Michelle Malkin » Keeping the memory of Shiri Negari alive

Keeping the memory of Shiri Negari alive

By Michelle Malkin • September 26, 2007 11:48 AM

On Monday, I posted this photo I took of a sign held by a protester standing outside the gates of Columbia University:

Shiri Negari

The poster of Shiri Negari, murdered by a Palestinian suicide bomber in a Gilo, Jerusalem bus attack on June 18, 2002, resonated deeply with many readers and bloggers. The protester who made the sign is David Zucker. He e-mailed me:

“I did not know Shiri, just happened to come across her memorial site on Sunday when I was trying to figure out what type of sign to make when I got the idea to put a human face on the current debate. I emailed her family to get their permission and they emailed me the picture. I’m sure her family will get great solace from the fact that their daughter’s memory is still alive.”

Shiri’s cousin, Dvir, e-mailed me from Jerusalem:

“I am a family member of Shiri Negari – the 22 year old woman who was murdered, 5 years ago in a suicide bombing in Israel by a Palestinian terror organization. As you know, Shiri’s picture was presented by a demonstrator during Iran’s president to the US,outside Columbia university which you have covered in your blog. Thanks to your blog, many people have visited Shiri’s memorial web site, got to know her special character and sent us kind e-mails saying that they care. I wish to thank you for giving a stage to the memory of our Shiri, and let you know that even if you did it unknowingly, you contributed to making her memory alive which is something very important for us – making sure she is not just another statistic in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

Stacy McCain at the Washington Times notes the blogospheric tributes to Shiri, past and present, and writes:

Why has Shiri’s death affected so many people? Edgar Allen Poe once explained:

“Of all melancholy topics, what, according to the universal understanding of mankind, is the most melancholy?”
Death was the obvious reply.
“And when,” I asked, “is this most melancholy topic most poetical?”
From what I have already explained at some length, the answer, here also, is obvious — “When it most closely allies itself to Beauty: the death, then, of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world …”

Stacy obtained permission from Shiri’s family to post this video tribute from her website:

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Israpundit honors Shiri.

Publius Pundit weighs in on the Iran-Russia nexus:

Shiri speaks from the grave in this image, attending the protest in spirit to remind those gathered that she, too, would have liked to address the students at Columbia, but was prevented from doing so by terrorists from Hamas who were funded by Iran’s government, which is led by Ahmadinejad — who in turn has called for a holy war against Israel wiping it off the face of the earth. All of the NATO allies are now furiously arrayed against Iran and, amazingly enough, France’s new president is leading the charge to impose draconian sanctions to keep Iran in line. If France is willing to take action, you know that Ahmadinejad is just as extreme as he can possibly get.

One might well ask: Where does Ahmadinejad get the brazen hubris necessary to confront the overwhelmingly more powerful team of the United States and Europe in this haughty, contemptuous manner? His nation, alone, is far to puny to work up such suicidal pathos (look how easily the U.S. destroyed the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq). There’s a clear answer: He gets it from Russia, and specifically from Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin.

PJM’s Andrew Marcus files his video report on the anti-A-jad protests.

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#1

On September 26th, 2007 at 12:10 pm, aaron said:

The link to the “Shiri’s memorial web site” is broken.

One of the better posters I have seen.
#2

On September 26th, 2007 at 12:22 pm, rbb said:

There’s a clear answer: He gets it from Russia, and specifically from Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin.

He’s obviously forgotten the last time the Russians visited his country - “At the war’s end Britain withdrew but Soviet troops stationed in northwestern Iran not only refused to withdraw but backed revolts that established short-lived, pro-Soviet separatist regimes in the northern provinces of Iran Iranian Azerbaijan, the People’s Republic of Azerbaijan and the Kurdish People’s Republic in late 1945, both effective Soviet puppet states. Soviet troops did not withdraw from Iran proper until May, 1946 after receiving a promise of oil concessions. The Soviet republics in the north were soon overthrown and the oil concessions were revoked.”

It’s not nice to fool with the bear…
#3

On September 26th, 2007 at 12:31 pm, tommad said:

http://www.shiri.us
#4

On September 26th, 2007 at 12:38 pm, feebiebabe said:

very sad.

she was a very striking young lady.
#5

On September 26th, 2007 at 12:39 pm, blacktygrrrr said:

Tommad,

Nothing I could say would be as powerful or as meaningful as that link you posted. I am the son of a survivor.

Never again.

eric http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com
#6

On September 26th, 2007 at 1:03 pm, aunursa said:

I’m glad that this poster with its striking message is receiving widespread attention.

May God bless Shiri’s soul and may God continue to comfort her family and friends.
#7

On September 26th, 2007 at 1:19 pm, AlohaGuy said:

The truth is astonishingly powerful.
#8

On September 26th, 2007 at 2:33 pm, Alphonse said:

Israel has about a 25:1 kill ratio versus the Arabs, but of course in value of life Jewish > American >> Arab.
#9

On September 26th, 2007 at 2:43 pm, nbarry said:

Obviously, the Final Solution wasn’t final enough for Alphonse.
#10

On September 26th, 2007 at 2:49 pm, zorro said:

Michelle, your trip to NYC to document the Ahmadinejad protests has really paid off. God Bless you.
#11

On September 26th, 2007 at 2:58 pm, Just A Grunt said:

On September 26th, 2007 at 2:33 pm, Alphonse

Nice try. Why don’t you further refine your figures down to those holding weapons versus innocent civillians. Palestinians who died as a result of their own suicide bombs don’t count either.
And of course we are all waiting for the surce of your 25:1 ratio. Another Lancet study maybe?
#12

On September 26th, 2007 at 3:07 pm, tommad said:

don’t forget to include the ratio of human-shields as well.
#13

On September 26th, 2007 at 3:39 pm, trinitytim said:

Israel has about a 25:1 kill ratio versus the Arabs, but of course in value of life Jewish > American >> Arab>>>Alphonse.

