Baruch Dayan HaEmet, may their memories be a blessing and their murders be avenged.

It has taken hours for me to calm myself down enough to tell you about the brutal terrorist attack that occurred in the small town of Itamar on Friday night, March 11, 2011.

The funeral is today at 1:30PM in Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem.

For those who may have missed the reports due to media being dominated by Japan's natural disasters, I've compiled the following links to help you gain insight into just how horrific this is:

Follow up:

• The Muqata blog has done a great job providing background on the Fogel family who were expelled from Gush Katif and brutally murdered Friday night while asleep in their beds in their Itamar home. Especially telling is the fact that the terrorists waited for the family to be asleep in their beds before sneaking in to commit the murders - cowards that they are.
• A Soldier's Mother questions CNN's biased reporting of the terrorist attack.
• The IsreallyCool blog has published photos of Arabs distributing sweets in celebration of the murders.
• An excellent and rational solution from David over at the Treppenwitz blog
• And so as not for you to think this is an isolated incident, the Daled Amos blog displays photos and information about 123 Israeli Children killed by terrorists as of August 2006 (not sure why they stopped counting).
• For as long as Facebook allows them to be there, you can view Graphic photos of the murder scene but be forewarned that they are upsetting.
• To put all those hateful feelings that are flowing right now into proper perspective, Assaf Wohl discusses a Moment of truth for leftists, challenging them to decide whether they're 'useful idiots' or 'anti-Semites'.

And now for those of you struggling to understand the truth of the Middle East conflict under the barrage of propaganda spewed out by Western media, Dennis Prager explains quickly and in clear terms "The Middle East Problem"

If, for any reason, you think that the US is not part of the problem I suggest you read this very telling interview with an Arab dissident. Here are a few excerpts:

• "Unlike his father (the late King Hussein), he (King Abdullah) has developed a strong lobby in Washington D.C. which allows him to get away with a lot. He is very anti-Israel and constantly speaks against Israel in the government controlled media and he is playing with the basic rights of his Palestinian citizens."
• "Amman is more Palestinian than Ramallah. The only un-Palestinian thing in Jordan is the king and his family, a group of 50 people."
• "Unlike Egypt, Libya or even Tunisia, all the US has to do is press the "Stop Aid/Support button" and Abdullah will be gone. In other words once the Americans say, "Abdullah you're a dictator, we are not funding you or supporting you any more", he will be gone within a few days. Only reason he is in power is that he is supported by the US"

• "The Palestinians like their stay in Jordan, even Jerusalemites are moving to Jordan according to Jordanian government statistics last year. And the King depends on US support. Remove that support and then he is gone and then the Palestinians can take over through an elected government where anyone inciting terrorism (i.e.; Muslim Brotherhood) is excluded. Then.....all is done. The King is one man; the Palestinians are the majority.

  The Palestinians in Jordan are very fragile and need Israel. They even depend on Israel for water. Thus should the Palestinians establish a state they would not dare attack Israel. The Israelis have nothing to fear and everything to gain."

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