According to Gatestone Institute, self-described as an International Policy Institute, Nearly 3,500 Palestinians have been killed in Syria since 2011.
With much ado about Israeli maltreatment of Palestinians, ranging to horrific descriptions of ‘Genocide’, it is stunning that there is no ‘mainstream’ reporting on Syrian Imprisonment and Torture of Palestinians there.
According to The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria – London, at least 3089 Palestinians were killed so far, this has forced tens of thousands to flee internally or to immigrate for asylum. - See more at: http://www.actionpal.org.uk/en/post/2865/articles/palestinians-from-syria-escaping-death-to-death#sthash.TGezGn7g.dpuf
Such figures lend credence to Gatestone’s estimates. The Action Group also decries “the absence of any official and unofficial institutions to carry this burden”. Indeed. Where is the Outcry? Where is the Condemnation? Where is the U.N. Human Rights Commission? Where is the International Red Cross?
Where is CNN? Where are NBC, ABC, and CBS? Where is Reuters, AP? Why is the United States not at the U.N. every day condemning this slaughter and demanding action? Between 2013-15, 78 Palestinian Victims who died in Syrian Custody as the result of Torture, were Identified in over 6,000 ‘leaked’ Photos. (Physical Evidence)
It seems that World Opinion is appropriate and Politically Correct to raise large and loud alarm in condemning Israel in its mistreatment of Palestinians, but there is no such outrage expressed when the perpetrators are fellow Muslim Arabs.
For its part, the U.N. seems more concerned with continued and emphatic condemnation of Israel than devoting the same amount of attention and energy to the plight of Palestinian Refugees in Syria. U.N. Resolution 70/85 - Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: 15 December 2015 is an 8 Page Statement. Nearly 5 Pages are devoted to expressing ‘Grave Concern’, ‘Deploring’, ‘Calling Upon’, ‘Expressing Concern’, and ‘Stressing Urgent Need’ for Israel to act to relieve conditions in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory’’ and Gaza Strip.
The massacre, torture, and abuse of Palestinians in Syrian Custody warrants 2 largely Philosophic Paragraphs:
“Expressing deep concern at the critical situation of Palestine refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic and at the impact of the crisis on the Agency’s ability to deliver its services, and regretting profoundly the loss of life among refugees and the killing of 14 staff members of the Agency in the crisis since 2012, Emphasizing the need for increased assistance to Palestine refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic as well as those who have fled to neighbouring countries, and emphasizing the necessity of ensuring open borders for Palestine refugees fleeing the crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic, consistent with the principles of non-discrimination and non-refoulement under international law, and recalling in this regard the statement by the President of the Security Council of 2 October 2013,10
Aware of the valuable work done by the Agency in providing protection to the Palestinian people, in particular Palestine refugees, and recalling the need for the protection of all civilians in situations of armed conflict, Deploring the endangerment of the safety of the Agency’s staff and the damage and destruction caused to the facilities and properties of the Agency during the period covered by the report of the Commissioner-General, and stressing the need to maintain the neutrality of and safeguard the need for all civilians in situations of armed conflict, …”.
http://www.unrwa.org/sites/default/files/content/resources/ga_res_69_88_operations_of_unrwa_2015.pdf
The U.N. and others, need to spend at least as much action in Syria, as in Condemnation of Israel.
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