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How "Pro-Palestinian" Protestors Actually Harm Palestinians

(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - The organizers and leaders of the anti-Israel protests in the U.S. and Canada, including on university campuses, continue to ignore the real suffering of the Palestinians living under the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and the Iran-backed Islamist group Hamas in Gaza. We never hear the voices of these protesters when the Palestinian Authority and Hamas commit human rights violations against their own citizens, including ruthless crackdowns on journalists, political opponents, human rights activists, lawyers and university students. Is there a free media in "Palestine?" No. Is there a functioning parliament? No. Are there general elections? No. But as long as Israel cannot be blamed for the human rights violations, the "pro-Palestinian" protesters apparently do not care. Foreign journalists as well are only interested in stories if they have an anti-Israeli angle. Did we ever hear a word from these self-righteous protesters when Hamas police officers and militiamen were beating, arresting and shooting residents of Gaza who took to the streets to protest economic hardship? Never. We have rarely heard "pro-Palestinian" groups in the West speak out against the financial and administrative corruption in the PA's governing institutions. Deep down, one suspects, these professors and students do not really care about Palestinians at all, only about hating Jews. These activists should be urging Hamas to release the 100 Israeli hostages it has been holding in Gaza since the atrocities of October 7, 2023. That would be the best and fastest way to end the current war in Gaza. The writer, a veteran Israeli journalist, is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.
2025-01-05 00:00:00
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