Remember the Children from Ma'alot

It would take an encyclopedia to catalog all of the evil Arafat committed. But that is no excuse for not trying to recall at least some of it.

Perhaps his signal contribution to the practice of political terror was the introduction of warfare against children. On one black date in May 1974, three PLO terrorists slipped from Lebanon into the northern Israeli town of Ma'alot. They murdered two parents and their child at home, then seized a local school, taking more than 100 boys and girls hostage and threatening to kill them unless a number of imprisoned terrorists were released. When Israeli troops attempted a rescue, the terrorists exploded hand grenades and opened fire on the students. By the time the horror ended, 25 people were dead; 21 of them were children.

Thirty years later, no one speaks of Ma'alot anymore. The dead children have been forgotten. Everyone knows Arafat's name, but who ever recalls the names of his victims?

So let us recall them:

Ilana Turgeman
Rachel Aputa
Yocheved Mazoz
Sarah Ben-Shim'on
Yona Sabag
Yafa Cohen
Shoshana Cohen
Michal Sitrok
Malka Amrosy
Aviva Saada
Yocheved Diyi
Yaakov Levi
Yaakov Kabla
Rina Cohen
Ilana Ne'eman
Sarah Madar
Tamar Dahan
Sarah Soper
Lili Morad
David Madar
Yehudit Madar

The 21 dead children of Ma'alot -- 21 of the thousands of innocents who died at Arafat's command.

Taken from Jeff Jacoby's article: Arafat the Monster

Let us not forget. Ever.

Go home. Hug your children. Hug your parents. Thank God for allowing you another day and a life lived thus far. If you are a believer, make sure your life counts for God. Nothing else matters.

dogledanje!