What was the crime? Walking while Jewish? - by Stephen M. Flatow

...In recent days, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, and some other prominent American Jews have denounced Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely. They said they were “insulted” because she pointed out that Jews in the U.S. do not face the same kind of dangers that Israeli Jews face. The attempt to stone Jewish children to death in the Shomron on Thursday shows how right she was. 

Stephen M. Flatow..
JNS.org..
30 November '17..

Back in the 1990s, civil rights activists coined the term “DWB” (driving while black) to highlight the frequency of incidents in which African-American motorists were stopped by the police without just cause. It was as if the drivers were considered guilty of something simply because they were black.

In the wake of Thursday’s mob attack in Israel, it’s time to coin a new term: “WWJ,” walking while Jewish.

Two parents and a group of young Jewish children set out on a hike in the Shomron (Samaria) region, as part of a bar mitzvah celebration. The hike was coordinated in advance with the Israeli army, which gave its approval. Each of the parents carried a weapon, at the army’s request.

They didn’t hike through any Arab villages. They didn’t create a settlement. They didn’t bother anybody, violate any law or do anything wrong. Their only “crime” was that they were walking while Jewish.

Some Palestinian Arabs spotted the children. Keep in mind that these are Palestinians who have been educated in Palestinian schools.

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Stephen M. Flatow, a vice president of the Religious Zionists of America, is an attorney in New Jersey. He is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995.

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