I’m new to this whole “news reporting” thing. I had a great article all about the security barrier written, edited and ready to be posted. It high-lighted some of the positives and negatives of the building of the barrier. I think it was a fairly balanced piece of journalism. The article talked about Israeli democracy and how great I think it is when Arabs and Jews can work together to successfully petition the High Court to move the barrier. Blah, blah, blah.

I hope you don’t expect a balanced piece of journalism any more. Not after tonight. Maybe next week I’ll re-write the article, but for now, I’ll tell you that I don’t give a damn about the Palestinians suffering on the other side. Not one tiny iota.

Tonight a Palestinian terrorist took a machine gun into a rabbinical seminary in Jerusalem, shot up the place and murdered eight people. EIGHT INNOCENT PEOPLE. They were studying Judaism’s holy books. They are some of the only people EXEMPT from serving in the army. They have NOTHING to do with any of the suffering that is happening to the Palestinians. This wasn’t revenge. This was pure anti-Israel and anti-Jew hatred. And there was celebrations taking place all across the Palestinian territories. What kind of people celebrate when others die?

I have many mean, horrible thoughts running through my head, about revenge, about the army going back into Gaza and ridding the world of these terrorists, etc. I am trying hard not to write those thoughts here. No matter what terrible thoughts I might have, I am sure about one thing. The army will continue to root out terrorists. But they won’t be taking revenge. And they sure as hell won’t be going into a school and shooting it up for fun. And, on the very slim, tiny, off chance that an accidental tragedy happened, Israelis would mourn the innocent instead of celebrating in the streets.

UPDATE: Take a look at what other people are saying about last night’s terror attack. Blogs of Zion gives a photo overview of the current situation. An article in Jewschool sums up the situation with some important links. The Big Falafel talks about the situation in Sderot (where rockets continue to land daily) and tells you what you can do to help.