"What's Africa to do about the MIddle East?"

You've heard it all before. You've seen all the macabre murders, extrajudicial killings, land seizures, and the terrifying suicide bombs.

You know by now about the wall Israel is building to "beef up" security at its borders, and how the wall has divided Palestinian communities, denying some access to water, schools and other basic amenities and creating an increasing number of Palestinian refugees as houses are destroyed by caterpillars and bulldozers.

You also know how Israelis dread using public transport or stay away from crowded places, including restaurants, for fear of suicide bombers.

It was against this background that the SA Human Rights Commission chairperson Jody Kollapen had to ask: "Why aren't we horrified as we should all be? Why aren't we shocked? Has it (the loss of life) just become ordinary statistics?"
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