The Jewish monopoly on tragedy di Zvi Bar'el
HAARETZ.COM The Jewish monopoly on tragedy | Opinion t’s a tragedy. This is a person with disabilities, autism, who was suspected − as we now know, wrongly − of being a terrorist in a very sensitive place. We all share in the grief of the family. This encompasses the entire Israeli public and the entire Israeli government too.” The speaker is the prime minister and the tragedy in question is the killing of Eyad Hallaq , who ran from Border Police officers in fear and posed no danger to them. What a jaw-dropping statement. Benjamin Netanyahu defining the killing of a Palestinian as a tragedy. Who knows, tomorrow he might even offer compensation. This is how the slide down the slippery slope begins. The prime minister could have just stuck to an aloof and formal position, like Public Security Minister Amir Ohana, who said, “The incident is being reviewed as required by law, and we will take action in accordance with the findings in order to prevent similar occurrences. Until the review