Kudos to Elder of Ziyon for bringing this issue out into the light. A lot of us talk about how the media and the world-at-large tend to home in like vultures on the death of each of every palestinian arab (or sympathizer therewith) at the hands of an Israeli (whether the Israeli be Jewish or Beduin or Druze) while mostly yawning at the murders of Israeli civilians perpetrated by Arab terrorists. But much of the evidence, while overwhelming, is anecdotal, comparing various news stories and NGO press releases, sound bites and political speeches.
Elder of Ziyon has numbers, and they're very telling numbers, indeed. They're the numbers that are all but ignored by the politicians, pundits and newspapers -- the numbers of palestinian arabs killed by other palestinian arabs. According to his records, 705 in the past 13 months, 504 this year. These are statistics that you'll rarely see. And why? If the world is so terribly wrought up about the "plight of the palestinians" why is it only when Israel can be blamed directly that they bother to notice?
For a round-up of blogs that have been linking this post, many with their own excellent commentary, see this essay by Soccer Dad (a don't miss itself). Read as many as you can. Pass the information along. And Elder of Ziyon updates the count regularly so check back with him (upper right-hand corner) for current numbers.
Now excuse me. I realize I have a long overdue link to add to my blogroll.
