A Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon has been beset for over a week by jihadist violence. A group known as Fatah al-Islam — led by a former associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi — is actually fighting with more advanced weaponry and materiel than the state army of Lebanon. So far, the misery and destruction brought on by Bin Ladenist dittoheads has claimed the lives of 50 Palestinians. Quite the cause for a leftist peace rally, one would think, right?
Of course not. If only a Zionist somewhere would toss a rock at a guardtower, then maybe we'd see some good socialist street theater. David T — prompted by the usual rogues' gallery in the Harry's Place comments thread — has scanned the websites of all the regular peacenik organizations and found nothing but silence in the UK on the current crisis in the Levant:
So far I have checked the home pages of the following groups:
The International Solidarity Movement.
The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign.
The Scottish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign.
The Exeter Palestinian Solidarity Campaign.
Any minute now…