Posted on 07/20/2010 7:44:21 PM PDT by ventanax5
When was the last time the United Nations Security Council met to condemn an Arab government for its mistreatment of Palestinians?
How come groups and individuals on university campuses in the US and Canada that call themselves "pro-Palestinian" remain silent when Jordan revokes the citizenship of thousands of Palestinians?
The plight of Palestinians living in Arab countries in general, and Lebanon in particular, is one that is often ignored by the mainstream media in West.
How come they turn a blind eye to the fact that Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and many more Arab countries continue to impose severe travel restrictions on Palestinians?
And where do these groups and individuals stand regarding the current debate in Lebanon about whether to grant Palestinians long-denied basic rights, including employment, social security and medical care?
Or have they not heard about this debate at all? Probably not, since the case has failed to draw the attention of most Middle East correspondents and commentators.
A news story on the Palestinians that does not include an anti-Israel angle rarely makes it to the front pages of Western newspapers.
The demolition of an Arab-owned illegal building in Jerusalem is, for most of these correspondents, much more important than the fact that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Lebanon continue to suffer from a series of humiliating restrictions.
Not only are Palestinians living in Lebanon denied the right to own property, but they also do not qualify for health care, and are banned by law from working in a large number of jobs.
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Shhhh.
No one is supposed to know that Arab countries could have peacefully and amicably solved the Palestinian problem long ago if they wanted to.
But why give up their primary propaganda against Israel tool, when it is so effective at manipulating fools who think they know far more about what is going on there than they in fact do.
Palestinians are treated far better in Israel than in most Muslim/Arab countries.
...hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Lebanon continue to suffer from a series of humiliating restrictions. Not only are Palestinians living in Lebanon denied the right to own property, but they also do not qualify for health care, and are banned by law from working in a large number of jobs.Luckily, they neither need nor are inclined to work for a living.
Maybe the Palestinians should start writing about their plight in Lebanon, Syria and other Arab countries instead of only complaining about Israel all the time - that would make more interesting news and perhaps get them some assistance.
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All of Islam suffers from barbaric restrictions.
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