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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• August 10, 2015 at 5:00 am
- According to the
researcher, many Palestinians captured by Shiite militias in Iraq have
been brutally tortured and forced to "confess" to their
alleged involvement in terrorism. Since 2003, the number of Palestinians
there has dropped from 25,000 to 6,000.
- Most interesting
is the complete indifference displayed by international human rights
organizations, the media and the Palestinian Authority (PA) toward the
mistreatment of Palestinians in Arab countries. International journalists
do not care about the Palestinians in the Arab world because this is not
a story that can be blamed on Israel.
- The UN and other
international bodies have obviously not heard of the ethnic cleansing of
Palestinians in the Arab world. They too are so obsessed with Israel
that they prefer not to hear about the suffering of Palestinians under
Arab regimes.
- PA leaders say
they want to press "war crimes" charges against Israel with
the International Criminal Court. However, when it comes to ethnic
cleansing and torture of Palestinians in Arab countries such as Iraq,
Syria and Lebanon, they choose to look the other way.
- An Arab killing
or torturing an Arab is not an item worth publishing in a major
newspaper in the West. But when a Palestinian complains against the
Israeli authorities or Jewish settlers, many Western journalists rush to
cover this "major" development.
- Not only do the
Arab countries despise the Palestinians, they also want them to be the
problem of Israel alone. Since 1948, Arab governments have refused to
allow Palestinians permanently to settle in their countries and become
equal citizens. Now these Arab countries are also killing and torturing
them and subjecting them to ethnic cleansing, all while world leaders
continue to bury their heads in the sand and point an accusing finger at
Israel.
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Part of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, near
Damascus, Syria, after being damaged by fighting. (Image source: RT video
screenshot)
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It is no secret that most of the Arab countries have long been
mistreating their Palestinian brethren by subjecting them to a series of
Apartheid-like discriminatory laws and regulations that often deny them basic
rights.
In countries such as Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Syria,
Palestinians are treated as second and third class citizens, a fact that has
forced many of them to seek better lives in the U.S., Canada, Australia and
various European countries. As a result, many Palestinians today feel unwelcome
in their countries of origin and other Arab countries.
by Samuel Westrop
• August 10, 2015 at 4:00 am
- "We've got
to show that if you say 'yes I condemn terror -- but the Kuffar are
inferior', or 'violence in London isn't justified, but suicide bombs in
Israel are a different matter' -- then you too are part of the problem.
Unwittingly or not, and in a lot of cases it's not unwittingly, you are
providing succour to those who want to commit, or get others to commit
to, violence." — Prime Minister David Cameron.
- In a series of
religious rulings published on its website, the Islamic Network charity
advocated the murder of apostates; encouraged Muslims to hate
non-Muslims; stated that when non-Muslims die, "the whole of
humanity are relieved;" and described Western civilisation as
"evil."
- The Charity
Commission's solution, however, was to give the charity's trustees
booklets titled, "How to manage risks in your charity," and
warn them not to do it again.
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(Image source: BBC video screenshot)
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On July 20, Prime Minister David Cameron outlined his government's plans
to counteract Islamic extremism, which he described as the "struggle of
our generation."
In a speech before Ninestiles School, in the city of Birmingham, Cameron
articulated a view of the Islamist threat that, just a couple of years ago,
few else in British politics would have dared to support.
In a report for BBC Radio 4, the journalist John Ware described
Cameron's speech, and the government's proposed counter-extremism measures,
as "something no British government has ever done in my lifetime: the
launch of a formal strategy to recognize, challenge and root out
ideology."
Cameron's speech was wide-ranging. It addressed the causes, methods and
consequences of Islamist extremism.
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