Peter, nobody is talking about the hindus driven out of Pakistan not because ‘hindus cannot be victims, only muslims can’ as after all, you point out yourself, nobody is talking about the muslims driven the other way either.
The reason that it is not talked about is that the events of 60 years ago there do not carry over into the modern world to anything like the same degree as the events in Israel/Palestine.
Susan, do you have any examples of ‘attacks on mosques being on the front pages for days’? I can’t say that i’ve seen this, indeed many islamophobic attacks also get downplayed, such as this desecration of the graves of Muslim war veterans in France.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/revolting-attack-on-muslim-war-graves-20081209-6u65.html
The fact is that some kids throwing stones through the windows of a place of worship or chanting offensive slogans in a fast food restaurant is never going to displace a major military conflict in the middle east from the front pages.
The unfortunate fact is that at times of heightened tension, tempers sometimes flare. Police security at synagogues has been stepped up as previous Israeli military operations against the palestinians have led to anti-semitic attacks just as 9/11 and the London bombings led to attacks on innocent muslims.
