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Syria back at the table with Israel - World - Al-Ahram Weekly
Do the first talks between Syria and Israel in a quarter century hold any real prospects for peace Meetings between Syria and Israel under US auspices have resumed after a 25-year hiatus. In the past quarter-century, Washington has served as the main sponsor of the 'political solution' to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The most recent meeting, chaired by Tom Barrack, the US special envoy for Syria, was held in Paris and marked the second such encounter following an earlier meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, during Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa's visit on 12 July. According to many reports, the Paris meeting — described as 'honest and responsible' — did not produce tangible results but paved the way to a new round of talks between Syria and Israel. Damascus had earlier confirmed indirect contact with Israel aimed at returning to the 1974 Disengagement Agreement, which established a buffer zone that Israel has occupied for the past several months. The Syrian delegation included Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Sheibani and representatives of the General Intelligence Service, according to the official Syrian News Agency. On the Israeli side, Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi were present, according to the Israeli English-language news site Yedioth Ahronoth. The discussions centred on the possibility of reactivating the disengagement agreement with international guarantees, alongside Syria's demand for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from the positions they have recently occupied. Following the ouster of Bashar Al-Assad in December, Israel occupied a UN-monitored buffer zone that had separated the two countries' forces in the strategic Golan Heights. Since then, Israeli forces have advanced deeper into southern Syria, calling for the complete demilitarisation of the area. Syria and Israel have been officially at war since 1948. Israel has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights since 1967. Following Al-Assad's removal, Israel launched hundreds of air strikes across Syria, violating Syrian sovereignty in what it claimed were efforts to prevent weapons from reaching the newly established Islamist authorities. This month, Israel launched air strikes on Damascus and the Druze-majority province of Sweida, portraying itself as a protector of the Druze minority. Many observers view this as a pretext to push Syrian government forces further away from the occupied Golan Heights. In Sweida, southern Syria, armed Bedouin tribes clashed with Druze forces. The new Islamist regime in Damascus joined the conflict. The fighting resulted in over 1,000 deaths, more than two-thirds of them Druze, and displaced more than 128,000 people who fled their homes in fear of continued violence. The crisis was resolved when government forces and Sunni Bedouin tribes withdrew from the area and Sweida came under a form of local administration, though the extent of its autonomy vis-à-vis Damascus remains unclear. During the recent meeting, the Syrian delegation said 'national unity and territorial integrity are non-negotiable,' stressing that 'Sweida and its people are an integral part of the Syrian state.' A report by Yedioth Ahronoth, citing the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, indicated that the talks also addressed a potential US-backed arrangement for Sweida. Under the emerging proposal, pro-regime forces would withdraw beyond Druze-inhabited areas, with local Druze groups conducting verification sweeps to ensure compliance. The draft agreement also calls for the establishment of local councils in Sweida to provide civil services, the formation of a joint committee to monitor violations and report directly to the US, and the demilitarisation of the Quneitra and Daraa governorates, both bordering Israel. In these areas, local security committees with no access to heavy weaponry would replace current armed forces. UN agencies would be granted access to Sweida, while groups affiliated with the Syrian regime would be prohibited from operating there. No international media outlets have reported any concrete discussions of peace between Syria and Israel, despite earlier reports of US-mediated contacts aimed at reaching an agreement between the two countries. Absent from these reports is any mention of what Damascus might receive in return for normalisation. Would it be the full restoration of the Golan Heights? A partial Israeli withdrawal from the buffer zone occupied after the fall of Al-Assad? Or simply a tacit Israeli guarantee not to target the new Islamist regime, allowing it to entrench itself and expand its authority countrywide? Al-Sharaa's government remains in a precarious position. It engaged in heavy fighting with Alawite militias in their coastal strongholds, clashed