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One of our regular columnists, Tim Marshall, has a superb post up on his Sky blog about thecomplete non-reaction to the murder by Hamas of Jund Ansar Allah members:
On August 15th Hamas militiamen attacked a Mosque in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Inside were extremists from the
Jund Ansar Allah group (JAA). JAA were so extreme they viewed Hamas almost as liberals.Thirty Palestinians killed. Women and children caught in the
crossfire. Missiles fired at a Mosque. Muslim prisoners 'executed' in
cold blood. A massacre. Media restrictions.A familiar tale? Indeed. International outrage and demonstrations in the streets of London? Nope.
And why might that be? Why it's simple. The Palestinians were were
killed by Palestinians and, it would appear from the lack of reaction
that in those circumstances their lives are cheap, but when they are
killed by Israelis it is an outrage.
...And where is the outrage about these murders. The marches, the
petitions, the calls for a boycott, the conspiracy theory of a war
against Muslims, ad infinitum? I hear just the wind blowing across the
freshly dug graves. Because unless the Israelis kill them, people don't
care.