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PHOTO: Palestinians carry the body of one-and-a-half year old boy, Ali Dawabsheh, during his funeral in Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 31, 2015.

Det var fredag morgen at bosettere tok seg inn i landsbyen Duma nær Nablus og kastet molotovcocktails inn i rommet til familien Dawabsheh. Huset tok fyr, og familien flyktet ut. Moren grep et pledd som hun trodde rommet Ali på halvannet. Da hun kom ut oppdaget hun at pleddet var tomt. Gutten døde i flammene.

Når settlere brenner småbarn forstår israelerne at det er fare på ferde. Slike aksjoner truer deres egen sikkerhet.

PHOTO: Laid to rest Friday, a tiny grave for 18 month year-old Ali Dawabsheh.

Det var derfor et eget alvor over demonstrasjonene lørdag. De var rettet mot Israels indre demoner. En mann gikk til angrep på Gay Pride marsjen i Jerusalem torsdag og han såret seks personer, hvorav en alvorlig. Mannen var nettopp kommet ut av fengslet for et tilsvarende angrep i 2005.

PHOTO: Within hours of his death, posters with 18 month year-old Ali Dawabsheh’s face were printed and passed out ahead of Friday’s funeral.

President Rivlin holdt en fin tale, der han understreket at staten ikke kan forby hat. Det er en langsommelig prosess å snu folks følelser.

The president warned Saturday that the flames of hatred, violence and “false, distorted and twisted beliefs are spreading through the land,” and that Israel could no longer afford to continue dismissing these attacks.

“These flames, which are consuming all of us, cannot be extinguished with weak condemnations [by politicians]. These flames cannot be extinguished with solidarity rallies. Not even with this rally. These flames cannot be extinguished with posts on Facebook and statements in the media. These flames cannot be extinguished with repression, denial and disregard. Incitement, ridicule, frivolity, laxity and arrogance of the heart cannot extinguish the fire, but only allow it to burn stronger, with fervor, to spread in all directions, and permeate all walks of life,” Rivlin said.

“We must be thorough and clear; from the educational system, to those who enforce the law, through to the leadership of the people and the country. We must put out the flames, the incitement, before they destroy us all,” he warned.

“We will not be zealots. We will not be bullies. We will not become an anarchy,” he went on.

The president described his emotions during his visit Friday to the hospital beds of the seriously burned remaining members of the Dawabsha family, saying he was “ashamed [and] ridden with dread for the power of hatred.”

“[I was] ashamed that a country which has known the murder of Shalhevet Pass [killed in 2001 in Hebron by a Palestinian sniper], of the Fogel family [killed in their home in Itamar by two Palestinian attackers in March 2011], of Adele Biton [the toddler who died this year after suffering severe injuries sustained in a Palestinian firebomb attack in 2013], of Eyal, Gil-ad, Naftali [the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped and murdered last summer] and Muhammad Abu Khdeir [the Palestinian teenager kidnapped and burned alive by Jewish extremists in a reprisal attack for the three Israeli teens], there are still those who do not hesitate to ignite the flames, to burn the flesh of a baby, to increase the hatred and terror,” Rivlin said.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/rivlin-attacks-must-serve-as-wake-up-call-for-entire-country/