Kings and comedians

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There’s something wrong here. Protesters are supporting Palestinians in London, Paris, Berlin and even Santiago while the streets of Arab capitals are mostly quiet. Meanwhile, the American — and Jewish — comedian Jon Stewart is expressing more outrage over the accumulating atrocities in Gaza than all of the Arab leaders combined. What is it they fear? The Americans are obviously frustrated with Israel’s heavy handedness — a point driven home by Secretary of State John Kerry’s unintentionally public quip about Israel’s ‘pinpoint’ strikes. Arab leaders can use this to their advantage by publicly and privately pressuring American politicians to more loudly condemn Israel’s actions. This may be hard given that it’s an election year in the US, but they should at least try and could even make some donations of their own. For far too long, Arab leaders have done nothing to benefit the Palestinians. During times of conflict they