In a Week Filled With Islamist Slaughters, “Brave” EU Diplomats Unleash Moral Indignation on Israeli Soldiers
This past week has had its share of Islamist violence.
Boko Haram Islamists massacred 159 in Nigeria.
Suicide bombers in Iraq killed 96 attending a funeral.
A bombing of a church in Pakistan killed 81.
Terrorists took over a mall in Kenya and killed up to 68.
56 soldiers and policemen in Yemen were slaughtered by Islamic extremists.
It’s anyone’s guess how many died in Syria this past week.
But what really riled European diplomats like Marion Fesneau-Castaing and her boss Lady Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, were a bunch of Israeli soldiers standing around to ensure that demonstrators – including European diplomats – didn’t get out of hand while illegal dwellings were dismantled. Ms. Fesneau-Castaing punched a young Israeli soldier in order to flaunt her sacrosanct diplomatic status. Undoubtedly, she is basking in her “courageous” act of defiance, secure in the safe confines of Israel and far removed from places like Nigeria and Pakistan where real courage is required.
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