Numbers

From the last The Economist, a statistic about the Arab death following the Conflicts in the Arab world since 1990

Sources: Algerian Government, British Council, B'T selem, Iraq Body Count, Kuwaiti Government, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Project on Defense Alternatives, Reuters, UN

Conflict in Darfur, since 2003 - 400,000

Algerian Civil War 1991-2002 - 150,000-200,000

Invasion of Iraq (since 2003) - 101,000-109,000

Iraqi Shia rebellion - 60,000-100,000

War for Kuwait (1990 and 1991) - 24,000-31,000

Second Palestinian intifada (2000-05) -5,500

Gaza war (2009) - 1,400

Lebanon war (2006) - 1,200

Every human being have its value and its story and the same right to live. The same right to have its life defended. Why the apparent solidarity in the Middle East when it is about opposing Israel is fading away when it is to help the lives of other Arabs? The same question for the human rights activitst across the world.

The same Economist is quoting Mona Eltahawy, relating to another issue, but still concerning the Arab world: "Israel is the opium of the Arabs".

Still related to the latest evolution in the Middle East: why any kind of solidarity - human therefore, whatever the race, origin and country - is almost absent in the case of Iran? Of course, the situation is not clear, mainly regarding who could take the direct advantage of any change of the current status. But, beyond the geopolitical and pollitical considerations, it is first of all a matter of respect for the human rights.