A Curious Imbalance:

When was the last time the Palestinian Authority, or the government of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Pakistan or any of the other Arab/Muslim states took similar action against individuals claiming intent to attack Jews or Jewish targets? Against American or Western targets?

Stumped? With good reason - this doesn't happen.

Take it as a case-in-point if you ever doubt our moral superiority in this war we are fighting.

~JDS


Israeli Held for Vowing Attack at Muslim Shrine
Published: October 5, 2006
Filed at 6:39 a.m. ET

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - An Israeli Jew has been arrested for threatening to carry out an attack at a major Muslim shrine in Jerusalem and could face criminal charges, police said on Thursday.

The suspect, described in media reports as a rabbi in his early 50s, was taken into custody on Wednesday after making the threat about al-Aqsa mosque in the lobby of a Tel Aviv hotel, national police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

The suspect has been sent for psychiatric evaluation. He will appear at Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court on Thursday and police are seeking an indictment against him on charges of threatening behavior.

``He was overheard at the hotel and, under interrogation, repeated his threat to carry out an attack at the Temple Mount,'' Rosenfeld said, using the Jewish term for the al-Aqsa plaza, which is known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif or Noble Sanctuary.

Rosenfeld said the suspect was not known to have been involved in criminal or political violence.

``He has a clean record so this is not something that should be blown out of proportion. We will let the courts deal with him,'' Rosenfeld said.

Al-Aqsa mosque, located in Arab East Jerusalem, has been a frequent flashpoint during decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel captured East Jerusalem during a 1967 war and annexed it as its capital in a move not recognized abroad.

The mosque is Islam's third holiest shrine. Jews revere the site as the last vestige of two ancient temples.