with Druze forces, experienced tensions with Christian communities — in the events known as the Maaloula incident — and continues to grapple with mutual distrust in its relationship with the Kurds. Not all Syrian Sunnis — the majority demographic in the country — support Islamist movements. Significant segments of Syria's business elite, often referred to as the Merchants of Damascus and Aleppo, along with the middle class, had benefited from the stability of the Assad regime for five decades. Many observers believe the complete return of the Golan Heights is highly unlikely, given that the idea had provoked the anger of Israeli extremists and led to the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin who was close to concluding a deal with Hafez Al-Assad that would have returned the Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for full normalisation. Rabin's assassination has since become a psychological and political constraint on Israeli leaders in any negotiations with Syria. The idea of dividing the Golan Heights also appears unworkable. Some Israeli and Western reports have floated the notion of splitting the territory into three zones: one under Syrian control, one under Israeli sovereignty, and a third whose status would be resolved at a later stage. However, such a division is widely seen as impractical. Since its occupation in 1967, the Golan Heights have become a hub of Israeli vineyard and wine production, as well as a popular domestic tourism destination despite the persistent opposition of the region's Druze population — numbering more than 30,000 — who continue to reject Israeli nationality, identify as Syrian Arabs, and maintain close ties with their Druze counterparts in Syria. On the other hand, Al-Sharaa's regime would face internal backlash if it agreed to any deal that did not involve the return of the Golan Heights, or at least part of it. Such a concession would position it below Al-Assad's regime, which consistently refused any peace deal that excluded the Golan Heights. * A version of this article appears in print in the 6 August, 2025 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
Memri
23-07-2025
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- Memri
For Jolani, The Kurds Are Next
Eight months after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria has plunged further into sectarian and ethnic violence. The U.S. policy of legitimizing and supporting the Syrian Interim Government with the intention of stabilizing the country, has so far failed; it has instead enabled the militias to carry out numerous massacres with full impunity and no accountability. The chaos resulting from the attack against the Alawite and Druze minorities by the government has now spread across Syria. Minorities are being systematically targeted with thousands of civilians killed, women abused, and forced into sexual slavery, and hundreds of thousands of people displaced. Children massacred by Al-Nusra front, led by Ahmed Al-Sharaa, August 5, 2013 After Alawites And The Druze, The Kurds Are Next Recent remarks by Tom Barrack, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Turkey and special envoy for Syria, in which he likened Al-Sharaa – a former ISIS and Al-Qaeda member – to George Washington,[1] and rejected federalism for Kurds and other minorities,[2] have been interpreted by the Syrian government as a green light to attack Syria's minorities. After deadly attacks against the Alawites, Druze, and Christians, the Kurds are now the next target of Syrian government backed by Turkey. Since Assad's fall, Turkish proxy forces have launched several large-scale attacks against the Kurds, committing unspeakable atrocities against civilians including massacres, rape, and sexual slavery. If the U.S. pressures the Kurds to disarm, they will face mass killings at the hands of Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed militias. The Kurds have been the most reliable ally of the U.S. in Syria for over a decade; they lost more than 11,000 fighters in the fight against ISIS. Kurdish forces are guarding approximately 9,000 battle-hardened ISIS terrorists in detention facilities, described as a "ticking time bomb" and "a terrorist army in detention" by U.S. officials.[3] There is no guarantee that the Syrian government would keep these terrorists imprisoned. If the Kurds lose control over Northeast Syria, the U.S. will not only lose a loyal partner in the fight against terrorism, but also risk an ISIS resurgence. "There Is No God But Allah, Kurds Are The Enemies Of Allah" Ahmed Al-Sharaa and his militia groups have a long history of takfiri[4] jihad against the Kurds in Syria, guided not by religious difference, as the majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslims, but by their ethnic prejudices against the Kurds, who are not ethnically Arab. In 2013, sheikhs of the Al-Nusra Front led by Al-Sharaa (then Abu Muhammed Al-Jolani) issued the following fatwa against Kurds: "Kurds are kuffar [unbelievers] and killing Kurds, taking their women, plundering their property, and destroying their homes is just and fair."