A few days ago marked the 21st anniversary of the suicide bombing in which our son, then 7, and I were wounded. There is no greater supporter of Palestinian terrorism than the U.S. government.

At 4:20 pm on March 21st, 2002, a Palestinian policeman detonated himself on King George Street in downtown Jerusalem. The bomber was brought to Jerusalem by two women and sent from Ramallah by an officer in the Palestinian Authority intelligence service. I have written about the bombing and its aftermath previously. 

A New York jury found the PA and the PLO guilty of the attack and awarded us over $100 million in trebled damages. After multiple appeals, our case goes on today, nearly 20 years after it was filed.

The United States ostensibly fights terrorists throughout the world. Yet, it is the U.S. that is the single greatest contributor to Palestinian terror, more so than Iran, Syria, or other “terror” states. Let’s look at an attack that occurred last week. David Stern, a former US Marine living in the settlement of Itamar, was shot in the head in his car in the Palestinian town of Huwara.

Stern returned fire and made his way to a checkpoint before being taken to a hospital. The U.S. ambassador, Tom Nides, duly noted that Stern was a U.S. citizen and, like many others, asked for prayers for his recovery. Nides did not condemn the attack or the attacker. Why would he? Nides and many in Washington see the Palestinians as a wronged people and terror is in their minds a fair tactic for redressing historical wrongs and fighting a “right-wing” government currently running Israel. 

I wrote to Ambassador Nides last May to tell him that a senior Palestinian minister had been actively involved in our attack. I asked that he and his colleagues refrain from meeting someone involved in the attempted murder of civilians, including two American citizens. Not only did I not receive a response, the same fellow, Hussein al-Sheikh, was allowed into the US and met with Tony Blinken.

Every year we remember the day in which we were injured and thank G-d for our recoveries. We will continue to fight the terrorists in court and in any way we can. I wish that our leaders in Washington could say the same.

Source:  Alan Joseph Bauer - The Frontpage Magazine