The Prime Minister of Israel lies on his deathbed, likely suffering permanent medical damage from his stroke. It's unknown whether he'll ever emerge from his coma. Palestinians have three responses - some have expressed concern that now no one will give them any more land, some have tried to murder Israelis (repeatedly), and some have celebrated. But did they really march little children through the streets, handing out candy and celebrating another human being's death? Of course they did.
Think what you will about Sharon's role in Palestinian history - it is an assumption of any civilized culture that death is something that children should be shielded from at least for a time. And say what you will about the value of shielding children from the hard realities of life, a culture that forces children to literally celebrate death is sick.
And apparently touched by how Palestinians handed out candy to celebrate the pain of the only man to ever provide them land for a state, Norway's Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen called on her fellow citizens to boycott Israeli products. Because clearly, what with all the celebrating the tragic illness of a man who uniquely pushed the peace process foward, it's the Palestinians who are on the side of peace. Hey - we don't want to go out on a limb here - but do you think that there might be something other than dispassionate geopolitical analysis driving Halvorsen's anti-Israel stance?

[Cross-posted at IsraPundit]