We are cognizant that there could be external events that can have an impact on the environment. We also are cognizant that there may well be actors in the region who are deliberately making these kinds of attacks in order to try to sabotage the process. We’re – so we’re very aware that as we go forward in this process, not everyone sees this in the same way. And there are those who will do whatever they can to disrupt or derail the process.
Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary, at daily press briefing, August 31, 2010
True, the snippet I quoted in the title of this post is out of context, but read the above paragraph again--can you tell he is talking about 4 Israeli citizens murdered by terrorists?
When asked, "And do you know enough about the incident to be able to condemn the deaths or the killings?"--Crowley responded
Well, anytime one human being takes out a weapon and fires and kills other human beings, it’s a tragedy. We just don’t know the circumstances under which this occurred.The peace process is sacrosanct, peace negotiations must go on at all cost--and so the murder of 4 Israeli civilians is brushed under the carpet.
Crowley actually avoids any kind of condemnation.
Besides avoiding the word 'condemn,' he doesn't use the word terrorist or even the word murder.
He does not even offer condolences to the families of the victims.
Crowley's words are sterile, lifeless and without emotion.
Not like what he said in response to the 90 year old Rav Ovadiah Yosef:
We regret and condemn the inflammatory statements by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. We note the Israeli statement that the Rabbi's comments do not reflect the views of the Prime Minister. These remarks are not only deeply offensive, but incitement such as this hurts the cause of peace. As we move forward to relaunch peace negotiations, it is important that actions by people on all sides help to advance our effort, not hinder it.Which do you think Crowley sees as the bigger issue?
Even Abbas, condemned the murders:
In response to the attack, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday night that he "condemns all acts that target Palestinian and Israeli civilians." Abbas said that the attack in the Hebron attack was designed to "disrupt the peace process and can't be regarded as an act of resistance."It's not clear if he said this in Arabic.
But Crowley is so busy avoiding any kind of evocative language that it is clear that he is trying to brush aside what happened and move on as quickly as possible.
All the more reason for Netanyahu to take a break and return to Israel for the funerals--just to remind Mr. Crowley and those he represents that Jewish lives are precious, a core issue that has been overlooked.
Technorati Tag: Philip J. Crowley and Mideast Peace Talks.
This morning I just feel empty... G-d made me an orphan but has always watched over me. Here, evil people made children loved by beautiful parents orphans and in their loss and sorrow, He will strengthen them and avenge the blood of the slain!
ReplyDeleteFunerals before their time are so bereft, so sad and so forlorn. Yet all of us are bound to obey the decree of the Living G-d. He saw those souls extinguished by ruthless men and took them back to His bosom. But the men of violence and evil, they will never shake our faith in Hashem, our belief in justice and in the right of the Jewish people to live in their own homeland.
Tonight, the construction will resume and Jews will grow and build and live and the design of all those without and within Israel to thwart the life of the Jews in the cradle of their nation will come to nothing. These days of Elul, before the New Year, as we read in the Torah, we know the Jews in Egypt were greatly oppressed but they grew in numbers and G-d made them a great and mighty nation.
Let the enemy not win and may G-d see to it that his evil foils all his plans and may Israel live forever!