After London Attack, Israeli Diplomat Calls Out International Media for Different Coverage of Similar Terror Rampages in Jewish State
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by Algemeiner Staff
The Tel Aviv city hall lit up in the colors of the British flag on Wednesday. Photo: Twitter.
Following Wednesday’s deadly car-ramming and stabbing rampage in central London, some social media commentators noted the way in which the press covered it differently from similar attacks that have taken place in Israel.
For example, Israeli Ambassador to South Africa Arthur Lenk tweeted, “Confident & glad international media won’t headline: UK man killed by police after allegedly stabbing civilians in “attack”. #OnlyInIsrael.”
Confident & glad international media won’t headline: UK man killed by police after allegedly stabbing civilians in “attack”. #OnlyInIsrael
— Arthur Lenk (@ArthurLenk) March 22, 2017
International human rights lawyer and freelance journalist Arsen Ostrovsky broached a different — but related — subject, asking, “Will UN, EU & Int’l Community call on UK to show restraint in wake of #LondonAttack, like they do to Israel after Palestinian attacks?”
Will UN, EU & Int’l Community call on UK to show restraint in wake of #LondonAttack, like they do to Israel after Palestinian attacks? https://t.co/eInYFuE4rW
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) March 22, 2017
Later, in a tweet directed at Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, Ostrovsky wrote, “Will you also blame British cops for ‘excessive force’ like you did against Israel, when we have been target of similar Palestinian terror?”
Will you also blame British cops for ‘excessive force’ like you did against Israel, when we have been target of similar Palestinian terror? https://t.co/0JoTTXPFVG
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) March 22, 2017
Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night, City Hall was lit up in the colors of the British flag in a display of solidarity.
#TelAviv City Hall lit up tonight in colours of the Union Jack, in solidarity with the city of #London and my colleague @SadiqKhan pic.twitter.com/WOTFlU9OF4
— Mayor of Tel Aviv (@MayorOfTelAviv) March 22, 2017
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said, “Israel expresses its deep shock at the terror attack in London today and its solidarity with the victims and with the people and government of Great Britain. Terror is terror wherever it occurs and we will fight it relentlessly.”
Wednesday’s attack in London appeared to be part of an ongoing trend — previously reported on by The Algemeiner — of Islamist jihadis around the world mimicking tactics used by Palestinian terrorists against Israelis.
