Jumblatt draws parallels between Palestinians and Syrians

 

Druze leader MP Walid Jumblatt, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, said that grief and exasperation are a common factor between the Palestinian people deprived of their land and the Syrian people deprived of their will.

 

“How could Damascus be an Arab cultural capital while it is detaining its intellectuals?” Jumblatt asked. “Do the Syrian intelligence services understand culture?”

 

He also noted the similarity between the “Israeli occupation, which has been implementing settlements and racist segregation policies, and the Syrian dictatorship, which is seizing the rights of the Syrian people and pursuing intellectuals.”

 

“Some have accused Israel of killing March 14 martyrs,” Jumblatt said, referring to Hezbollah.

 

“In other words, Israel killed anti-Syrian figures in Lebanon. Is it possible that an objective alliance exists between Israel and Syria?” he asked.