UN ignores starvation of Palestinians by Syrian regime

"Palestinian refugees are being systematically starved to death and denied medical care and humanitarian relief. And yet [at] the United Nations [there are]...no protests, no condemnations, no resolutions...

Assad's regime has inflicted enforced starvation; last weekend alone...at least 41 Palestinians died as a result of food and medicine shortages. This week, a PLO convoy loaded with food and medicine was fired on by pro-Assad forces, preventing them from delivering relief to the camps.

Normally, the slightest allegation of suffering inflicted on Palestinians (by Israel, that is) brings about instant worldwide outcry and an emergency session of the UN Security Council...

Selective outrage at the United Nations is nothing new, of course. But this example is especially ironic. For Thursday marked the kickoff by the world body of events launching the 'International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.'

Not least of the Palestinian tragedy is that when there's no Israel that can be blamed for it, the world is all too happy to turn a blind eye to the savagery directed at Palestinian men, women and children."