With All of This Bad News, What Hope Do We Have?
The flow of troubling news out of Israel and the Middle East continues unabated this week.
For example, over the weekend a Russian commercial airliner filled with tourists heading home to Russia apparently exploded in mid-air over the Sinai Peninsula killing all 224 aboard. The Islamic State (ISIS) immediately claimed responsibility.
Meanwhile, the random knife attacks by Palestinians upon unarmed, unsuspecting Israelis continued and included separate attacks which gravely injured a 70-year-old woman, an 80-year old woman, and a 71-year-old man.
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
In related news, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri praised the recent wave of Palestinian attacks against Israelis and called for similar lone wolf attacks in Western countries, especially in the United States.
In a video statement released on Twitter, Zawahiri pointed to the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013 as another type of lone wolf attack that should be emulated.
Also, the Islamic State terror group released a video last Sunday with a message for the people of Israel. In it, an ISIS spokesman speaking Hebrew says that he and his jihadist comrades are “preparing for a major war” against Israel and are planning to infiltrate the nation to carry out attacks.
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