Only a few hours after the body of Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir was found in a Jerusalem forest, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned "in the strongest possible terms" his kidnapping and murder.
On the other hand, he waited 3 days after Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrah were kidnapped to "strongly condemn" it, while adding the caveat that he had no idea if Palestinians were to blame: "We are still seeking details on the parties responsible for this despicable terrorist act."
While the circumstances of Abu Khudair's murder continue to be investigated, here is what we already know.
We know that Israel is a democratic society governed by the rule of law, and as with murders across the Western world, it will be properly investigated and prosecuted.
We know that Israeli Jewish mothers will not be handing out candy for their killer sons or hoping that they're the ones to blame.
We know that the government of Israel won't name public places after the killer's name, if indeed he is found to be a Jewish Israeli.
We know that the Israeli press won't proudly display images portraying dead Palestinians as dangling rats.
We know that Israeli children will not smile into cameras and hold up one finger for one dead Palestinian.
And we also know, that the UN and the Obama administration - which waited and equivocated and injected moral relativism into a fictional cycle of violence when it came to Jewish children - will seek to tarnish all of Israel, regardless of the facts.
Update: Israeli police have arrested six Jews in connection with the death of Mohammed Abu Khudair.