The sad death of Angelo Frammartino, by a coward

Angelo Frammartino was an Italian volunteer in Israel, helping to take care of kids in the Old City of Jerusalem. He and a few tourists were approaching Herod's Gate when he was mortally stabbed from behind by a murderer who immediately ran away.

The "occupying power" of Jerusalem, the Shin Bet and municipal police, apprehended the assailant, who, it turns out, is affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Palestinian "NGOs" are staging a vigil in outrage over this death. Because, I'm guessing, the victim wasn't Jewish after all. The perp will be jailed and tried in Israel and will undoubtedly show up on some list of people that these same NGOs claim are "political prisoners."

I'm waiting for Kåre Willoch to explain to Angelo's friends and family that this was an act of understandable desperation and frustration, that while it was deplorable, it is indeed Israel's responsibility. But that, of course, would take moral courage.

It takes a unique kind of cowardice to run up to a tourist from behind, stab him, and then run off. Sort of like hiding among civilians and lobbing poorly aimed rockets and missiles at towns and villages.

Israel's enemies? Yes, they're cowards, all of them.