Jonah Goldberg asks the question no one wants to touch - why the lack of outrage in this murder of 5 Americans.
I can't shake the feeling that the murdered Americans at Hebrew University are being treated differently because they're Jewish. Or perhaps, it's more appropriate to say it's because they're Jewish Americans in Israel. If five Americans -- Jewish or otherwise -- were killed at a French or German or Indian university, I can't help but think that the media and political class would make a much bigger deal. Yes, I know there are some sticky issues involved here, but that doesn't make it any less true.
Why is retaliation against Hamas off the table? Why is Israel a special exempt zone for terrorists to kill Americans with impunity? And if so, does that explain why the attack at LAX was greeted with a yawn as well - it may have been American soil, but heck they were just Israelis - its part of a "cycle of violence," you know. Hey W. - if you're really so mad - get even.
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