggles to make sense of such savagery."


"March 11, 2011 in Itamar, an Israeli settlement in the Samarian hills, terrorists infiltrated the home of Udi and Ruth Fogel and perpetrated a massacre of the innocents.

The killers started with Yoav, the Fogels' 11-year-old, and Elad, his 4-year-old brother. Yoav's throat was slit, and Elad was stabbed twice in the heart. Then the attackers murdered Ruth, knifing her as she came out of the bathroom. In the next room they killed Ruth's sleeping husband, Udi, and their infant daughter, Hadas. Apparently they didn't notice the last bedroom, where the two other boys, Ro'i, 8, and Yishai, 2, were asleep. It wasn't until half past midnight, when 12-year-old Tamar came home from a Friday night youth group, that the horrific slaughter was discovered. Much of the house was drenched in blood, and the 2-year-old was shaking his parents' bodies, crying for them to wake up.

(Very graphic pictures  -  Do not watch if you have a weak stomach)

What explains such unspeakable evil? What sort of human being deliberately butchers a sleeping baby, or plunges a knife into a toddler's heart?

As news of the massacre in Itamar spread, candy and pastries were handed out in Gaza in celebration. The Al-Qassam Brigades, a branch of Hamas, argued that the murder of Israeli settlers was permitted by international law. A day later it changed its tune, insisted that "harming children is not part of Hamas's policy," and suggested instead that the massacre might have been committed by Jews."  

Rest of story:  http://articles.boston.com/2011-03-16/bostonglobe/29350034_1_israeli-settlement-massacre-tali-hatuel

[Varmit]

I guess it would have made all the difference if they would have used smart bombs, or malnutritution and starvation via direct targeting and sancations aimed at limiting the amount of food and medical supplies that country could recieve?

[twirldoggy]

Both are tragedies.

[Varmit]

No doubt Twirl.  The sad part is that both are caused by stupid ideologies handed down in books that no one can prove are true.