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Sunday, April 12, 2015

No Jews, No News 2 & 3: Palestinians in Yarmouk - and Mosul

There has been a little media attention paid to Yarmouk recently, after ISIS took over most of the area and reportedly beheaded some Palestinian fighters there. This coverage is of course dwarfed by anything Israel does in Gaza, but there is at least a little..

What is funny, though, is that for the two years before ISIS took over, Syria's regime has put the camp under siege. Over 128 have starved to death as of last May, far more than have been killed by ISIS. Over 150,000 residents have fled the Syrian bombing campaign there. And even after the takeover, Assad's regime has been dropping barrel bombs on the camp.

The only reason there is even a little interest in Yarmouk now is because of ISIS, not because of the victims. 



There was also a story today, not verified, that 120 Palestinian kids between 12-15 were kidnapped in Mosul recently.  I see no keen interest by anyone to track this down.