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Jun. 6, 2021 12:11 PM
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Ankara, Tehran, Damascus and Baghdad in solidarity with the Palestinians during the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas. Brother Muslims protested in Jakarta, Islamabad, Cairo and Doha.
But this ‘green tsunami’ of support for the Palestinians is taking place while the Kurds continue to be deprived of support to their right to exist, their right to their national identity, and their right to be educated in their language, on their ancestral lands.
For Kurds, support on the scale offered to the Palestinians is a fantastical dream they know will never be fulfilled. Despite their majority-Muslim demography, despite their oppression by anti-democratic states trampling on any rules, whether of war or peace, the Arab and Muslim worlds won t be going out en masse to shout for their liberation.
Stalwart Israel supporters are now also openly speaking up for the Palestinians, while those hostile to Israel are finding support for efforts to challenge US military aid
Anti-Defamation League calls on world leaders to educate against anti-Jewish prejudice following increase of nearly 65% in number of anti-Semitic incidents since the start of the latest round of hostilities between Israel and Palestinian terror groups