Like most of the world, I am concerned about the human rights of the Palestinians and have been interested in the evolving crisis about the ways in which Israel is enforcing a ban against weapons shipment into Gaza. I also note that eight million children died last year worldwide, most of them from preventable diseases. It seems to me that the most important human right is the right to life. Bad as is the state of Palestinians, their problems pale when compared with the global loss of life in developing nations. Yet the news is filled with the Palestinian-Israeli controversy, apparently giving equal weight to the lesser suffering of the Israelis from terrorism and the greater suffering of the Palestinians from Israeli actions to prevent terrorism, while there is almost no coverage of the plight of the poor in poor nations. Are our human rights priorities wrongheaded?
Saturday, June 05, 2010
A Question About Human Rights
Like most of the world, I am concerned about the human rights of the Palestinians and have been interested in the evolving crisis about the ways in which Israel is enforcing a ban against weapons shipment into Gaza. I also note that eight million children died last year worldwide, most of them from preventable diseases. It seems to me that the most important human right is the right to life. Bad as is the state of Palestinians, their problems pale when compared with the global loss of life in developing nations. Yet the news is filled with the Palestinian-Israeli controversy, apparently giving equal weight to the lesser suffering of the Israelis from terrorism and the greater suffering of the Palestinians from Israeli actions to prevent terrorism, while there is almost no coverage of the plight of the poor in poor nations. Are our human rights priorities wrongheaded?
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