Border Police volunteer in self-defence shoots and kills Palestinian who attacked him with a knife in attempt to stab him

Border Police were scanning the area near the Yarkon cemetery in Petah Tikva in search of illegal Palestinian workers.

A Border Police volunteer in self defence shot to death a Palestinian man in his 20s in Petah Tikva overnight Saturday after the Palestinian attacked him while attempting to escape arrest, the police said.

A paramilitary Border Police unit was searching for Palestinians who did not have a permit to stay in Israel near the Yarkon cemetery in the city when one of them tried to stab a policeman before he suffered a fatal gunshot wound, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

The Palestinian was critically injured from the shooting and succumbed to his wounds at the hospital.

The Border Police opened an investigation into the shooting.

Some Palestinians from the nearby West Bank who do not have a permit to work in the Jewish state enter illegally looking for work in the more lucrative Israeli job market.

Israeli forces frequently apprehend Palestinians who cross into Israel illegally. Earlier this month, an Israeli soldier was stabbed to death on a bus by a Palestinian who crossed without a permit from the West Bank.

The border police do a fantastic job protecting Israel from terrorist insertion and on a daily basis, as with the IDF, risk their lives.

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Jerusalem post

British singer Sir Tom Jones speaks out in support of Israel and against anti-Israel protesters

Sir Tom Jones says entertainers should ignore calls to boycott Israel because of its treatment of Palestinians

When Sir Tom Jones announced that he was to sing in Israel, he declined to respond to protesters who urged him to boycott the country because of its treatment of Palestinians.

Now that the singer has performed his concerts, he has decided to speak out against the campaign which has seen musicians including Roger Waters, of Pink Floyd, Annie Lennox and Elvis Costello refuse to visit.

“I was in Israel two weeks ago, where a lot of singers won’t go,” says the entertainer, whose hits include It’s Not Unusual, Delilah and The Green, Green Grass of Home. “I don’t agree with that. I think entertainers should entertain. They should go wherever – there shouldn’t be any restrictions. I did two shows in Tel Aviv, and it was fantastic.”

Speaking at the annual dinner of Norwood, a charity supporting vulnerable children, families and people with learning disabilities, Sir Tom tellsThe Jewish News: “I wanted to go, because the Israeli people asked me. They would like me to sing, and I don’t see any problem in doing that. I don’t see why anyone would mix up the two things – entertainment and politics.”

Earlier this year, Waters called on fellow rock stars to boycott Israel. It came as an increasing number of musicians are refusing to perform there. Costello and Lennox are among the British musicians reported to have said they will no longer play concerts in Israel.

In his letter, Waters recounted how he successfully persuaded Stevie Wonder, the American singer, to cancel a fundraising concert for the Israeli Defence Forces last year.

This year, Stephen Hawking, the British physicist and author of A Brief History of Time, cancelled his engagement at a conference hosted by Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, after saying he had been persuaded by arguments presented from fellow academics about Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.

Sir Tom, who is a judge on the BBC talent contestThe Voice, says he wants to return to Israel, where the Welsh singer performed at the end of last month, his first visit in more than a decade.

The Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s petition had urged him to cancel, garnering 2,000 signatures. “Please don’t whitewash Israel’s apartheid policies against Palestinians!” the petition read. “A performance in Israel today is akin to a performance in apartheid South Africa.”

Telegraph 

ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES PARATROOPERS : A description into the lives and history of this tough band of Airborne warriors

 

The IDF paratroopers are the Airborne mobile infantry brigade in the IDF.

The paratroopers standard mode of operations includes ingenuity, deception and innovation in the field of battle. Not forgetting courage and bravery. 

The brigade has proved itself throughout Israel's history as a nurturing home for the IDF's chain of command.

 The Paratrooper's brigade is a voluntary, airborne mobile infantry brigade under the command of the IDF.
 

On January 1954 the 101st unit was merged with the 890th battalion officially creating the paratrooper brigade under the command of Ariel Sharon. The paratroopers are the IDFs only voluntary infantry unit. The brigade handpicks its recruits after a special team building exercise which tests the candidate's physical and mental prowess.

 

The right to handpick recruits is the brigade's tool in protecting it's most important asset: It's fighting men.