[5] In the first half of 2013, Al-Nusra Front, allied with ISIS and supported by Turkish forces, carried out brutal attacks across Kurdish regions. They burned Kurdish homes, killed civilians indiscriminately, and continued to kidnap many Kurds on a daily basis throughout Syria's Kurdish region, all with Turkish military support on the ground. Al-Nusra carried out numerous massacres of Kurds including approximately 450 people, mainly women and children in Tal Abyad, Tal Hassil, and Tal A'ran. Al-Nusra massacred 120 children and 330 men and women in the district of Tal Abyad on August 5, 2013. More than 1,200 Kurds, men and women, were abducted during this period.[6] In 2018-2019, Al-Sharaa's Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) militia (formerly Al-Nusra) participated in the ethnic cleansing of nearly 500,000 Kurds in northern Syria, particularly Afrin and Serekaniya, in systematic ethnic cleansing campaigns carried out by Turkey to change the demography of the region by settling Arabs, Turkmens, and families of foreign fighters in place of displaced Kurds.[7] Since Al-Sharaa declared himself president of Syria, a calculated and coordinated hate campaign has been launched against Kurds by Syrian media affiliated with the government and Turkish media, with the aim of fueling hatred and inciting violence against the Kurds. "Lā ilāha illā Allāh, a-l-Kurdī ʿaduw Allāh [There is no god but Allah, the Kurd is the enemy of Allah]" has become a popular sectarian and racist slogans chanted by supporters of Al-Sharaa.[8] Ethnic discrimination policies against Kurds have reached alarming levels. On July 21, 2025, Kurdish youths were arrested in Damascus for speaking Kurdish in public.[9] Between July 19-22, 2025, at least 25 Kurds, including underage girls, were abducted by Syrian government forces.[10] These anti-Kurd campaigns are widely seen as a preparatory stage for a military attack against the Kurds. By portraying Kurds as foreigners, saboteurs, Zionist agents, and enemies of the state, Syria and Turkey seek to rally around Arab and Turkic takfiri groups. Declaring Kurds "enemies of God" provides religious legitimacy for their murder and sexual enslavement. If the Syrian regime forces manage to occupy the Kurdish region, a full-scale genocide of Kurds and Christians is to follow in northern Syria. Turkey's Neo-Ottoman Ambitions: "The Road to Jerusalem Goes Through Damascus" The fall of Assad has effectively eliminated the influence of Iran and Russia in Syria, but it has conversely opened the door for Turkey to take control of the country and implement its neo-Ottoman colonial policies. Turkey's end goal is not a peaceful and prosperous Syria, but rather a centralized regime controlled by Ankara, which it can use as a launchpad to target Israel and destabilize the Middle East. While the Shiite "Axis of Resistance" led by Iran has been largely weakened, a new Sunni "Axis of Resistance" led by Turkey and funded by Qatar is emerging in Syria, which is, in the long run, anti-American, anti-Western, and anti-Israeli. Before the fall of Assad, the Kurdish forces were a major obstacle to IRGC expansionism in Syria due to their geographical position. Similarly, they are now a major obstacle for Turkey and Qatar's ambitions to form a Sunni coalition hostile to American and Israeli interests. Conclusion: Kurds And Other Minorities Demand Federalism In a recent interview U.S. Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack claimed, "I think all of the minority communities are smart enough to say, 'We're better off together, centralized.'"[11] This statement contradicts the consistent demands from minorities – Kurds, Alawites, Druzes, and Christians – for a decentralized, federal system, and an end to authoritarianism. Al-Sharaa's reliance on sectarian, extremist policies, have led to bloodbaths in large parts of Syria. As president of Syria, he has failed to meet U.S. expectations: Rather than guiding the country toward stability, his government has intensified repression against minorities and increased sectarian violence across Syria. Therefore, a new U.S. Syria policy is needed to prevent further sectarian and ethnic bloodshed, to prioritize a federal system that gives communities control over their regions. On top of that, Turkey must be prevented from dominating Syria and use it a staging ground to destabilize the region and undermine U.S. interests. The U.S. must continue to support the Kurds in Northern Syria who control around 30 percent of the country. If the U.S. abandons the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) coalition, it will not only betray a loyal partner, it will also lose its foothold in Syria and risk the creation of an anti-American Sunni "Axis of Resistance." *Himdad Mustafa is special advisor to MEMRI's Kurdish Studies Project.
