We have previously written about the media’s use of the term “right-wing” to describe Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who was the victim of an attempted assassination for advocating for freedom of worship on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Now, the International Business Times goes even farther by labeling him a “militant.”
Again, we repeat Rabbi Glick’s own words:
We are talking about sharing, coexistence, tolerance, respecting one another. I think that genuine peace must begin with tolerance and respect. I think that Jews, Muslims, or Christians, anybody who supports peace, anyone who supports praying — talking to G-d — should be allowed to on the Temple Mount.
What makes the label even more grotesque is that the term “militant” is the one favored by most of the Western media to describe terrorist groups like Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and even ISIS.
So now the same word is being used to describe the victim of a terrorist as well as the terrorist.
Nonsense.
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[sc:graybox ]Contact the IBT and tell them that there is a difference between terrorists and their victims.
