I'm used to the incredible hypocrisy of many of the international leftist organizations, but there are still times when they do something that amazes me. One such move came from Amnesty International. That organization has called upon the government of Israel to protect Palestinians in Hebron from attacks by Israeli settlers. According to Amnesty, those attacks have escalated in recent weeks. That certainly sounds reasonable. But here are the actual facts:
1. The city of Hebron has a population of about 200,000 Palestinians and 500 Jews. It is these 500 Jews that Amnesty International calls "settlers".
2. The Jews in Hebron live in a small neighborhood. They basically do not mix much with the Arab residents in order to avoid attacks.
3. In recent weeks, there have been attacks in Hebron by Palestinians who have stabbed one or another of the Jews. The police or security guards have shot the attackers.
So according to Amnesty International, these 500 Jews (who include many small children and elderly people) are terrorizing the two hundred thousand Palestinians. Amnesty International does not call upon the Palestinians to stop the knife attacks on Jews. Nope, AI wants the Israelis to stop the "settler" attacks on the poor Palestinians.
The whole thing is a joke. Amnesty International should be seen for what it truly is, an international organ of leftist propaganda.
Amnesty International, however, is not alone in its hypocrisy. Another purveyor of this bilge is the French news agency AFP. Today, it ran an article about the funeral for five Palestinians who were killed by Israeli forces "in a wave of recent clashes". That sounds terrible. Of course, what AFP omits from the story is that the five people being buried were each shot dead by security forces while each was in the process of attacking a random Israeli during a terrorist attack. These people took knives and attacked innocent people on the street. In the midst of the stabbing attacks, they were shot dead by police or other security forces. That's not "a wave of recent clashes"; it is a "series of knife attacks by these dead terrorists." AFP ought to be ashamed of its conduct, but it surely is not.
1. The city of Hebron has a population of about 200,000 Palestinians and 500 Jews. It is these 500 Jews that Amnesty International calls "settlers".
2. The Jews in Hebron live in a small neighborhood. They basically do not mix much with the Arab residents in order to avoid attacks.
3. In recent weeks, there have been attacks in Hebron by Palestinians who have stabbed one or another of the Jews. The police or security guards have shot the attackers.
So according to Amnesty International, these 500 Jews (who include many small children and elderly people) are terrorizing the two hundred thousand Palestinians. Amnesty International does not call upon the Palestinians to stop the knife attacks on Jews. Nope, AI wants the Israelis to stop the "settler" attacks on the poor Palestinians.
The whole thing is a joke. Amnesty International should be seen for what it truly is, an international organ of leftist propaganda.
Amnesty International, however, is not alone in its hypocrisy. Another purveyor of this bilge is the French news agency AFP. Today, it ran an article about the funeral for five Palestinians who were killed by Israeli forces "in a wave of recent clashes". That sounds terrible. Of course, what AFP omits from the story is that the five people being buried were each shot dead by security forces while each was in the process of attacking a random Israeli during a terrorist attack. These people took knives and attacked innocent people on the street. In the midst of the stabbing attacks, they were shot dead by police or other security forces. That's not "a wave of recent clashes"; it is a "series of knife attacks by these dead terrorists." AFP ought to be ashamed of its conduct, but it surely is not.
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