A 60 year old British tourist was the victim of yesterday’s terrorist bombing in Jerusalem.
According to Reuters, as reproduced by the Independent:
Police said it was a “terrorist attack” – Israel’s term for a Palestinian strike.
Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic observes:
Those Israelis and their crazy terms! I mean, referring to a fatal bombing of civilians as a “terrorist attack”? Who are they kidding? Everyone knows that a fatal bombing of Israeli civilians should be referred to as a “teachable moment.” Or as a “venting of certain frustrations.” Or as “an understandable reaction to Jewish perfidy.” Or perhaps as “a very special episode of ‘Cheers.'” Anything but “a terrorist attack.” I suppose Reuters will mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by referring to the attacks as “an exercise in urban renewal.”
The mind reels.
There have been a lot of “Palestinian Strikes” directed at Israeli civilians over the last few days, haven’t there?
UPDATE
The Jerusalem Post reports:
Mary Jane Gardner, the name of the British woman killed in Wednesday’s bombing in Jerusalem was released on Thursday.
Gardner, 59, was studying at Hebrew University in the capital and lived in the dormitories.
