There has been published a photo of Palestinian boy seen through cross-hairs of sniper's riffle on Instagram page. The first media to publish the story was Israeli one. Several hours later it is in most papers I took the trouble to look and of course with a lot of outrage.
There should never be such a photo made and investigation into the matter (already started) is necessary.
Yet I can't help but compare this situation, outrageous as it is, with authorities opening inquiry and Israeli media writing about it with the conduct of Palestinian authorities naming streets, squares or schools after terrorists, paying rents to families of terrorists doing their time in Israeli prisons or to the families of suicide-bombers (quite often money that are given to them as humanitarian help). Who praise and glorify killing of Jews.
There is no country, territory or nation always righteous, 100% good. Maybe in some worse fairy tales ;). The test of peace-inclination or democratization or equality is how law and authorities treat people.
Are they equal in the eyes of law? May they study, work, pay equal taxes, be protected by police? Will their crimes and misconducts be treated seriously or will it depend against whom they were aimed?
Israel gives equal rights to all her citizens and treats crimes against Arabs just as one against Jews, against Christians just as those against Haredim and so on.
PA authorities call for Jew-free Palestine, call for murder of Jews, praise terrorists and pay them good money.
Yet it is Israeli authorities that get bad opinion and are harassed by media.
Just a reflection.....
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