The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
- “Man Sought for Threatening Students”–headline, ChicagoBreakingNews.com, Jan. 14
- ” ‘Israeli Man Wanted to Spy for Iran’ “–headline, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 15
You Can’t Spell ‘Hamas’ Without ‘Ham’
The New York Times manages to find a little levity amid the fighting in Gaza City:
The fighter, 27, in dark jeans and Timberland-style boots, swaggered with words about Islam and duty to his people. . . . “It’s either victory while alive, or martyrdom,” he said. “Both ways are victory.”
His wife, in a white head scarf, agreed.
“Two days ago, he was very tired and he didn’t want to leave the house,” she said. “I told him you have to leave, you have a responsibility.”
But the sight of her brother unconscious in the hospital bed seemed to jolt the couple into an alternate reality, one where they were vulnerable and afraid. The man’s eyes glistened with tears as he asked the doctor question after question.
Back outside, the woman regained her composure.
“I prefer you as a martyr,” she said to her husband.
“What if I am injured?” he asked.
She repeated her preference for death.
Or as the henpecked terrorist said as he strapped on his suicide belt, “Take my life–please.”
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