Via the Kestrel. A Jewish man in the Haifa region has apparently been off on a bombing campaign against local Arabs and their cars. The fact that he's been fairly inept doesn't make him any less a criminal or his bombs any less dangerous.

Note that Mr. Golan was arrested by the Israeli Police, an organization said to have ties to the Israeli government. Among the other anomalies: while Mr. Golan's father professed ignorance of his son's alleged crimes, he did not appear on television to tearfully tell the world how proud he was of his son's achievements. There are no plans to release him back into the community before a trial. Haifa has not seen street demonstrations in favor of Mr. Golan, nor are there any plans to rename schools, streets, or major harbor locations after him.

Most striking, "Northern region Police Chief Commander Yaacov Borovsky told reporters in Haifa on Thursday that it appears that motive behind the attacks was 'hatred of Arabs'." No excuses were offered, nor were we told that Mr. Golan's actions were a regrettable but understandable consequence of occupation. Or even of Arab murders of his friends and neighbors.