Al-Ahram Weekly
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Syria's existential moment - Region
The crisis facing Syria extends far beyond the Sweida clashes – it is consequential, just as those are. On Tuesday, the interim Syrian government said it was aware of major violations that were committed by individuals wearing security uniforms during the conflict that took place in Sweida last week. The statement came against the backdrop of alarming concern over Syria's social cohesion and territorial integrity, given the repeated ethnic confrontations in different parts of the country, the latest of which was in Sweida. Having started on 19 July and lasted for about five days, with considerable bloodshed and subsequent displacements, the Sweida clashes brought attention to the complex problems that are challenging the stability and territorial unity of Syria beyond the rule of the Assad regime that was toppled on 8 December 2024. The deadly clashes — which have started with what seemed to be common theft in a Druze-majority city in the south of Syria, Sweida, between the Druze, a Muslim minority sect, and Bedouin tribes, mostly Sunni — demonstrated the high level of ethnic tension. The Druze have a presence in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and historic Palestine. Those in Palestine chose to subscribe to the Israeli state and are serving in the Israeli army. When the Sweida Druze leaders warned of a deliberate massacre against their people, Israeli Druze militants moved into south Syria, with the direct support of the Israeli army, to reach out to the Druze of Syria. Israel bombarded Damascus allegedly to retaliate for the attacks conducted by the Bedouins on the Druze. Upon the intervention and pressure of the US, which shared a rare opposition to the Israeli strikes on Syria, the interim Syrian government decided to pull the non-Sweida militants out and allow for a fragile truce to go into effect on Sunday evening. A US-sponsored deal allowed Israel to send humanitarian and medical aid into Sweida. The interim government that stretched its security in the roads leading to the city succumbed to the Sweida Druze leader's decision to deny the entry of any government-associated or condoned militants into the city upon the execution of the ceasefire. The Sweida clashes, according to sources informed about developments on the ground, could escalate again. 'Tension is still very high; each side wants to avenge; regional players, including Israel, are trying to re-incite violence; and the interim regime is still unable to take matters into its own hands,' said an Arab diplomat who follows the developments in Syria closely. These clashes took place less than nine months after the ouster of the dictatorial regime of Bashar Al-Assad at the hands of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a militant group of the diverse anti-Bashar forces that have been working to topple his rule since 2011. They came at a time when the interim regime of HTS leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa was attempting, with the mediation of Turkey and the US, to reach a political compromise with the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces). This leading Kurdish militant group has the support of both the US and Israel. They also occurred a few months after similar clashes took place on the western coast, which has a sizable presence of Al-Assad's Alawite, another Syrian minority. According to Cairo-based foreign diplomats, it is hard to deny the sectarian nature of the clashes. 'The regime security forces are not in control, and they cannot quell the radical Sunni groups who had previously fought alongside the HTS against Al-Assad, who was practically liquidating and bombing all segments of the Syrian opposition, with the help of some regional players, including Iran and Hezbollah,' one of those diplomats said. Today, the same diplomat argued it is not hard to see the radical Muslim Sunnis wanting to avenge the blood baths that Al-Assad had committed in his fight to stay in power. It is not hard, either, he added, to see why Al-Sharaa is avoiding a confrontation with those radical militants who were his allies. According to another diplomatic source, who is well informed on Syria, today some 30,000 to 40,000 radical non-Syrian fighters are heavily armed and running uncontrolled in Syria. There is no way, he added, that Syria's interim president could send home these thousands of Tajik, Igor, and Chechenian fighters – or, for that matter, to disarm them. 'It is an open secret that these and other radical fighters, including Syrians, are not at all happy about Al-Sharaa's current compromising political choices and that there have been at least two to three attempts on his life from these groups,' he said. "It is equally challenging to overlook the fact that the attempts of Al-Sharaa to reach a consensual deal with the Druze on the terms of rule have almost systematically failed due to the failure of the Druze leaders to commit," according to Rabha Seif Allam, a senior expert on Syrian affairs at Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies. She explained that the Druze had enjoyed a semi-autonomous set-up in the last few years of the rule of Al-Assad, who pulled out troops from Sweida to help with the fight against the 2011 democracy calls that he turned into civilian strife. It is equally hard, Allam added, to overlook the fact that Israel, via the Druze of historic Palestine, has been trying to breach the Syrian ethnic and political make-up. While some diplomatic sources have been speculating over the chances for Israel to succeed with its campaign to turn Syria into a federal state, with a weak central government, Allam argued that the recurrent ethnic-and-faith-based clashes in the post-Assad Syria are threatening 'disunity rather than an administrative federal situation.' 