HARD TO MAKE THIS UP I – AT 9:20 P.M. ET:  You know all that stuff that the Mideast dictators hand out about "our dear, brotherly Palestinians"?  We've heard that nonsense for years.  Well, get this, from the Jerusalem Post:

Palestinian officials on Wednesday appealed to Arab leaders to stop inciting against them by accusing them of instigating unrest in their countries.

Huh?  The dear, brotherly Palestinians?

The appeal came after the Syrian authorities claimed that Palestinians were behind the recent wave of violence that hit the country.

The Pals are in good company.  Syria also blamed America and Israel.  They may also blame offshore drilling and slow 911 service.

Buthaina Shaaban, an advisor to Syrian President Bashar Assad, said last week that Palestinians had joined Muslim Brotherhood supporters in attacking residents of the cities of Latakia and Deraa.

The Libyan authorities had also made similar charges against Palestinians.

Government officials in Tripoli claimed that opposition forces have recruited many Palestinians living in Libya as mercenaries to fight against the regime.

In Amman, some Jordanians claimed last week that Palestinians were involved in anti-government protests that have swept through the kingdom in recent weeks. Pro-monarchy activists who attacked an anti-government rally in Amman last Friday shouted slogans against Palestinians, such as “Go back to the West Bank!,” eyewitnesses reported.

Oh, isn't that lovely?  They sound like Helen Thomas!  Oh, wait.  She wanted the Jews to go back to Poland and Germany.  Maybe everyone should go back, and the Mideast could be the world's greatest beach.

Palestinians expressed fear that the charges would be used by Arab regimes to justify harsh measures against them, first and foremost deportation.

They specifically fear a repeat of what happened after the first Gulf War in the early ’90s, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were deported from Kuwait and other Gulf countries for supporting Saddam Hussein.

Ah yes, the dear, brotherly Palestinians.

What a farce.

March 30, 2011