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State Dept: Throwing Molotov Cocktails at Jews Not Terrorism

Posted By Daniel Greenfield On October 28, 2014 @ 8:26 am In The Point | 9 Comments

Okay then. Good to know.

For those keeping track of the State Department’s moral arc…

1. Throwing Molotov cocktails at Jews = just fine

2. Jews moving into a neighborhood that Muslims consider their exclusive property = proof that Israel doesn’t want peace

The Obama administration insisted Monday that a Palestinian who was killed by the IDF while attempting to throw a Molotov cocktail at Israeli civilians is not a terrorist.

The Palestinian, a teenager with U.S. citizenship, was shot on Friday and buried this weekend wearing a green Hamas headband. The Obama administration said in a statement on Friday that it “expresses its deepest condolences to the family.”

At a State Department briefing today, Associated Press reporter Matt Lee asked spokesman Jen Psaki whether it is appropriate to offer deepest condolences to the family of someone killed while attempting to carry out an attack on civilians.

“There are reports … that [the Palestinian teenager] was throwing Molotov cocktails at cars on a highway, and I’m wondering, if that is the case, would you still have been so speedy in putting out a statement and offering your condolences to the family?” asked Lee. “The argument that is being made by some in Israel is that this kid was essentially a terrorist, and you don’t agree with that, I assume.”

“Correct, we don’t,” replied Psaki.

I’m sure he was just a technocrat throwing Molotov cocktails at Jews. That’s how Psaki and Kerry justified the PLO-Hamas unity government. Then there was that pesky “traffic incident” where a Hamas terrorist killed a three month old baby and a young woman.

But that’s just a distraction from the real issue. Jews living in Jerusalem.


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