'The areas that Israel bombed, allegedly to retaliate for the violations against Syrian Druze, are exactly the areas that Israel would like to see emptied of any tribal presence,' Allam said. The objective, she explained, is to create corridors that connect all the Druze segments away from any other tribal presence. Allam said Druze leaders in Israel are lobbying some of their Syrian counterparts to seek some independence. She noted that this is neither helpful nor fair to the image of the Druze, who had played a very consequential role in Syria's independence at the end of the French mandate in 1946. 'Upon the Israeli occupation of the Golan [Heights in 1967], the Druze of Syria declined to either leave their lands or to be integrated into the Israeli entity,' she said. Throughout the decades, she added, a minority as they are, the Druze have been part of the Syrian political dynamics. Beyond their part in the fight for the independence of Syria, Allam stated that the Druze were part of the establishment of Baathist rule in the country in the early 1960s. Later, she said, they could carefully manage their relationship with the Al-Assad regime, both under Hafez Al-Assad and his son Bashar Al-Assad, whose successive rule spanned from 1971 to 2024. 'The Druze did not take part in the democracy protests of 2011, and they actually declined to serve in the army for its violations against the Syrian people,' Allam said. She added that it was only in 2023, when they had suffered profound humiliations at the hands of the Al-Assad security forces and considerable economic degradation, that they demonstrated against him, with Hikmat Al-Hijri at the lead. Comprising three percent of Syria's 23 million population, the Druze are divided into three groups under three leaders, with Al-Hijri being the spiritual guide and political leader of the largest segment. According to Allam, it is not just the Druze whom Israel is prompting to pursue a degree of independence from the central rule of Damascus, but also the Kurds in the north. Add to this the inclinations coming out from the Alawites, the Assad sect, in Al-Sahel, the western coast of Syria, she said. 'It becomes clear where the disunity might be coming from.' For the most part, she said, international and regional key players, including Washington, Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh, and even Abu Dhabi, are for the unity and territorial integrity of Syria. Diplomatic sources have suggested that the UAE has been more aligned with the 'federal scenario." However, Allam argued that Syria's unity serves the trade and economic cooperation interests of the Emiratis. Other than Israel, Allam 'so far' sees Iran as the possibly only other regional player who might be interested in a less central future for Syria, because it serves Tehran's interest to have an almost connected land route from Iran to Iraq, Syria, and then Lebanon. 'This scenario also contributes to the weakening of the Sunni regime in Syria that has distanced itself from the previous Damascus-Tehran alliance under the Al-Assad regime,' she said. 'With Iran and Israel not being candidates for any agreement, it is hard to see how they could both push for the disintegration scenario,' she noted. With such complex elements of the current situation in the country, Allam said it is not easy to have a clear or comprehensive forecast for Syria's political future. However, she said that one thing is clear: 'Ahmed Al-Sharaa is moving faster to pursue more alliances both inside and outside Syria – much more than he ever did since the ouster of the Al-Assad regime on 8 December 2024.' Informed diplomatic sources say Al-Sharaa has been particularly engaging with Turkey, on the Kurdish file, and with Israel, on the security file. Moreover, he, according to the same sources, has been less reluctant to the overtures of communication from Iran. However, the Cairo-based Syrian political activist Suuad Khubie said that without a committed quest for 'a serious and true national dialogue that would lead to a truly representative and comprehensive national dialogue,' there is little that the interim political regime in Damascus can do to serve the cause of unity and territorial integrity. 'It is all in the hands of the interim rule,' Khubie said. She argued that addressing the threats of disunity requires a clear recognition of the reasons behind the current state of affairs in the country, which is dominated by a sense of discord that was not there upon the ouster of Al-Assad in the winter of last year. 'We need to realize that the national dialogue that was engineered and managed by the new regime fell far short of being representative and fell far short of addressing the many concerns of Syrians,' she said. The same, she added, applies to the constitutional declaration, 'which was basically drafted and passed by the new regime.' Khubie added that there was a failure in the pursuit of a genuine transitional justice, which opened the door for vindictive and counter-vindictive attacks. 