On May 14, the Israeli military shot hundreds of Palestinian protesters along the boundary line between Israel and the Gaza strip, killing “at least 55” Palestinians, according to The Guardian. Right-wing media have defended the Israeli military’s actions by blaming Palestinians for their own deaths.

Ann Coulter: “Can we do that?”

Can we do that? https://t.co/yVOYYEdZYB — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) May 14, 2018

Far-right personality Laura Loomer: “It’s too bad the United States doesn’t protect its border the same way Israel does.” Loomer positively compared Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinians to the “time of our founding fathers, [when] invaders were usually neutralized for the sake of protecting the sovereignty and borders of our nation.”

It’s too bad the United States doesn’t protect its border the same way Israel does… #Gaza — Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 15, 2018

Daily Wire’s Elliott Hamilton: “They can all burn in Hell.”

They can all burn in Hell. https://t.co/4P47pzEIj5 — Elliott Hamilton (@ElliottRHams) May 15, 2018

Fox News analyst Sebastian Gorka: “If you love America and Israel, and hate Jihadists, it’s a GREAT day.”

If you love America and Israel, and hate Jihadists, it’s a GREAT day. https://t.co/w5j2z6XHL1 — Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) May 14, 2018

Fox & Friends' Brian Kilmeade: “If someone is determined to create unrest with these great numbers, what are you supposed to do?”

Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby: Protests in Gaza were driven by “toxic, self-destructive hatred, inculcated in Palestinians from childhood” and “jihadist mentality.”

It isn’t “desperation,” it’s toxic, self-destructive hatred, inculcated in Palestinians from childhood. It’s also a jihadist mentality that celebrates “martyrdom” — and a culture that erupted in dancing and joy when thousands of Americans died on 9/11. https://t.co/KUvmGm6b7V — Jeff Jacoby (@Jeff_Jacoby) May 15, 2018

Former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer: “No protests in the Arab Street. Only Hamas. Only a terrorist group that urged its militants to attack Israel.”

No violence in the West Bank. No violence in Jordan. No protests in the Arab Street. Only Hamas. Only a terrorist group that urged its militants to attack Israel. Terrorists who refuse to recognize Israel’s right to exist. And this is how the NYT covers it. Shame. pic.twitter.com/5UFHiPP8va — Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) May 15, 2018

Fox media critic Howard Kurtz: “Hamas clearly precipitated” Israeli gunfire at the boundary line, to “paint Israel as some kind of a military thuggish nation.”

Sean Hannity: Israel “has the right to defend itself” from “Hamas-inspired protesters.”

CRTV’s Jordan Schachtel: The protesters were actually involved in a planned terrorist attack.

BREAKING: Attempting to breach a country's border with the goal of carrying out mass casualty terrorist attacks against its people are not "protests".https://t.co/b28GnRQKBB — Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) May 14, 2018

Far-right vlogger Stefan Molyneux: “I can’t help but notice a profound difference between how Israel and the United States defend their respective borders.”

I can’t help but notice a profound difference between how Israel and the United States defend their respective borders. — Stefan Molyneux (@StefanMolyneux) May 14, 2018

Business Insider’s Daniella Greenbaum: “If 50,000 people approached the US border with a stated intent to maim and kill how would you like our government to respond?”

If 50,000 people approached the US border with a stated intent to maim and kill how would you like our government to respond? Seriously. — Daniella Greenbaum (@DGreenbaum) May 15, 2018

The Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft retweeted a tweet that Palestinians “martyred their own baby because she was a girl.”

The Weekly Standard: “They’re not protests. They’re suicide riots.” In a May 15 editorial, The Weekly Standard denied that Palestinian protests could fairly be called “protests,” because “they’re intended mainly to kill and maim both Israelis and the Palestinian ‘protesters’ themselves.”