No Jews, No News: Why the forced displacement of Muslims from a Muslim country means nothing to the UN Security Council

“No Jews, no news” is a well-known expression summarizing global preoccupation with this unique Middle Eastern indigenous ethnic group.

Its latest public expression occurred at a Jan. 12 meeting of the UN Security Council meeting, where Algeria was granted a special briefing for what it called the threat of forced displacement of Gazans by Israel.

Israel’s UN Permanent Representative Gilad Erdan denied this charge – all the movement of Palestinians from one part of Gaza to another has been both voluntary and aimed at protecting as many civilian lives as possible in a war against Hamas terrorists – while rebuking the Council for not condemning actual displacements taking place around the world.

“As we speak, there are over one million Muslims being forcibly removed from their homes, all of their possessions taken from them as they face poverty, famine and disease. No, I am not talking about the situation in Gaza, but about Pakistan’s forced displacement of 1.3 million Afghans,” said Erdan.

Photo by Anton Mislawsky

Photo by Anton Mislawsky

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