My bad.
#14

On September 26th, 2007 at 3:54 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

Libtards forget there were weapons of mass destruction in the form of checks paid to families to blow up people.

Oh, and who was the biggest killer of Muslims in the world? Saddam! I would consider him a WMD as well. So, the libtard idea there were no WMD’s never held water with me.

The beautiful young woman was a victim of a WMD in he form of a payoff - it is that simple.
#15

On September 26th, 2007 at 4:42 pm, blues said:

What kind of mental derangement affects the people who refuse to see the pure evil that drives the jihadist murderers?The “Beautiful People”of the left can’t abide true beauty.They embrace the ugliest traits of sub-human existence.How anyone can hear the story of this lovely young lady’s life and the sensless taking away of it and still not recognise the fact that Islam is nothing but destructive is beyond my ability to understand. Perhaps they just can’t recognise real beauty because they are obsessed with their own hedonism and cheap thrills.The fact that women like Anna Nicole Smith,Britney Spears and the like can arouse such emotion and interest when a lady Shiri Negari is unheard of outside of the blogs is sickening.Her story and the stories of all the innocents who have died at the behest of fanatics should be broadcast all over the media until the moonbats understand the truth about their friends in the religion of p*ss.
#16

On September 26th, 2007 at 5:02 pm, 24Klady said:

Shiri stands with all victims of hate, violence, and murder. The contributions she may have made will never be known, but the time she did spend here was blessed. We should send this to every high school or college student we know. The garbage they are being fed about the ME problem has many spewing that it’s Israel’s fault. Having a face their age to identify with, and the same hopes and dreams they have, might make a difference. Very deepest sympathies to her family.
#17

On September 26th, 2007 at 5:41 pm, gippergirl said:

sad? No, I’m not sad…I’m ANGRY!!!
#18

On September 26th, 2007 at 5:49 pm, Boomer said:

Nothing disturbs me more than to see another young promising life snuffed out by the many atrocities practiced by this brutal 6th century death cult.
#19

On September 26th, 2007 at 8:26 pm, Surak said:

Sigh. Ah, how sad. Another tragedy (using liberal vocabulary that won’t acknowledge the existence of evil). Another dignified protest. A shake of the head, and, “Well, whaddya gonna do?”

Is there anyone else out there who is saying that maybe, just maybe, after the 28-year Iranian war against America, including hostages, the Beirut bombing in 1983 that killed 241 servicepeople, the Khobar Towers bombing, and many dead soldiers in the Iraqi war - maybe, just maybe, it’s time for us to fight back?

Nah, my bad. Just go back to sleep, America. Whatever possessed FDR to declare war on Japan and Germany just because they declared war on us? No, let’s talk sports instead.

How low have we sunk compared with our forefathers that we are unwilling to lob a pebble into Iran in response to the hundreds of Americans they’ve murdered?
#20

On September 26th, 2007 at 9:26 pm, bvw said:

At camp, around the campfire, my Dad used to tell us a story which went as follows:

“It was late at night on the coast of Spain. Four men were sitting around a campfire. One spoke up, he said ‘Alphonse, tell us story!” So Alphonse told them a story, ‘It was late at night on the coast of Spain. Three men were sitting around a campfire, one spoke up and said, ‘Alphonse, tell us a story!’ So Alphonse spoke up and ‘It was late at night on the coast of Spain, two men were sitting around a campfire. One spoke up and said, ‘Alphonse, tell us a story. So Alphonse told them a story …”

I never understood that story until now.

Never make camp when there’s an Alphonse around.
#21

On September 27th, 2007 at 8:29 am, gunslingerpatriot said:

Shiri and other victims of religious violence will not be forgotten to the sands of time.
I agree with the other posts, that until America faces up, identifies the enemy that is knocking at the gate, then we will have alot more “Shiri’s” of our own (close to three thousand on 9/11).
May her soul rest in peace…
#22

On September 27th, 2007 at 9:17 am, heroyalwhyness said:

bvw said:
At camp, around the campfire, my Dad used to tell us a story which went as follows:

“It was late at night on the coast of Spain. Four men were sitting around a campfire. One spoke up, he said ‘Alphonse, tell us story!” So Alphonse told them a story, ‘It was late at night on the coast of Spain. Three men were sitting around a campfire, one spoke up and said, ‘Alphonse, tell us a story!’ So Alphonse spoke up and ‘It was late at night on the coast of Spain, two men were sitting around a campfire. One spoke up and said, ‘Alphonse, tell us a story. So Alphonse told them a story …”

I never understood that story until now.

Never make camp when there’s an Alphonse around.

Wise man, your dad is. That story is a keeper. Thank you.

And thank you to MM for posting this story - insuring that Shiri’s life will continue to be celebrated by many who did not have the good fortune of crossing paths with her in this life.