Published : 21-02-2016
The Palestinian youth in Syria were placed in front of difficult choices regarding the compulsory conscription of military service, either to escape prosecution by immigrating outside the borders of Syria, or to escape to internal areas outside the regime's control. Most of the remaining Palestinian youth in Syria prefer the siege and shelling and sniping more than to join military service, activists see that this happens due to several reasons:
Most notably reason is that the PLA, which was founded to contribute to the Liberation of Palestine, is today practicing agendas that do not serve the Palestinian cause at all, particularly after the involvement of a number of its officers in military action alongside with the Syrian regime’s forces against opposition groups, according to confirmed reports and activists.
Also, most of the young Palestinians prefer not to interfere with any side of the conflict in terms of military action, even those who are already serving military compulsorily, most of them are convinced of the necessity of staying neutral and not taking action against any party whatsoever, justifying that their military role should be against those who occupy their own lands in Palestine.
Activists confirm that the death of many Palestinian conscripts by the hands of Syrian opposition groups comes because they are considered to be affiliated to the Syrian regime’s army, which is a very important factor for others not to get involved in the PLA operations.
The AGPS has documented 155 victims of the PLA Palestinian soldiers killed since the start of the war, noting that some of them were killed by the regime’s army and security forces for refusing orders of targeting civilians and opposition groups.
In addition to the regime’s checkpoints that have become a nightmare haunts Palestinian young people's lives, and the fear of arrest while passing or during raids carried out by them every now and then.
The Palestinian youth in Syria were placed in front of difficult choices regarding the compulsory conscription of military service, either to escape prosecution by immigrating outside the borders of Syria, or to escape to internal areas outside the regime's control. Most of the remaining Palestinian youth in Syria prefer the siege and shelling and sniping more than to join military service, activists see that this happens due to several reasons:
Most notably reason is that the PLA, which was founded to contribute to the Liberation of Palestine, is today practicing agendas that do not serve the Palestinian cause at all, particularly after the involvement of a number of its officers in military action alongside with the Syrian regime’s forces against opposition groups, according to confirmed reports and activists.
Also, most of the young Palestinians prefer not to interfere with any side of the conflict in terms of military action, even those who are already serving military compulsorily, most of them are convinced of the necessity of staying neutral and not taking action against any party whatsoever, justifying that their military role should be against those who occupy their own lands in Palestine.
Activists confirm that the death of many Palestinian conscripts by the hands of Syrian opposition groups comes because they are considered to be affiliated to the Syrian regime’s army, which is a very important factor for others not to get involved in the PLA operations.
The AGPS has documented 155 victims of the PLA Palestinian soldiers killed since the start of the war, noting that some of them were killed by the regime’s army and security forces for refusing orders of targeting civilians and opposition groups.
In addition to the regime’s checkpoints that have become a nightmare haunts Palestinian young people's lives, and the fear of arrest while passing or during raids carried out by them every now and then.
