from another thread,
I am always amazed at the awe people hold for the Palestinians. Why is there not much concern for other groups driven from their homeland or in occupied territory, the Tibetans, the Kurds, the Roma (gypsies for the politicaly incorrect), the Bhutaneese, the Tamils. (add other refugee situations like Sudan, DR Congo, Somalia, Liberia, ...) In many of these countries, there is a slaughter of people in huge numbers but somehow, the world focuses on the Palestinians. Arafat must have been a genius to turn the terrorism and murders of innocent Jews that have been happening since the early 1900's into rightous acts of violence that have conviced the world how awful the victimization of the Palestinians has been.
I agree, the world should pay more attention to the atrocities that are occuring all over the world.
Why does the world pay so much attention to the Israeli/Palestine problem? Why dosn't the U.S. State department focus on the slaughter that is occuring everyday in Africa?? Wait, I know why........there is zero financial benefits for the U.S. and there is virtually no political lobbying from the people in the U.S.