US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL STANDS UP TO TERRORISTS

January 12, 2018 Daniel Greenfield

Anyone who follows the news from Israel knows how this usually goes.

Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a 32-year-old father of six, died of his wounds following a shooting attack near Havat Gilad in Samaria this evening. The rabbi leaves behind a wife, 4 daughters and 2 sons, the younger of which is an 8-month-old baby.  Ilana Shevach, mother of Rabbi Raziel Shevach who was murdered in Tuesday’s terrorist attack near Havat Gilad in Samaria, told Channel 20 about her son who left behind a wife and six children. "Raziel is our oldest son. We have four sons - Raziel, Barel, Matanel and Eldan, and a daughter, Ateret. He was married to Yael, an amazing woman, and they have six children. He was a humble child. From what I heard today at the funeral, I did not believe how much of a righteous man he was," the mother said. “My husband was listening to the news on the radio. I'm in mourning, my father died a month ago and we are not watching television these days. He turned on the radio and said, 'Ilana, there was an attack at Havat Gilad.' So I told him I was going to call Yael and Raziel. My cell phone was in the kitchen, and then I heard on the news a voice saying, 'They shot me, shot me in the neck,' (from Rabbi Shevach’s call to Magen David Adom –ed.) and I recognized his voice.”

That's the cue for the State Department serving as ambassador to mumble a generic condolence, praise the Palestinian Authority for keeping the peace, and call for all sides to show restraint.

But it's not business as usual anymore.

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