IS IT LIBERATION OR A NEW STAGE OF CHAOS?
By Ibrahim Ebeid.
February 11, 2025
Events in Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria.
No doubt that the people of Syria have suffered under the rule of the Assad family like never before. Fifty-four years of tyranny and brutal dictatorship under the clutches of Hafiz, the father, and Bashar, the son.
Hafiz Assad was never a member of the Baath Party, he joined the clique of Salah Jadid, Nour El Din Al Attasi, and others who conspired against the leadership of the Baath Party in Syria, Hafiz was among them, they claimed to be more progressive and launched a coup against the Government, and the leadership of the party, the leaders of the party were arrested and condemned to death, among them were Michel Aflaq, Salah El Bitar, Akram Hawrani and Shibli El Aysamy, they were freed by some of the loyal officers and smuggled outside of Syria. The legal president of Syria at the time of the coup was Amin Al Hafiz, he was sentenced to death as well.
These events took place in February 1966.
The so-called new leadership of the Party in Syria was always exagerating and going astray, they were equal to the trend of the new left, Hafiz Assad was appointed as minister of defense or as secretary of defenses as it is called in the United States,
In September 1970, while the leadership of the so-called Baath Party was having its National Conference, Hafiz Assad stormed the hall where the conference was taking place, arrested the leadership and all who were attending, appointed himself president, and took full power.
Syria became a colony under the domination of the Assad family, who controlled every aspect of Syria, economy, education, military, freedom of expression, and thoughts of the past. The family built a republic of fear, and jails were open to anyone controlled who was accused of unloyalty to the man in power.
Palestinians were not spared.
The intervention of the Syrian army in Lebanon began with the support of the Christian right against a leftist camp that included Palestinian fighters allied with parties and currents that joined under the title of the “Lebanese National Movement” in Muslim embraces.
During the Syrian forces’ conflict with the PLO and its bases in the camps, several atrocities were committed, the most famous of which was the murder documented in the book “Tel al-Zaatar Camp: The Facts of the Forgotten Massacre” by Muhammad Daoud al-Ali, published about a year ago by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. In it, the researcher relied on well-known references, unpublished archived documents, and, most importantly, interviews with Palestinian and Lebanese figures concerned with this file and the testimonies of military, political, and partisan leaders and survivors who narrated the facts of what happened. Therefore, his book is rich in details, supported by tables, maps, appendices, and photos, from which we will focus on the role of the Syrian army in supporting the perpetrators of the massacre.
Tel al-Zaatar camp was established in 1949 following the Nakba. When Israel launched its raids on southern Lebanon in 1975, it became a destination for Palestinians from other camps and for Lebanese Shiites from the south who sought refuge there and the surrounding poverty belt.
In the fourth stage, the militias committed a massacre against civilians and medical teams on August 12, 1976, for which no one has acknowledged responsibility, and the fate of hundreds of missing persons is not yet known.,,
The uprooting of the camp went through four phases: a supply siege imposed by right-wing militias and Lebanese army units loyal to them in early 1976 that lasted seven months. It targeted 30,000 people in Tal al-Zaatar and nearby neighborhoods, followed by water shortages, power cuts, and poor medical services. Second, the then lieutenant colonel, Michel Aoun, planned a tight military offensive from all sides for fifty-two days. Then, the simultaneous exodus of the fighters towards the mountains and the surrender of the inhabitants. In the fourth stage, the militias committed a massacre against civilians and medical teams on August 12, 1976, for which no one has admitted responsibility, and the fate of hundreds of missing persons is not yet known.
Sudden Changes.
The destruction of Gaza and the massacres that took place by the Zionist entity with the support of the Western Powers indeed amounted to genocide. The involvement of the United States provoked the youth of the United States and people around the World to vehemently criticize their governments and accuse them of accomplices of genocide. Many Jewish organizations stood up with the Palestinians and raised the slogan, Palestine must be free from the river to the sea. The Universities became camps of support and solidarity, and the Zionist organizations were stunned; they did not expect to see any awakening and started using tremendous pressure to stop the awakening movement. The United States felt the pressure and resorted to a new approach to a smoother move of support to the Palestinians, which led to a cease-fire in Gaza and sudden changes in Lebanon and Syria.
The Trump administration has sought congressional approval to transfer nearly $1 billion in bombs and military equipment to Israel despite ongoing efforts to maintain a fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
“The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip,” Trump said in a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We’ll own it … We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal … the Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump went beyond that, he wanted the Gaza Strip to be vacant from its population and forced transfer to adjacent countries and another foreign non-Arab land to make a TRUMP COLONY.
This is further proof that the United States Administration and officials are the same and are pawns in the hands of Zionism, Trump went further to reveal himself as an instigator of continuous war and genocide when he stated that he cannot prevent resuming the war of genocide in Gaza and probably in the West Bank by saying that Israel is too small, like his pen on his desk, this statement is hazardous, and it means that Israel should expand and occupy more land, probably he supports the Zionist ideas for annexing the west Bank to be part of Israel, and ethnic cleansing it from its natives, and replace them by Jews from different nationalities.
Not to forget the Arab usurped lands, besides Palestine which were granted to Iran and Turkey such as Al-Ahwaz and Iskandaroun and others. These Usurped Arab Lands will be published in a book very soon.
The changes in Lebanon and Syria have surprised us at the same time, we see it as necessary because the people have suffered immensely as Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon have suffered massively. They were under the clutches of Iran and its mullahs. They were ruled by sectarianism regimes, and foreigners were imported and granted citizenship illegally, they were destroyed.
We believe that the United States was behind the changes to appear as a peace mediator, but in fact to control the area with a camouflage face in order to expand its control of the area more effectively and to appease the people. The fall of the Assad tyrannical regime came out as the work of the United States and Russia to trim the clips of Iran and replace it with Turkey.
Turkey is an ally of the United States, has good relations with the Zionist entity, and has a dream to restore the Ottoman Empire, the Muslim Caliphate, under its leadership.
A new administration sprang in Syria now under the leadership of Ahmab Sharaa, we know his background and his relation with Turkey and with the Islamist Recep Tayyep Ordep Erdogan.
Ahmad Sharaa promised us a progressive democratic state, a civil one with a parliament elected by the people, we hope that he will not be under any foreign influence. Let us give him a chance to rebuild Syria and return it to its Arab fold.
To Trump and his lackeys, we say that the Palestinians are not beggars to live on charity and sympathy. They have rich resources that are usurped by colonialist, racist settlers; they have their cities, towns, and villages awaiting them to return to. They have the legitimate right to do so. Gaza is not a real estate. It is part of Palestine, you and the colonialist settlers are behind their suffering and preventing the Palestinians from living in peace and harmony in their own country?
The Palestinians need young, able, and capable leaders to lead a unified one dedicated to liberating them from the yoke of occupation to build a secular state in all of Palestine, from the river to the sea.
The Arab governments must adhere to the wishes of the people and represent them, not the wishes of the big powers, They must realize that relations between governments are built on interests. Awakening started in the West, in Europe, and in the United States among young people, this will empower the Arabs to become more serious and sober. This is the minimum requirement that is needed to liberate Palestine from the grip of Zionism and every Arab-occupied land beside Palestine, which we will tackle later on.
Together, with the awakened young people in the World we can impose peace and prosperity in the World including in Palestine.
No more creative Chaos, no more aggression, no more genocide, and no more ethnic cleansing
