In recent years, Palestinian terrorism claims its victims in one of two ways: in attacks in crowded places, causing as much damage and casualties as possible, or on back roads, in isolated areas, where no one can come to the victim's aid and from where the terrorist can more easily flee.
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Esther Horgan, the mother of six who was murdered on Monday, falls to the second category. She was killed in the heart of a picturesque grove, commonly referred to as the "backyard" of Tal Menashe, the Samaria community where she lived.
Horgan was the latest victim to be killed seemingly "out of sight." Like in other similar cases, the terrorists didn't suffice with murder, adding mutilation to their already heinous crime.
The stark contrast between the peaceful nature, with its sunny skies and floral bloom, and the atrocities committed in its midst never fails to shock us. Still, the best way to counter such acts of terrorism is to adhere to the healthiest Jewish instinct there is – revival. Live and build despite death and bereavement; plant in the face of displacement; erect communities in the name of the victims and enshrine their memory through positive action – that is how you exact vengeance on killers and all those who wish us harm.
In a few days, when the killer is caught, experts will again speak of "lone-wolf terrorism," noting, presumably, that the perpetrator acted alone and not on behalf of a known terrorist group.
The mere concept of "lone-wolf terrorism," however, is misleading. Wolves, after all, travel in a pack and while these individuals may decide to act of their own volition, they all drink from the same poisoned well and share the same warped mindset by which the murder of Jews, either in the name of "Islam," or in the name of the "Palestinian cause," is a good thing.
Those who stab their victims, shoot them, run them over or bash their head in with rocks are all inspired to carry out their "lone" attacks by the ongoing glorification of terrorism by the Palestinian Authority, and this, too, must not be forgotten.
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