New York Times Editorial, "A Syrian Plan Worth a Look": Who Cares If Iranian Forces Are Placed on the Border With Israel

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In an editorial entitled "A Syrian Plan Worth a Look," The New York Times declares that "the Trump administration would be derelict if it did not give serious consideration to a plan for a cease-fire and safe zones [in Syria] brokered by Russia, with the backing of Turkey and Iran." The editorial goes on to say:

"The plan would allow displaced or embattled Syrians to relocate to the designated safe areas, still held by rebels unaffiliated with the Islamic State, and enable aid deliveries to some 4.5 million people at risk. It also calls for all parties to fight jihadists like the Islamic State and the Qaeda-linked group once known as the Nusra Front."

Nowhere in this editorial is there any mention of Israel, but why should there be? After all, the plan provides for Iranian troops on the Syrian border with Israel in the Golan Heights.

Excuse me, but isn't it Iran that regularly calls for the annihilation of Israel?

And how wonderful that the plan "also calls for all parties to fight jihadists," but is the Assad regime, which continues to drop sarin gas on its own people, any better than these other monsters?

Who writes this drivel for the Times?

Naksa Day Clashes on Israeli Border Backfiring on Syria

Earlier this week the Assad regime sent hundreds of Palestinians to storm the Israeli border with Syria, resulting in the death of several Palestinians. Most of the Palestinians died after throwing Molotov cocktails, which started a fire that spread to the Syrian side of the border and set off land mines.

This calculated attempt to distract the Arab street from the slaughter of protesters in Hama and elsewhere throughout Syria by Assad's security forces, appears to be backfiring on Assad. As reported by the Jerusalem Post (http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=224030):

"Fourteen people were reportedly killed and 43 injured Monday after violence erupted in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, Palestinian news agency WAFA said.

The violence broke out in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus when thousands of refugees attacked the headquarters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Commend (PFLP-GC) after a funeral was held for Palestinians killed by IDF fire during 'Naksa' Day clashes earlier this week.

The mourners at the funeral accused the PFLP leadership of sending their 'sons' to the border clashes.

. . . .

Reports also said that the mourners attacked Palestinian leaders including the head of Hamas's political bureau Khaled Mashaal, who came to express his condolences."

Apparently, Palestinians living in Syria have decided that they are not willing to become Assad's expendable pawns.

Golan Heights Violence: CNN Changes Its Home Page Headline

Earlier today CNN ran the following headline on the home page of its website:

"4 killed, many injured in Golan Heights protests

Four protesters were killed and nine wounded when they attempted to cross the heavily-fortified Golan Heights between Syria and Israel."

I contacted CNN:

"This [the alleged number of dead] is based upon Syrian television, which is notoriously inaccurate and attempting to distract the Arab street from what is occurring within Syria. Four died? Did a CNN reporter see the bodies? Their names please? Or does CNN also seek to participate in the incitement?"

CNN has now changed the home page headline:

"20 reported killed as protesters, Israeli forces clash

Twenty protesters were killed today in Golan Heights clashes between Israeli forces and pro-Palestinian demonstrators, Syrian TV reported."

I don't know if I am responsible for the change in the headline. However, I am surprised Syrian TV is not claiming 1,000 dead among those bussed by the Assad regime to the Syrian border with Israel to commemorate Yawm an-Naksa, i.e. "day of the setback," referring to the 1967 Six Day War.