(Commentary) Jonathan S. Tobin - While most of the world has been obsessing about the alleged wrongs to the Palestinians, few seem to think it's worth caring about the fact Kurds remain the object of violent suppression in both Syria and Turkey. Nor do many seem concerned with the plight of any national or ethnic group demanding sovereignty or rights other than those seeking to do so at the expense of the globe's only Jewish state. The attempt of the Palestinians to get the UN to give them statehood without first having to make peace with Israel has resulted in an orgy of rhetoric about the right to self-determination of all peoples. But the plight of the Kurds, who have arguably suffered far more than the Palestinians or any other stateless people, doesn't move the international community.
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