No doubt, the Arabs won

Op-ed: Shalit deal proves that Israel not even close to matching Arab barbarity, heartlessness

Yigal Walt

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The Arab side is the clear winner of the Gilad Shalit swap. If anyone around here thought Israel could challenge the Arab standards of cruelty and primitivism, Tuesday’s events sat the record straight. We lost the sadism contest by knock-out.

It started in the West Bank, where Hamas fans marked the joyous occasion of their countrymen’s release from jail with some trademark Arab civility: Urging renewed terror attacks and the butchering of Jews. Indeed, when it comes to pure lust for Jewish blood, the Palestinians outshine virtually any competitors.

Watch Gilad's interview with Egyptian TV (Hebrew narration)

Egyptian TV

Later, Palestinians in Bitunia continued their celebration with another highly sophisticated tradition: Hurling stones at Israeli security forces (deployed in the area in order to ensure the safety of released Arab detainees.) Here too, our Arab neighbors won the much-coveted “We live in the Stone Age” award hands down.

Yet the true highlight of the day came later, when Egypt delayed Shalit’s return for the sake of a forced interview on Egyptian national television. In what must have been one of the most embarrassing, disgraceful moments in the history of global journalism, a callous so-called newswoman bombarded the just-released, barely breathing Shalit with a series of brainless questions ranging from awkward to outright idiotic (“So why were more videos of you not released?” “What lessons did you learn from your captivity?”) Read the rest on: Ynet

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011