{"id":42206,"date":"2012-03-22T08:31:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T16:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=42206"},"modified":"2012-03-22T08:31:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T16:31:29","slug":"terrorism-in-the-name-of-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=42206","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism In The Name Of Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/2012\/03\/22\/middle-east-peace-wont-end-terrorism\/\">Max Boot writes<\/a>: Just as there was a certain segment of the intelligentsia which claimed after 9\/11 that the U.S. \u201chad it coming,\u201d so too there will no doubt be some who claim that the Jews somehow had it coming because the Toulouse gunman, Mohammed Merah, cited the plight of the Palestinians along with other issues (e.g., the public ban on the veil in France) to justify his murderous rampage. The best riposte to this despicable line of argument comes from none other than Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad who says as Jonathan noted yesterday: \u201cIt is time for these criminals to stop marketing their terrorist acts in the name of Palestine and to stop pretending to stand up for the rights of Palestinian children who only ask for a decent life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Boot writes: Just as there was a certain segment of the intelligentsia which claimed after 9\/11 that the U.S. \u201chad it coming,\u201d so too there will no doubt be some who claim that the Jews somehow had it coming &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=42206\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,37,29,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam","category-israel","category-jews","category-terror"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - 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