Mere Rhetoric: Palestinians Still Desecrating Holy Jewish Objects In Hebron. International Media Still Doesn't Care.

Move along folks. Nothing to see here except an unremitting pattern of anti-Jewish desecration:

For the third time this month alone, sacred Jewish objects were vandalized and desecrated by Arabs and left-wing activists in Hevron over the Sabbath. Sunday morning, residents discovered dozens of pages of Psalm books that had been torn apart and scattered on the road near the Sephardic Jewish cemetery near Hevron’s Tel Rumeida neighborhood. Tel Rumeida has been targeted by left-wing groups for removal and is the site of frequent provocations. Last week, the Tomb of Ruth and Jesse (King David’s great-grandmother and father) was vandalized. The Eternal Light was destroyed, the Holy Ark was damaged by vandals in an attempt to reach the Torah scrolls contained therein, and charity boxes were stolen.

If we could speak directly to the Jewish settlers in Hebron for a second: we don't really like most of you. We're sure that there are some nice folks among you. And obviously if you're a reader you're a man or woman (but likely a man) of discriminating tastes. But on the whole, most of what we hear about you makes us think you're kind of crazy. Also, you seem a little bigoted. Not like "you oppose Islamofascism so leftists call you bigoted" bigoted. Like many of you seem to really dislike Arab schoolchildren - and on the whole, we here at MR are pro-school children.

That said - it's interesting to see what kind of religious desecration triggers global riots that the left rushes to "understand" and "empathize with" (e.g. cartoons), and what kind of religious desecration registers nary a blip on the radar of global media organizations (e.g. real desecration of sacred Jewish objects). It's not a matter of saying "well if the settlers weren't there, this wouldn't have happened" - the fact is that this did happen, and all of the explanations that people make for Muslim anti-Jewish bigotry are just so many pretexts.

What - you think if the settlers weren't there the Arabs of Hebron wouldn't desecrate holy Jewish objects? Are you stupid?

PS - memo to those readers (which is none of you, we'd guess) who believe that "it's not any particular fundamentalism that's the problem, it's fundamentalism in general". That's actually not true. Muslim fundamentalists regularly destroy Jewish holy objects because their religious authorities sanction it. Jewish fundamentalists are prohibited from damaging mosques by Israel's Chief Rabbi, who - as you might have guessed by the title - carries not a little bit of religious authority. How about this? You're not allowed to spout this idiocy again until you find a Muslim cleric of similar authority who has issued fatwas against desecrating Jewish synagogues.

References:
* Hevron Jewish Religious Items Desecrated For 3rd Time This Month [Arutz Sheva]
* Press relieves Palestinian family in Hebron [YNet]
* Joseph's Tomb [Wikipedia]
* Israeli Chief Rabbi Issues Edict Against Any Jew Who Damages Mosques [MR]

Previously:
* Koran Riots Seem A Little Hypocritical
* Hamas Synagogue Desecration Continues
* The LA Times: "Islam gets concessions; infidels get conquered." Ummm... Wow