Being a paratrooper goes far beyond completing the brigade's training regiment. First and foremost is a commitment to being a pioneer in all fields, growing up in an environment that educates and nurtures towards the highest morals, a strong love of country and being part of an elite group. 

The special attention and care given to the brigade's recruits are what gives the brigade it's greatest distinction and serve as the foundation which makes the paratroopers a leading faction in Israel's military.

 

When one joins the paratroopers he takes it upon himself to uphold the brigade's vast heritage, a heritage which began with the airborne settlers- Jewish volunteers from Palestine that dropped into Nazi occupied Europe in 1943 to assist their tormented brethren. 

Upon declaration of the state of Israel the paratroopers took part in the military campaigns waged by the IDF. These include defending against the first reprisal acts, the drop at the Mitle', the famous battle at Givat hatahmoshet, the liberation of the wailing wall and through to the recent fighting in Yehuda, Shomron and Gaza.rom his first day of basic training the brigade's soldier is taught to responsibly initiate and show ingenuity and keenness while utilizing advanced weaponry regardless of difficult terrain or weather conditions.

The brigade's trademark are it's soldiers red beret, very similar to the British paratroopers maroon berets, and boots in addition to their uniform which is unique to the brigade alone. 

The brigade's current commander is Colonel Herzi Levi.

 

The brigade's former commanders have become key figures in Israeli society and include: Ariel Sharon, Mota Gur, Rafael Eitan, Moshe Yaelon, Shaul Mofaz and many others.The brigade's signature call "Acharai!" exemplifies the spirit of the brigade and calls upon those that call it to serve as a personal example of setting a high standard based on hard work and dexterity, earning the right to lead. 

"Acharai" summons the top of Israel's youth, soldiers and commanders to lead with an infinite commitment.

GENERAL BACKGROUND

The paratroopers are a voluntary mobile infantry brigade under the command of the Idf's Esh regiment. On January of 1954  the 101st unit and 890th battalion (which served directly under IDF central command) were merged to form Israel's first airborne brigade lead by Ariel Sharon. The Paratroopers are the only voluntary infantry brigade in the IDF.

 

The brigade's recruits are handpicked after a testing period designed to evaluate both physical and mental stamina. This process is essential as a means of preserving the brigade's most valued asset: It's soldiers.

Being a paratrooper goes far beyond completing the brigade's training regiment. First and foremost is a commitment to being a pioneer in all fields, growing up in an environment that educates and nurtures towards the highest morals, a strong love of country and being part of an elite group.

 

The special attention and care given to the brigade's recruits are what gives the brigade it's greatest distinction and serve as the foundation which makes the paratroopers a leading faction in Israel's military.

 

When one joins the paratroopers he takes it upon himself to uphold the brigade's vast heritage, a heritage which began with the airborne settlers- jewish volunteers from Palestine that dropped into nazi occupied europe in 1943 to assist their tormented brethren. Upon declaration of the state of Israel the paratroopers took part in the military campaigns waged by the IDF. These include defending against the first reprisal acts, the drop at the Mitle', the famous battle at Givat hatahmoshet, the liberation of the wailing wall and through to the recent fighting in Yehuda, Shomron and Gaza.

From his first day of basic training the brigade's soldier is taught to responsibly initiate and show ingenuity and keenness while utilizing advanced weaponry regardless of difficult terrain or weather conditions.

 

The brigade's trademark are it's soldiers red beret and boots in addition to their uniform which is unique to the brigade alone. The brigade's current commander is Colonel Herzi Levi.

The brigade's former commanders have become key figures in Israeli society and include: Ariel Sharon, Mota Gur, Rafael Eitan, Moshe Yaelon, Shaul Mofaz and many others.

 

The brigade's signature call "Acharai!" exemplifies the spirit of the brigade and calls upon those that call it to serve as a personal example of setting a high standard based on hard work and dexterity, earning the right to lead. "Acharai" summons the top of Israel's youth, soldiers and commanders to lead with an infinite commitment.

BASIC TRAINING TO BECOME AN ISRAELI PARA 

A paratrooper's basic training is divided into two distinctive processes: A transition from civilian to military lifestyle and training to become a class 05 rifleman. 

 

Basic training focuses on the principles and foundations of the rifleman with unique emphasis on individual training. The course is 3 months long and is conducted at the brigade's "Shfifon" basic training facility. 

