Where is outrage over brutal Israeli regime?

THERE is no doubt the black population of the US has been mistreated during their tragic history. Global solidarity with that demographic is to be welcomed.

However, when double standards appear extant among those protesting in support of Black Lives Matter then questions must be asked.

On May 30 — five days after the killing of George Floyd — 32-year-old Eyad Hallaq was ruthlessly gunned down by Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Israeli authorities initially claimed Eyad was a “suspected terrorist”. In fact he was severely autistic and had the mental age of an eight-year-old. He was crouching behind his teacher, as he was terrified of the military. He was shot multiple times, even as he lay bleeding to death.

Eyad was not the first innocent Palestinian to be executed by the Israeli regime. But where was the public uproar in Ireland, Britain and beyond? Where were the marches in condemnation of Israeli brutality?

In as much as the black population of the US is hurting, their righteous pain and anger today pales in comparison with that of the people of Palestine.

Yet the Western world chooses largely to ignore the victims of Israel and so the killings continue unabated.

Perhaps those who dutifully stand in support of one beleaguered group could also stand in support of another, lest some protesters be accused of having little more than a trending morality excited by the media.

ANTANODALAANRI Rostrevor, Co Down