(Commentary) Jonathan S. Tobin - The New York Times contrasted the grief felt by Naftali Fraenkel's mother Rachel and that of Aida Dudeen, whose son Muhammad was killed while confronting Israeli soldiers searching for the boys. But there is no real basis of comparison between these two families. In one case, you have a boy who was murdered by terrorists because he was a Jew. In the other, a boy actively chooses to join the ranks of those attempting to obstruct the forces attempting to find the kidnapping victims and attacks them with rocks, seeking to provoke the Israelis into firing to protect their own lives. While Fraenkel expressed sympathy for any Palestinians who have been hurt, Aida Dudeen proclaimed her boy to be a "martyr" who "died for his homeland." There is a clear sense on the part of the Arabs that any Jew who suffers in the conflict had it coming.
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