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Why Jordan Doesn't Want More Palestinians
by Khaled Abu Toameh
• August 18, 2014 at 5:00 am
By
mistreating the Palestinians and depriving them of their basic rights, Jordan
and other Arab countries are driving them into the open arms of extremists,
especially Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.
Jordan,
Lebanon and Syria can continue their practices against Palestinians without
having to worry about the responses of the international community or the
media. No one is going to take to the streets of European and American cities
to condemn Arabs for mistreating Arabs.
It is no secret that many Arab countries despise Palestinians and
subject them to apartheid laws and strict security measures that deny them
most basic rights.
The mistreatment of Palestinians at the hands of their Arab brothers is
an issue that is rarely mentioned in the mainstream media in the West. Most
journalists prefer to look the other way when a story lacks an anti-Israel
perspective.
A story is big only when it is Israel that arrests, kills, or deports.
When Arab countries such as Jordan, Syria and Lebanon move against
Palestinians, however, foreign journalists choose to bury their heads in the
sand. Such has been the case with Jordan and its mistreatment of the
kingdom's Palestinian majority.
Why I Support Israel
by David Draiman
• August 18, 2014 at 4:00 am
There is
no distinction between "anti-Zionists" and anti-Semites. They are
chanting, "Death to the Jews." They are not singling out the
Israeli army or government, so let's just have you take your masks off, shall
we?
Hamas,
however, always targets civilians -- always. What if such a threat were aimed
at your family? Your wife? Your son?
"Israel
was founded on land stolen from the Palestinian people." FALSE.
For many weeks now I have struggled as to whether or not to defend the
actions of Israel in its current battle against the terrorist organization
Hamas.
Blessed with a beautiful family, and looking into the eyes of my beloved
son, your world takes on a very different perspective. It is easy to fear, as
I'm sure many of my colleagues do, that I could be putting my family at risk
and open myself up to attacks --verbal and otherwise.
I have just returned from my brother's wedding in Jerusalem. The were
lucky enough to have the wedding take place during another short-lived
cease-fire, which was of course purposefully and intentionally broken by
Hamas, again, just as I was leaving the country.
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