Figure 1.--Here we see the Hamas view of human rights. This is the Fatah spokesman Atef Abu Saif after the Hamas security police was through with him. He was hospitalized in Gaza City with a fractured skull and broken hands and legs. Source: Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse. Click on the image to view the Hama security force. In fairness to Hamas, their people do not fare well at the hands of the Fatah security force in December 2018. They are the same group that brutally attacked the peaceful demonstators at the Jabaliya refugee camp reported by the 'New York Times in March 2019. .

Countless news items complain of Israeli human rights abuses against Palestinians. Rarely mentioned that the injuries often reportedin gory details are the result of Israeli self-defense rtaliation resulting from Palestinian attacks on Israel. Since the construction od the Israeli Dense Barrier, this has primarily mean rocket attacks. An never do you see a comparison of the basic human rights afforded to Palestinians in Israel and and Palestinians in the PA controlled West Bank and Hamas-controlled Gaza. Also rarely mentioned is he treatment of Palestinians in Arab countries or the treatment of minorities (Jews, Christians, and others including Muslim minorities) in Palestinian-controlled area and Muslim-majority countries. Human rights include the tight to vote, the right peacefully assesmble, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom for gender (LGBT minorities, the right to a quality education, employment opportunities, the rule of law, and other basic attributes of Western Civilization. The only country which rates high in these and other basic rights is democratic Isreal. And the only Palestinians that enjoy these basic human rights are the Palestinian citizen of in Israel. The Palestinian population in Israel was some 1.4 million people, about 20 percent of the Israeli population. And the Palestinian population in Israel is growing, in sharp contrast to declinging or expelled minority population (Jews abd Christians) in the Palestinian-controlled territories. Most Israeli Arabs Muslim, mostly Sunni Muslims. Interestingly Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar about halfway through an address to the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) on the occassion 4th annual Valley Banquet in Los Angeles expalined that when she is having a conversation, and someone asks her why she keeps talking about 'this particular country' and not other countries, “My choice of a particular country to talk about is not my preference of country. It is based on what country is violating basic human rights.” That wasa flat out lie. She does no speak about the human rights violations in China, Palestinians enjoy basic human rights and rights they do NOT enjoy in the Palesistian territories. And to a lesser degree on governments friendly to the United States. She criticizes Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, primarily because she does not believe the Brazilans people should be allowed to reject left-wing candiates she aligns with. And yet she pretends to be a defender of human rights. We note that on the same day Ms. Omar delivered one of her anti-Israel tweets, the New York Times carried a front-page report on all to real Hamas human rights abuses. Heavily armed Hamas militia attacked peacful demonsrators protesting conditions in Gaza. It is worth noteing that since Hamas was elected (2006), they have allowed no further elections. The New York Times article began, "GAZA CITY — The young tea and coffee vendor from northern Gaza said he was not asking for much. He just wanted to get by. So the vendor, Amir Abu Oun, 19, joined the peaceful protests in the Jabaliya refugee camp this month against the daily hardships in the impoverished Palestinian coastal enclave. The first day, he said, security forces from Hamas, the militant Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip, beat and punched him. The second day, he was detained and held for five days, during which he said he was slapped, beaten and deprived of food. 'Injustice will not last,' he told the security officers. According to Mr. Abu Oun, they replied, 'We will show you how injustice will last.'” [Abuheweila and Kershner] Ms. Omar of course was silent on these abuses because human rights in reality is not what she is interested in.

Sources

Abuheweila, Iyad and Isabel Kershner. "Hamas crackdown on Gaza protests instills fear," The New York Times (March 24, 2019).

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