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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16948/palestinians-victims-syria
PA and Hamas Silent on Plight of Palestinians in Syria
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria in 2011, 4,048 Palestinians have died. Another 333 have gone missing, while 1,797 are being held in Assad's prisons. 40% of Palestinians in Syria have been displaced since the beginning of the civil war, and 91% live in poverty. Like most Arab countries, Syria denies citizenship to Palestinians. According to a January 2020 report published by the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS), at least 620 Palestinians have been tortured to death at Syrian detention centers. But Palestinian leaders in the West Bank and Gaza hardly seem to notice. Palestinian leaders see no evil or wrong-doing when their people are killed, injured, displaced, arrested and tortured in an Arab country. Their attention is solely focused on Israel, which they denounce day and night. "Pro-Palestinian" groups around the world also remain silent about the catastrophic human rights violations of Palestinians in Syria.