The course takes the recruit through marksman classes, basic field navigations training, open space warfare training, helicopter deployment training, special weapons and physical fitness training as well as general education classes. The recruit is also exposed to the other men in his platoon. Men that will conduct their service alongside him, forming a unique bond that exemplifies the atmosphere within the brigade.

 

The brigade's pledging ceremony is held at the wailing wall in Jerusalem which was liberated by the brigade's men during the 6 day war in 1967. The soldiers receive their personal rifles and bibles at the ceremony.

ADVANCED TRAINING 

 

Advanced training lasts an additional 3 months and is conducted in the field for the most part. Through 13 weeks of training the recruit goes through close quarters battle training, guerrilla warfare, hummer training, APC training, grenade training and of course parachute training.

Throughout training, the recruits begin to take part in some of the regular security tasks around the brigade's bases and throughout Israel's borders. 

At the end of advanced training the men qualify as class 07 riflemen. At this point of the training long marching exercises are a part of the norm and in advanced training the terrain becomes evermore engaging and challenging. 

Being an airborne brigade, Joint military exercises between the brigade and the Iaf are also held. Close quarter training takes place over a week spent mostly in the field practicing breaching techniques.

 The prestigious jumping course takes place over two weeks at the Idf's special skills school. The course begins with ground exercises and preparation jumps. Recruits must complete 5 successful jumps on the last day of the course in order to graduate. 

The jumps are conducted at an altitude of 400 meters, allowing for 50 seconds of drift time. in the face of a breathtaking view. At the end of the course the graduates are awarded the parachute wings pin. 

 

Advanced training ends with a fully equipped 90 kilometer march after which the graduates are awarded their red berets. The march begin at Tel Nof and ends at "Givat Hatahmoshet" in Jerusalem with a festive ceremony held with the graduate's families and other honored guests.

GRADUATION TO THE ACTIVE UNITS

After graduation the latest classes split into their respective companies.

A company- specializing in demolition, scouting and sniper's skills

B company-Specializing in mortar, anti tank and suppressing skills

C company- Specializing in close quarters and patrol skills

TAKING COMMAND 

Team leader training:

Meant for those showing extraordinary leadership skills during their training. After completing the course the men will have the option to go through advanced sergeant's training conducted at the Idf's officer's academy. 

The course is three months long and takes place at the Idf's advanced infantry school,

Officers training:

Those deemed fit will be invited to go into officer's training at the Idf's officer's academy.

 

THE BRIGADES PURPOSE

Is to to act as a highly mobile airborne infantry brigade.

The brigade's ideals are:

1. Love of country 

2. Love for one's fellow man

3. A modest desire towards excellence 

4. Responsibility

5. A volunteering nature

 

The brigade's goals:

Relevance: to act quickly and effectively within the given situation. To adapt and stand ready for any mission.

Always regarding the man behind the soldier as the most valuable asset. To command with the fairest attitude in mind.

Ingenuity: To act with guile and originality.

Commitment to victory: To always strive to contact and superiority in every scenario.

Camaraderie and loyalty in combination with a high level of commitment and professionalism.

Modesty

Nurturing professional skills while adhering to a strict method of self criticism.

 

AN ADDRESS FROM THE COMMANDER

"The Paratroopers brigade is a voluntary brigade who's heritage is forever entwined in the history of the state of Israel. From it's inception the brigade has been at the pinnacle of the defense of our country. From north to south the brigade has always played a leading role in Israel's armed conflicts from the first reprisal acts, operation kadesh, the six day war, the war of attrition, the yom kippur war, the first and second lebanon wars, the ongoing defense against palestinian terror, operation "oferet yetsuka" and in the hundreds of bold operations in between wars as well as standard everyday security procedures.

Our brigade motto "Acharai!" portrays the personal example, commitment to excellence and constant self improvement, to dictating the norm in the battlefield and above all the commitment of the brigade's soldiers and officers, who have always been and remain the most precious resource in the paratrooper's glorious heritage. 

To be a paratrooper means more than just jumping out of a plane. It is a way of life. At the basis of which stand the characteristics of a paratrooper: 

Boldness, originality and sophistication. 

These character traits are essential to the completion of tasks which can at many times seem near impossible but eventually lead to victory on the battlefield.

