This is not an attempt to compare whose blood holds more value, or to simply conclude that the U.N. and the rest of the Western hemisphere is biased. It’s a mere reminder, however, that a just end to the Palestinian Israeli conflict can never actualize if those who claim to be the peacemakers (or the Middle East Peace Quartet) are neither fair, nor courageous enough to stand for the basic principals of justice, which they claim to advocate.

I am not asking the U.N. to threaten Israel with “serious consequences” if it fails to withdraw from the Occupied Territories, nor am I asking for any other threatening language similar to that used to unleash wars on Iraq and others. I was only hoping that the killing of both Israeli and Palestinians could be viewed according to the same standards, the same language. But it seems, my naiveté has misled me again. It often does.

Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud is the Editor-in-Chief of The Palestine Chronicle: http://www.palestinechronicle.com
and the editor of
“Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion 2002”.
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Please aso read:

"Sharon's Fingerprints On Latest Suicide Bombing"
http://palestinechronicle.com/article.php?story=20030111090814119

"Support evaporates as Sharon accused of lying to police over $1.5m loan"
http://www.sundayherald.com/30581

“Fears mount as Israel's 'Berlin Wall' threatens to imprison the West Bank”
http://www.sundayherald.com/30424

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