The "Other" Palestinians
(by Khaled Abu Toameh, August 31, 2016). Nearly 3,500 Palestinians have been killed in Syria since 2011. But because these Palestinians were killed by Arabs, and not Israelis, this fact is not news in the mainstream media or of interest to "human rights" forums.How many Western journalists have cared to inquire about the Palestinians of Yarmouk in Syria? Does anyone know that this camp has been without water supply for more than 720 days; no electricity for the past three years?
Nor is the alarm bell struck concerning the more than 12,000 Palestinians languishing in Syrian prisons, including 765 children and 543 women. According to Palestinian sources, some 503 Palestinian prisoners have died under torture in recent years, and some female prisoners have been raped by interrogators and guards.
When Western journalists lavish time on a Palestinian delayed at an Israeli checkpoint, and ignore bombs dropped by the Syrian military on residential areas, one might start to wonder what they are really about.
Er...'what they are really about' when they're not ass lickin' Team Obama and topping up their latte, is squit. The liberal media jurnos are graduates of the Goebbels School of Journalism; so if an Israeli isn't in the script, the PC prats care more about scaming their expences. The plain fact is, Khaled Abu Toameh; most of the westie press don't really give a flying fig about Johnny A-rabs' 400,000 and counting death toll.