Love of country, love for your fellow man, commitment to heritage and striving to victory are the values countless generations of the brigade's warriors have been brought up on. 

We shall continue to train thoroughly and professionally, constantly learning. We shall tend to our fighting men with the greatest of care. For in them lies our true strength. We shall educate to the Idf's highest morals and values. And we shall stand ready for the day when we are called upon. 

We will not forget our fallen brethren. Officer and enlisted man alike. We shall march on in their path and in the legacy they have left. We shall lovingly embrace their families and we shall stand by our wounded on their road to recovery.

I pray that we all return safely from our missions and would like to take this opportunity to thank the parents, wives, spouses and children that bravely support us from back home and that allow us to serve the people of Israel.

About the website:

The website has been built with you, the paratrooper in mind. On it you will be able to find information about the brigade's history along with news and updates. The site will also feature details about the brigade's various units, qualification routes and events. 

Throughout the years the brigade has lost some of Israel's finest. On the site you will be able to learn about these fine men including details of their fall in combat.

When one joins the paratroopers he joins a family comprised of the brigade's warriors and commanders past and present. "Once a paratrooper, always a paratrooper". I invite you to volunteer and serve with us at the forefront of guarding and retaining the safety and security of the state of Israel".

Colonel Aharon Halviya

Brigade commander

 

INSIGNIA AND PINS

 

Parachute wings - The sign of a paratrooper:

The first official pin issued by the IDF. Awarded to graduates of the IDFs parachuting course upon completion of 5 successful jumps. The pin was designed by Yehuda Harari, commander of the 890th battalion, in 1949 as a cloth emblem affectionately known by the first paratroopers a "guitar". In 1952 the cloth emblem was converted into it's modern form: A parachute and wings on a blue background.

 

Parachute wings (on a white background):

Awarded to parachuting instructors. Introduced during the last months of 1956.

 

 Parachute wings (on a green background):

  Awarded upon completion of IDFs commando warfare course.

 

 Parachute wings (on a red background):

Awarded to veterans of an operational combat drop. The only operational drop into combat in the IDFs history was during operation "kadesh" when soldiers belonging to the 890th battalion were jumped into combat at the "Mitle'". The unique pin was awarded by then Idf chief of staff Rafael (Raful) Eitan in February 1957.

 

Parachute wings (on a black background):

Awarded to parachuting instructors  after the Sinai war. The background was changed to white following a protest by parachuting instructors.

 

 Parachute wings + bouquet and star:

Awarded upon completion of 30 day jumps and 15 night jumps.

 

 890th brigade tag:

The brigade tag (also known as the viper) is based on Yaakov's blessing to his sons from the book of genesis. The tag was designed by Yehuda Harari and Arye Efrat his second in command. 

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zanhanim.org

Common sense from France : French court fines boycott-Israel activistsfor discrimination

The ruling reversed a 2012 verdict which found the defendants not guilty.

A French court imposed a $1,300 fine on members of an anti-Israel group who called on supermarket shoppers to boycott Israeli products.

The Court of Appeals of Colmar near Strasbourg fined each of the group’s 12 members individually on Wednesday for their participation in a pro-boycott activity in 2009-2010, which the court qualified as “provocation to discrimination.” The court also gave the activists a suspended jail sentence, according to a report by the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities.

The ruling reversed a 2012 verdict by the Correctional Tribunal of Mulhouse, which found the defendants not guilty. Prosecutors filed the appeal, CRIF said in a statement.

The actions for which the defendants were sentenced took place in 2009 in a supermarket in Mulhouse and again in 2010. Some of the defendants received a double fine for each action, CRIF reported.

The perpetrators were sentenced in accordance with strict anti-discrimination laws, including one passed by the French parliament in 2003 known as the Lellouche Law, after the lawmaker who drafted it, Pierre Lellouche.

In September, seven activists were given a $650 fine for a similar action in 2010 in a supermarket in Alençon.

Yet the Court of Cassation — France’s highest criminal court of appeal — on Nov. 19 acquitted several anti-Israel protesters who staged a boycott action in a supermarket in Evry near Paris in 2009.

