Violence Rewarded

And taught to the next generation.

"I feel a great sense of victory today," said Mr. Hattah, 40, who lives across the tall concrete wall in the Khan Yunis refugee camp and who used to work in this settlement before the second Palestinian uprising began in 2000.

"The Zionists built it and then they destroyed it," he said with satisfaction. "The lesson I've learned, and I will pass it on to my sons, is that no matter how long it takes, the occupiers will leave because of resistance."

Behind him, a settlement synagogue built in the shape of a huge star of David was smoldering, and fires lit inside were sending smoke through the edges of the star. Atop the building, in the dim smoky moment before dawn, a huge green flag of the radical Islamic group Hamas could be seen, with a smaller flag of Palestine flying below it.

-- From NYTimes.


Throughout the piece Erlanger is almost gleeful. Should expect it by now I suppose, but it remains nauseating.