(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - More than 55,000 Palestinians have been forced to flee Syria over the past two years and some 235,000 Palestinians have been displaced inside Syria, according to figures released by UNRWA. Two weeks ago, 6,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes in Ein al-Tal near Aleppo. According to Palestinian sources, more than 2,000 Palestinians have been killed in Syria, most in recent months, by both the rebels and the Syrian army. Most of the Palestinians who fled Syria have found shelter in neighboring Lebanon, where more than 500,000 Palestinians are subjected to apartheid laws that deny them work, social and health benefits, and freedom of movement. What have the Palestinians' two governments in Gaza and the West Bank done to help the displaced Palestinians? What have the Arab countries done to help the Palestinians fleeing Syria? As for the Arab countries, why should they care about Palestinians when hundreds of Syrians are being killed every day and no one in the Arab world seems to care? Human rights organizations and the mainstream media in the West are also ignoring the plight of the Palestinians, since it is a story that lacks an anti-Israel angle.
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