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Source: http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Comment-After-the-horror-361106
After the Horror
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - In the wake of the discovery of the bodies of the three teenagers, part of the world, in its obtuseness, has warned us against a "disproportionate" reaction, as if there is a proportionate reaction to three boys murdered for no other reason than they were Jews. This type of brutality leaves a mark on the national psyche - not only the brutality of the act itself, but also the glee in which so many on the other side greeted the news of the kidnappings, glee grotesquely paraded on Facebook in the form a three-finger salute. The support the kidnappers enjoyed among so many of their own people and the calls for more kidnappings of innocents reveal a hatred which serves as a reminder of where we live and what we have to deal with. Those abroad who fail to grasp why Israel is not more "forthcoming," not more willing to "make sacrifices for peace," or why it builds a security fence, or why it sets up roadblocks, do not understand the degree to which incidents like this leave their mark. To understand Israel, it is necessary to understand that incidents like this - kidnappings, rockets randomly fired into living rooms, bombs blowing up buses - sap any desire to "take risks for peace."