Will the Israeli Right Finally Come to Its Senses?

Will the Israeli Right Finally Come to Its Senses?

The terrifying burning of the baby in Duma is a symptom of a much deeper illness: It signals to us Israelis how very serious our situation is, and indicates – in letters writ in fire – that the path to a better future is closing before us.

I cannot get this baby, Ali Dawabsheh, out of my mind. Nor can I stop thinking of that image: the hand of a human being opening a window in the middle of the night, and throwing a Molotov cocktail into a room where parents and their children are sleeping.
These thoughts and images tear my heart in two. Who is the person or persons capable of doing this? They, or their friends, continue to walk among us this morning. Will the act that they committed leave any mark on them? What did they have to expunge within themselves to be capable of wiping out an entire family in this way?
Benjamin Netanyahu, and several ministers from the right wing, rushed to harshly condemn the murder. Netanyahu also paid a visit to the hospital where the rest of the family is still hospitalized, and expressed his shock at the act. His response was human and genuine, and it was also the right thing to do.

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