Talk:Tel Aviv bus 5 suicide bombing
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[edit] Editorial Bias
I believe this article does a poor job of remaining neutral upon the topic, and in fact it feels like the perpetrator of this crime is being romanticized. If one wanted to highlight the "non-innocence" of Israel in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, there has to be a better way to do it. I do not deign to take this task upon myself, but perhaps someone with a more critical eye and wit could manage to do so. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.80.55.34 (talk) 18:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] "To the Palestianians, he became an overnight hero"
This should be revised. There is undoubtedly a range of Palestinian opinion on the subject. --141.219.44.183 20:40, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
- Anytime you summarize the opinion of a large group of people, it is obviously (and by definition) a generalization. In this case, the generalization is completely accurate. While there might have been a few Palestinians who didn't care for him, they were a few and fare between. "Yehiya Ayyash wasn't just a fugitive, he was a national hero. Folk songs were written about him, parents began naming their first-borns Yehiya, and women embroidered tablecloths with his image. Yehiya Ayyash had become the Palestinian version of a rock star, a sports hero, and a national leader. He was seen as an elusive enigma that was larger than life and more powerful than the region's most acclaimed intelligence service." - Katz, 179. Raul654 20:51, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Requires Improvements
I second the critique of the anonymous user in the last comment. There are a few sentences that I find problematic in this article namely:
"a major avenue in Tel Aviv which has been called the Israeli Fifth Avenue." -- Maybe in the 1970's, now it's more like West Broadway
"Police arrested scores of Arab suspects in and around the blast area, though most were detained to save them from crowds eager to exact Middle Eastern payback - mob style". -- Sounds a bit too romantic
"To the Palestinians, he became an overnight hero, and T-shirts bearing his image were the fastest selling." -- How exactly do we know they were the fastest selling? Faster than what? Again, a bit too colorful.
"Using DNA technology, Israeli police quickly identified al-Souwi as the perpetrator." -- Was this really the case? I wonder if it wasn't the cassette that turned him in, I think we need a reference for that Cramer 22:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