In a separate ruling, a French court of appeals on Thursday slapped a $36,000 fine on the comedian Dieudonne for “inciting racial hate” in films in which he ridiculed the Holocaust and expressed anti-Semitic views. It was Dieudonne’s seventh conviction related to anti-Semitism.

Some of the films contain the word “shoananas,” a combination of the Hebrew name for the Holocaust with the French word for pineapple. It is used as a code word for denying the Holocaust yet seen to be too vague to violate France’s law forbidding Holocaust denial. 

IDF in clashes with rioters

Israeli troops and border policemen run past a section of Israel's controversial barrier during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinian trouble making riotets following the funeral of Mahmoud Wajih Awad, at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah November 29, 2013. 

Bricks, rocks and petrol bombs were hurled at the Israeli troops as they battled with the rioters.

Palestinians said on Friday that Awad died on Thursday night in a Jerusalem hospital after succumbing to wounds he sustained during clashes with Israeli soldiers earlier this year. 

What they didn't like to mention is that nobody forced him to take part in any riot and if anyone decides to threaten the lives of soldiers they have to expect retaliation. 

5 Arab teens charged with firebombing IDF base

Youths aged 14-15 allegedly carried out a series of attacks near the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem

Five teenagers from the Arab neighborhood of Issawiya in East Jerusalem were brought before the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday and charged with throwing Molotov cocktails at an IDF base in the capital.

According to the indictment, the youths, all aged 14 or 15, were behind several attacks over the past few months on the Ofrit base and on vehicles leaving it to travel along a road that passes around the Hebrew University campus on Mount Scopus.

Three of the accused were charged with aggravated assault, arson, and attempted arson. The other two, who allegedly served as lookouts, were charged as accessories.

In about 10 different incidents the accused allegedly hurled homemade Molotov cocktails at IDF and civilian vehicles using the road and also threw the devices into the base. On some occasions the targeted vehicles caught fire. They also allegedly attempted to cause a blaze at the base by setting fire to a tire placed against the perimeter fence.

The prosecution asked that the three teenagers accused of actually carrying out the attacks be held until trial.

Times of Israel 

Netanyahu vows to banish ‘darkness’ of Iran nuclear program...Good to see one Western leader talking sense

Hanukkah holiday, prime minister says Israel will be a ‘light unto the nations’ in dealing with Tehran should diplomacy fail

Melding the Hanukkah holiday and foreign affairs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu solemnly vowed to serve as a “light unto the nations” and act against Iran’s nuclear program should diplomacy fail Thursday night.

Speaking at the Western Wall for a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony, Netanyahu compared Iran’s nuclear program to a darkness that would be forced out by Israel, referencing a popular children’s song for the holiday.

“We came to drive out the darkness, and the largest darkness that threatens the world today is a nuclear Iran,” he said. “We are bound to do all we can to prevent this darkness. If possible we will do this diplomatically, if not we will act as ‘a light unto the nations’.”

Jerusalem has denounced a deal signed Sunday between Iran and six world powers that eases sanctions in return for limits on uranium enrichment and a more intrusive inspections regime.

Earlier Thursday, Yaakov Amidror, the former head of the Israeli National Security Council took to the pages of The New York Times to rail against the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, calling the accord a diplomatic failure that missed the mark in diverting Tehran’s nuclear weapons program.

“The agreement represents a failure, not a triumph, of diplomacy,” Amidror wrote.

Netanyahu has been castigated at home and abroad for taking a harsh stand against the US and Europe for signing the deal, with critics claiming he is deepening Israel’s isolation while strengthening the Iranian regime.

The prime minister, however, said he had “not given in to delusions” that Iran would pull back its nuclear program, comparing the nuclear deal to a failed diplomatic initiative meant to stymie North Korea’s nuclear program.

“I believe in speaking the truth, and standing for important principles in order to ensure peace in the world and our security, and of course our peace,” he said. “We will continue to act in this spirit.”

The prime minister added that Jerusalem was in talks with the US and P5+1 to ensure that a final deal “brings a final result of the dismantling of Iran’s ability for a military nuclear program.”

Times of Israel 

Israeli toddler injured in Jerusalem arab stoning attack

2-year-old suffers head wound as car is pelted by an unknown assailant; attack comes amid rise in West Bank violence

A 2-year-old Israeli girl sustained a moderate head wound on Thursday evening when a rock was hurled at a vehicle in which she was traveling in Armon Hanatziv, a predominantly Jewish Jerusalem neighborhood just over the Green Line.

