Remember those "word problems" that we all did in math back in middle school (junior high, if you are older)? Well here is just one more to consider:
If there are 18,000 starving people in the Yarmouk Palestinian camp located in Syria and the UN delivers 900 food parcels, how many people will still be hungry?
Okay, I realize that there is not enough information to come to a final answer. But this is not a math problem; it is reality. For the last six months, the Assad regime has been systematically starving the Palestinians who live in Yarmouk. They have been denied food, medicine and even water. To be clear, those who are being starved are not part of the rebel forces fighting Assad. The Palestinians, however, are Sunni Moslems, so they are suspected of supporting the rebels. As time has gone by, the situation has gotten worse and worse until now, it is critical. Latest reports say that over 100 people in Yarmouk died of starvation in the last two weeks. Absent a massive relief effort, hundreds of thousands more will die.
This morning, the United Nations relief organization finally made a delivery of food to the camp. It brought in 900 small boxes of food. That is not even enough to feed those in the camp for one day. Of course, to make matters worse, it seems that the people who run the camp have taken most of the food to feed themselves.
Think about this. Assad and his backers from the Islamic Republic of Iran and all too happy to starve nearly 20,000 Palestinians to death. The armed faction of Palestinians which rules the Yarmouk camp is also ready to starve the same Palestinians to death just so its fighters can be fed.
Next time you hear some dispute about the evil of an Israeli company operating a factory in the West Bank and providing jobs and livelihood for the Palestinians in the area, remember how the Shiite Moslems of Syria and Iran treat Palestinians. Remember also how the armed leaders of the Palestinians in Syria treat their own people. It certainly puts things into the proper context.
We cannot sit here and ignore the true war crimes of Assad's forces and of the Palestinian forces while criticizing activities by Israelis which actually help Palestinians. (But don't wait for the strong condemnation coming from the US Department of State -- you would be waiting forever.)
If there are 18,000 starving people in the Yarmouk Palestinian camp located in Syria and the UN delivers 900 food parcels, how many people will still be hungry?
Okay, I realize that there is not enough information to come to a final answer. But this is not a math problem; it is reality. For the last six months, the Assad regime has been systematically starving the Palestinians who live in Yarmouk. They have been denied food, medicine and even water. To be clear, those who are being starved are not part of the rebel forces fighting Assad. The Palestinians, however, are Sunni Moslems, so they are suspected of supporting the rebels. As time has gone by, the situation has gotten worse and worse until now, it is critical. Latest reports say that over 100 people in Yarmouk died of starvation in the last two weeks. Absent a massive relief effort, hundreds of thousands more will die.
This morning, the United Nations relief organization finally made a delivery of food to the camp. It brought in 900 small boxes of food. That is not even enough to feed those in the camp for one day. Of course, to make matters worse, it seems that the people who run the camp have taken most of the food to feed themselves.
Think about this. Assad and his backers from the Islamic Republic of Iran and all too happy to starve nearly 20,000 Palestinians to death. The armed faction of Palestinians which rules the Yarmouk camp is also ready to starve the same Palestinians to death just so its fighters can be fed.
Next time you hear some dispute about the evil of an Israeli company operating a factory in the West Bank and providing jobs and livelihood for the Palestinians in the area, remember how the Shiite Moslems of Syria and Iran treat Palestinians. Remember also how the armed leaders of the Palestinians in Syria treat their own people. It certainly puts things into the proper context.
We cannot sit here and ignore the true war crimes of Assad's forces and of the Palestinian forces while criticizing activities by Israelis which actually help Palestinians. (But don't wait for the strong condemnation coming from the US Department of State -- you would be waiting forever.)
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