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| Palestinians Find Show of Support Lacking From Arab Leaders Amid Offensive |
| 2014-07-20 |
| [NY Times] Three years ago there was a hope that a growing movement for democracy might make Arab countries more supportive of the Paleostinians, as governments grew more responsive to the people and their demands. Hamas was a bit too blatant in starting the war, the Israelis are keeping the corpse count way down, and Hamas is too obviously inept at "fighting" the Zionists. Last I looked there was only one Israeli soldier killed, and they were saying that was a friendly fire incident. Y'gotta really be no talent not to be able to kill anybody in twelve days. But during the latest bloodshed in Gazoo, the opposite has occurred, according to supporters of the Paleostinians, who found the official Arab reaction incoherent, at times providing cover for the Israeli military assault. The governments were accused of dithering at critical moments during the recent Israeli military offensive, where in the past, Paleostinians counted on them to at least muster some diplomatic pressure to make it stop. Their feuds broke out in public, and Egypt even blamed Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, the Islamist movement in Gazoo, rather than Israel, for dozens of Paleostinian deaths. Israeli troops fired toward the Gazoo Strip from their position near the border on Saturday. Israeli strikes killed 20 people in Gazoo, pushing the corpse count above 300. "None of the Arab countries are being supportive. The entire burden is on the Paleostinians," said Mondher Maamar, a Tunisian protester who marched in support of Paleostinians in Gazoo in his country's capital on Friday. |
| Posted by:Fred |