Paramedics rushed the toddler to Hadassah Hospital in the capital’s Ein Kerem neighborhood. Doctors said the child was in stable condition.

An initial report on Channel 2 said that the stone may have been thrown from the adjacent Arab neighborhood of Sur Baher.

Police launched an investigation into the incident and were searching the area for the perpetrator of the attack.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat called on authorities to crack down on a recent wave of stone throwing attacks in the city. “It’s about time we start treating a stone as a weapon,” he told Israel’s Channel 10 TV.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished the girl a speedy recovery. “We will find these criminals and bring them to justice,” he said.

The incident comes amid a surge in the number and severity of violent attacks against Israelis on both sides of the Green Line in recent months.

Earlier in November, a couple driving along a road in the West Bank near the settlement of Tekoa were wounded, and their car was destroyed, in a Molotov cocktail attack.

In mid-November, a Palestinian teenager stabbed 19-year-old soldier Eden Atias multiple times in the neck, killing him as he slept in the adjacent seat on a bus at the central bus station in Afula.

The assailant, 16-year-old Hussein Rawarda, had entered Israel illegally in search of work and apparently decided to carry out the deadly attack after failing to be hired by an Israeli employer.

Slightly before the stabbing, former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin said the Palestinians were ripe for a “third intifada.” However, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said that recent attacks were isolated incidents, insisting that “there is no sign of a popular uprising.”

In March, three-year-old Adele Biton was critically injured when rocks were thrown at her mother’s car near the settlement of Ariel, causing a major accident. She was released from a Ra’anana hospital in July, after nearly two and a half months of treatment in the facility’s intensive care unit.

Times of Israel 

Op-Ed: Israel's Press: Read the 'Jenin Times'

An Israeli journalist responds to the NY Times posting of a picture of the mother of the killer of a young IDF soldier instead of a picture of the victim, a teenager stabbed while dozing on a public bus. Jenin is a city in the PA.

The New York Times has been outdoing Haaretzlately in the race for the title of most hated newspaper in Israel. Most Israelis have never actually read The Times in the original English, but the little that has been translated into Hebrew is enoguh to infuriate them,  and despite the newspaper's longstanding reputation, they do not believe anything it prints.

The paper's columnists' Israel-bashing, on almost every topic and on just  about every  issue, is notorious in Israel and has reduced the popular opinion of  its objectivity to the level of the average Israeli's belief in the activities of the UN Human Rights Commission. Can't get lower than that.

Thomas Friedman is beginning to be perceived here in Israel as an English version of Gideon Levy (an super-radical leftist Haaretz columnist, abhorred by most Israelis) and the paper's editorials about Iran are seen as messages received directly from the White House.

Recent days saw a new cause for anger - an infuriating report on the paper's website of the young IDF soldier's murder in Afula last week, witnessed by an entire busload of people. Instead of posting a picture of the murdered stabbing victijm (a stabbing victim, that is, 'according to the police', the paper carefully hedged) the editors preferred to place a picture of the murderer's mother to illustrate the article's headline.  She looked proud despite her "suffering", surrounded by worried acquaintances, managing to convey the impression that she is the real victim of the lethal act perpetrated by her son.

"Every newspaper has its heroes" was the way I described it at the beginning of the week as I began writing this column. But several days ago, The Times apologized. The newspaper's ombudsman wrote that after waves of criticism were received from readers "I spoke with two senior editors and both agreed that the choice of picture was unfortunate."

The blame was passed on to an assistant to the chief editor responsible for photographs, who reportedly claimed that she was trying to reach a "proper balance' in the reporting and didn't realize that "this effort is not suitable for the incident at hand".

In other words, the assistant editor overdid her attempts to be balanced, in her way of trying to continue the longstanding tradition of the New York Times to strike a balance between the murdered and the murderers. Most of the time this effort is somewhat concealed, hidden tastefully among thousands of whitewashed words. This time there was a work accident.

The Times was caught red-handed.

And the picture is still there,  apology notwithstanding.

IDF soldier stabbed to death on a bus named

IDF HERO - IDF Honors Officer Who Took on Afula Terrorist

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Haggai Segal