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Tuesday, January 06, 2015

While Europe gives legitimacy to Palestinians, Arabs treat them like terrorists

There have been signs that the Arab world has been sick of the Palestinian issue for years. They'll dutifully tell Western governments that 'Palestine" is their top priority but their actions show quite the opposite, as they have withheld pledges and treat actual Palestinian Arabs like dirt.

We already know that Egypt has been treating Gaza like a terror stronghold and doing everything possible to shut off access in both directions.

Now another Arab country has made clear how it thinks about its Palestinian cousins:

The Libyan Foreign Ministry Monday announced an entry ban on Palestinian, Sudanese and Syrian nationals.

“The decision, which takes effect immediately until further notice, will be implemented across all land, sea and air ports,” the statement said.

The ministry did not specify the reasons behind the decision, but said it was a temporary move.

The ministry’s media office later issued an explanation saying that the authorities had received information that a group of people holding these nationalities had participated in “terrorist activities against the army and police in Benghazi and western Libyan cities.”
The irony is that European nations are adding legitimacy to "Palestine" as Arab nations are distancing themselves -  yet the European moves are a result of years of Arab diplomatic pressure.