The shootings in Texas

May 26, 2022: Uvalde, Texas (NY Times)

The harrowing nightmare tormenting parents of the massacred Uvalde children stirs up painful memories.

 
That frantic search for our daughter Malki in the local hospitals. The rage on learning that her death might have been prevented by authorities who gave petty concerns priority over decisive actions to halt the two terrorists heading for their target - a Sbarro pizzeria.

These facts reached us via a parliamentarian, MK Meir Shitreet, who revealed them to the public with no compunction. Here, however, no heads rolled afterwards. 

Nobody was excoriated for failing.to warn Jerusalemites that two terrorists traversed the the city's streets. 

Nor for their failure to order Jerusalemites to shelter in place. 

No "powers that be" were ever criticized for pleading with their "buddy" Yasser Arafat to help prevent the impending disaster. To nobody's surprise, he refused. 

Our hearts are broken with those of the Uvalde parents whom we heard pleading with the police to be admitted into the school to rescue their children. 

Shame on all those who conduct themselves incompetently in the face of evildoers. None of these mass-murderers deserves to live free and protected the way our child's murderer does as I write this.