Truce Is a Dirty Word

Whenever news reports come out of Israel about another suicide bombing, the word truce is used for some strange reason. How can you call it a truce when the unglorious, death loving suicide bombers keep trying to find ways of killing innocent people who are at malls? It makes a travesty out of the word and turns it into a word akin to f@@k.

Of course, for some strange reason, the news media likes to report these murdering inhuman beasts as "militants", "insurgents", and other inappropriate euphemisms. How can news reports keep saying the "truce" is threatened once again when Israel faces daily Kassam rocket attacks, suicide bombers who keep trying to get in and are stopped at the very necessary checkpoints?

There has never been a truce for Israel. Her citizens have to face daily the very real prospect of terrorist attacks. And yet, even in that atmosphere are able to hold together a vibrant, stable, innovative, and stable society. It makes you wonder how a movie such as Paradise Now could have possibly won a Golden Globe award. It speaks volumes that a movie that basically glorifies suicide bombers could win this award and so many other international awards.

Luckily, today's suicide bomber did not kill anyone. It wounded ten people standing in line at a food stand. A suicide bomber at a mall targeting innocents who are just trying to grab a snack. Remember that the next time you hear about criticism of the Israeli governments checkpoints, the security wall, and it's unwillingness to allow unrestricted travel between the Gaza and the West Bank.