There will never be peace

As long as the Palestinians lionize murderers like this, there will never be peace between them and Israel.

A sixteen-year-old Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier who was sleeping on a bus. The soldier died of his wounds. Why did the terrorist do it?

The assailant, identified in Palestinian media as Hussein Ghawdra, told security forces investigating his motive that two family members were imprisoned in Israel, police said.

And now there are three. But don’t worry, we’re sure that Hamas will do its best to make sure this murderer eventually goes free in a deal for an Israeli soldier or something like that. Because Palestinians are taught to honor murderers. And not just Palestinians.

Thirty-five years after she led a suicide attack that killed 38 Israeli civilians, the legend of Dalal Mughrabi lives on in the Palestinian territories, where she is venerated as a heroine.

Among other signs of devotion, children sings songs of praise about her and a government sponsored dance troupe bears her name.

“We grew up in school on the personality of this Palestinian female fighter,” Jordanian actress Najla Sahwil recently gushed in a television interview. “In first grade, I was throwing stones. In school we were nursed on the politics of Palestine, when we were little kids.”

With a society like this–with TV shows honoring murderers, soccer stadiums named after murderers, streets and parks named after murderers, and constant incitement and hatred of Israelis, it’s no wonder that a 16-year-old kid stabbed a sleeping 19-year-old kid to death. The hatred runs throughout Palestinian society, and the world utterly ignores it. Instead, they concentrate on the few bigots in Israel. Or settlements. Because oh, boy, the death toll by houses is huge. Really.