The U.S. State Department appears to have a set style-sheet for condemning terrorist attacks around the world – but when the victims are Israelis, the style-sheet is changed, to Israel's detriment. So finds the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), based on research into State Department condemnations over the course of the past year.
Israel has suffered two vicious and lethal attacks by Palestinian terrorists over the past week; for only one of them did the State Department issue a statement of condemnation and condolences. The ZOA notes, however, that the condemnation of Hallel Yaffa Ariel does not mention that it was a Palestinian Arab who committed the heinous crime of murdering her as she slept in her bed, nor that the murdered girl was an Israeli.
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