'So, we have been seeing crimes that are ethnic, sectarian, and political – with a subsequent dominating sense of fear and uncertainty on the ground among the people of all backgrounds,' she stated. Khubie argued that 'Syria needs a prompt process of justice' – both for the crimes that were committed during the Al-Assad regime and those that have been happening since last December. 'If criminals are left without a due legal process of investigation and trial, then the people would lose all faith in the ability of the regime to induce security and stability,' she said. In parallel, she argued that there is a need for 'a new and real political process with a true national dialogue that could produce a non-consensual and representative constitutional declaration.' With this, she added, there needs to be a new government 'of qualified technocrats rather than political alliances' to take control of the country's affairs. 'These are the key prerequisites to control and contain the spike of sectarianism, the hate speech, and the calls for violence,' she said. It is also essential for the containment of the over-expanded role of religious leaders at the expense of politicians in Syria, especially among the minorities. Syria needs to move towards state rebuilding and proper regime construction to make up for the vast damage caused by the war of the Al-Assad regime against the Syrian people and to cut off the influence of foreign fighters in the country, Khubie concluded. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
Time of India
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Turkey, Syria Eye Operation Against Israel? Erdogan Steps In With Bold Warning
/ Jul 22, 2025, 12:05AM IST Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed his unwavering support for Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, condemning Israel's interference in Syria's stability. Erdogan pledged full backing to help Syria recover from ongoing conflicts and vowed not to abandon his ally amid rising tensions in the region. Watch
Memri
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Memri
The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing: How Al-Joulani Turned From Perpetrator Of A Massacre Into Being Applauded By The West As Peace-Maker
Abu Mohammad Al-Joulani (Ahmed Al-Sharaa), who declared himself the president of the transitional government in Syria, is playing a psychopathic game that the West does not understand. Mohammad Al-Joulani (Ahmed Al-Sharaa) STEP 1: Al-Joulani sends Bedouin Sunni militias (operating under his command) to massacre hundreds of Druze in Sweida. They murder children, women and elderly in their homes. STEP 2: Al-Joulani declares to the media: "There's violence between groups! I'm sending the army to restore peace!" STEP 3: Instead of stopping the perpetrators (whom he sent), he sends his army to suppress the Druze – the VICTIMS! STEP 4 – Ultimate cynicism: After an "agreement" mediated by the U.S. and Turkey, Al-Joulani gives a speech BLAMING the Druze victims and PRAISING the militias, who invaded their homes, murdered, slaughtered, raped and burned. In the same speech, in which the West sees a "moderate leader," he is actually sanctifying the massacre and crowning the killers as heroes. On July 16, 2025, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) published on its Facebook page a video showing a Syrian soldier wearing an ISIS patch on his body armor. In the video, the soldier said that the Ansar Al‑Tawhid Brigades of the Syrian 82nd Division were preparing to enter the Druze city of Sweida in order to "purify it" from what he called the "filth" of Druze leader Hikmat Al‑Hijri and his followers. (See MEMRI TV clip No. 12156, Syrian Soldier Wearing ISIS Patch Says Before Entering Druze City Of Sweida: We Will Purify The City Of Druze Filth, Jul 16, 2025) Medical Catastrophe It is worth noting that the siege has caused a complete collapse of Sweida's hospitals. Critical shortages of life-saving medications, surgical equipment, and basic medical supplies. Patients are dying from treatable conditions. Diabetics without insulin. Cancer patients without chemotherapy. Wounded victims bleeding without proper care. Urgent Appeal To Medical and Humanitarian Organizations: Druze are traditionally called "Bani Ma'roof [Sons of Kindness]" – because of their religious tradition to help anyone in need, regardless of religion, race, or nationality. The very people who made helping others their core religious value are now being slaughtered and dying from medical neglect with no help at all. As a doctor, I appeal to: -The World Health Organization (WHO), the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders: emergency medical intervention is needed NOW. - International hospitals: mobile medical units are urgently needed. - Pharmaceutical companies: emergency medication supplies are needed. - United Nations: humanitarian corridors must immediately be opened. J'Accuse...! Al-Joulani executed the massacre, punished the victims, created medical catastrophe, and received international blessing for "stopping violence" that he created himself. This is exactly what Al-Joulani does. And the West applauds him for bringing "peace" and calls him a "responsible leader." WAKE UP WORLD! You're being played by a master manipulator! *Dr. Ziad Dabour is an Israeli Druze, Clinical Pharmacologist, Ph.D. Medical Sciences.
