One of the constants in the public diplomacy campaign waged
against Israel is the willingness, if not enthusiastic desire, to either lie
outright or at the very least, assert unproven and wild accusations before any
review is conducted by the Arab side.
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Two years ago there was a tragic incident when a Jewish driver struck two young Arab girls. I blogged it then. It happened near where I live at the nearby Sinjil village.
Anyone who has driven that stretch of road knows that it is one-lane each way, no sidewalk or any proper or safe walkway along the road. And it happened at dusk
Here's from what the Permanent Observer Mission of "Palestine" submitted at the time to the UN:
Excellency,
Pursuant to my letter of 14 October 2014, I am compelled to place on record our
absolute condemnation of the criminal, deadly actions being perpetrated by
extremist terrorist settlers illegally transferred by Israel, the occupying
Power, to the Palestinian land, as well as continued Israeli incitement and
provocations against holy sites, in particular in East Jerusalem, in what
appear to be a deliberate attempts to exacerbate already-volatile tensions and
create further instability.
On a nearly daily basis, Israeli settlers continue with their terror rampages,
persisting with attacks on Palestinian civilians, destruction of properties,
and theft of land and natural resources. The latest terrorist crime by a
settler occurred yesterday, 20 October 2014, when a setter ran over two young
girls who were walking home from school in the West Bank town of Sinjil
in a so-called “hit and run” accident. Kindergarten student Inas
Khalil, age 5, and Nilin Asfour, age 8, had just gotten off the school bus and
were walking to their mothers who were waiting for them on the opposite side of
the street when an Israeli settler’s car rammed directly at them and sped away.
Inas and Nilin were both rushed to the hospital. Tragically,
5-year-old Inas was pronounced dead a couple of hours later, while Nilin still
remains in critical condition. We condemn this brutal act of Israeli
settler terrorism, and we call on the international community to unequivocally
condemn this and all other such attacks and terror against Palestinian children
under Israeli occupation.
It should also be mentioned, that this so-called “hit and run” accident has
become a reoccurring deadly practice by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian
civilian population.
But there was a difference.
The driver was an Arab.
Let me know if it makes the news and how it will be reported.
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UPDATE
It has been reported here as
وفاة مواطن في حادث دهس وقع قرب قرية سنجل
شمال رام الله
The death of a citizen in an accident hit and felled near the village of Sinjil north of Ramallah
No "terrorism". No purposeful killing.
Only Arabs involved.
