Blog : Philosémitisme

"Ce que nous savons c'est que pour un Juif qui ignominieusement hurle "Mort aux Arabes," il y a des centaines d'Arabes qui hurlent "Mort aux Juifs"."  C'est là effectivement la grande différence culturelle entre Palestiniens et Israéliens.  En effet, Les Israéliens ne fêtent pas, par des cris de joie et la distribution de friandises, la mort du jeune Palestinien Mohammed Abu Khdeir ni d'autres Palestiniens.  Comme l'explique si bien Richard Landes dans la culture arabe, Israël est un affront à l'Islam, à l'honneur, à la virilité par de la part de dhimmis juifs.

Elder of Ziyon: At this time, no one knows who killed Mohammed Abu Khdeir, or why. Different media are spinning the story differently [...]  

There is plenty that we don't know.  But we do know is that no Israeli openly celebrated the death of Mohammed Abu Khdeir. And no one will.

This is in marked contrast to this cartoon from Arabic social media  that was captured by the Terror Watch Facebook page (h/t Yoel):


We do know that for every Jew who shamefully shouts "Death to Arabs," there are hundreds of Arabs who shout "Death to Jews."

We do know that there will be no headlines about Arab threats to Jews, but there will be headlines about Jews threatening Arabs, precisely because the first is pervasive and the second is so unusual.

We do know that thousands of Israelis rallied against racism today, and we have never ever seen a similar Arab rally against racism.


Plenty of irresponsible people are rushing to report what they don't know. But no one is reporting what we do know.


At this time, no one knows who killed Mohammed Abu Khdeir, or why. Different media are spinning the story differently; Times of Israel claims sources tell them that police are leaning towards the theory that Jews did it as revenge, while Haaretz is saying the police aren't sure about anything. Rumors are rampant as to how Arabs might be responsible - a family feud being the most dominant theory, with some Israeli media reporting of previous suspicious incident with Mohammed's brother.

That lack of knowledge is not stopping irresponsible news outlets from claiming that they know what happened. Particularly egregious is The Independent, which doesn't only claim that extremist Jews killed the youth, but that "Israel" murdered him.