| Felix (be) |
30 juli 2010 09:33 |
De vergeten Palestijnse slachtoffers.
Neen, niet de Gaza-Palestijnen of die in Israël wonen.
Wel de Palestijnen die oa in Libanon en Jordanië leven.
Daar hoor je nauwelijks iets over. Hoe zou dat komen?
Ze schijnen de jongste tijd nochtans nogal wat rechten te verliezen,
zoals het recht op eigenom van een onroerend goed of medische verzorging 8O:
The Palestinian victims no one talks about
Citaat:
...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 United States 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...
Ironically, it is much easier for a Palestinian to acquire American and Canadian citizenship than a passport of an Arab country...
Rami Khouri, a prominent Lebanese journalist, wrote in his country’s Daily Star that “all Arab countries mistreat millions of Arab, Asian and African foreign guest workers, who often are treated little better than chattel or indentured laborers…
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