Palestinians at the cross- roads

  by Prasad Nallapati* “A single death is a tragedy, a million civilian deaths a statistic,” thus goes a cold war allusion which continues to remain the reality.   Death has long lost its ability to arouse human conscience.  Over 40,000 Palestinians killed and still counting.  Most of them are hapless civilians, mainly women and children including new born. The small coastal strip of Gaza is flattened. Who Cares? Nations or their nationalist groups are more concerned of their own collective interests rather than moral obligations.  Selective concern for human rights violations has become the norm of major powers to serve...