Imagine if Jews or Christians had set fire to a Muslim holy site: the international outcry would be deafening. But no one will take any particular note of this. Even while loudly insisting that any concern about jihad terror, rather than non-specific “violent extremism,” is “Islamophobic,” the mainstream media and international human rights organizations expect Muslims to behave violently in a way they do not expect of other groups.
“Joseph’s Tomb set ablaze by Palestinian rioters,” The Jerusalem Post, October 16, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
Palestinian rioters attempted set fire to the Joseph’s Tomb compound in Nablus on Friday morning according to reports by Israel radio.
The crowds were dispersed and the fire was brought under control by Palestinian police before IDF forces arrived on the scene.
The tomb site suffered severe damage from the fire. There were no reports of injuries.
This incident came following a day of relative calm in Israel after several weeks of increased violence attacks across the country.
On Thursday night Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to stop inciting Palestinians to attack Israelis with knives and axes, in a press conference given in Jerusalem.
“Abu Mazen [Abbas] is inciting murder,” Netanyahu charged as he called on the international community to stop excusing the Palestinian leader’s actions.
The violence is the direct result of false Palestinian charges that Israel is attempting to take over the Temple Mount and is executing Palestinians, Netanyahu said at the press event designed to present Israel’s case to the world.
He spoke just one day after Abbas delivered a speech on both points and then claimed that Israel had killed Ahmed Manasra, 13. The young teen along with his 15-year old cousin had stabbed a 13-year old Israeli in Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood on Tuesday.
On Thursday Israel released photographs of the boy in pajamas with a bandaged on his head, recovering at Hadassah Medical Center.
“First of all he (Manasra) is not dead, he is alive. Second, he is not innocent. He tried to kill, murder – knife to death an innocent Israel youngster, 13 years old, riding his bike,” said Netanyahu.
“The only way we can fight this big lie all the other lies that are hurled at Israel and spread on Palestinian social networks is to tell the truth,” said Netanyahu.
He added that he expects the international community to condemn Palestinian incitement to murder.
Don’t hold your breath, Prime Minister.