Very true
May 7, 2008
“We sanctify life, not death,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday during a Mount Herzl ceremony for victims of terror attacks.
“I cannot help but think of how deep the moral gap is between us and our enemies,” he said. “We make every possible effort to limit and focus our attacks on the terrorists and we never intentionally harm the innocent. We don’t have jihadists, shahidim or mothers who joyfully send their children with bomb belts to blow themselves up in packed buses or in busy malls.”
It’s a pity that Olmert’s actions, as Prime Minister of Israel, haven’t always demonstrated the understanding of his terrorist enemies as his words do here.
Still, he makes a valid point, one which is worth repeating.
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