Letter to Washington Post

Dear Editor, Elaine Rose's complaint about anti-Israel bias in the article "Palestinian 'Freedom Riders' arrested on bus to Jerusalem" (11/21/11) is right on. When she asks, "Who can forget murderous suicide bombings of buses in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv?", the obvious answer is the editors of The Washington Post who printed the article. The Post is consistent in its attacks on Israel while exuding sympathy for Palestinian terrorists. A recent front-page article ("In Gaza, former prisoners pampered in luxury hotel", 10/24/11) told about released Palestinians "prisoners", now living in a luxury Gaza hotel, who are having difficulty adjusting to their high-end beds. Couldn't The Post at least delve into the specifics of why Yahya Dabassa Ibrahim, the main prisoner featured in the article, was incarcerated in the first place? If the Post had, it would have seen that he was not just any prisoner - the guy was a mass murderer who helped orchestrate the Cafe Moment bombing in 2002! Eleven people were killed and 54 injured, many of them seriously. Does The Washington Post really believe that the Palestinian cause justifies suicide bombings and that Israel is not entitled to defend itself? Why else would the Post print an article whitewashing the release of the murderers of Israeli civilians and another that mocks Israel's security precautions? Michael Berenhaus