Published : 17-01-2017
Reports released on Sunday, January 15, notified of the intent of the so-called National Salvation Front, affiliated with the opposition, to implement a roadmap for closer ties with the Israeli occupation.
The roadmap, put forth by the newly-formed oppositionist group, features the recognition of Israel by a post-Assad Syrian leadership, arriving at a compromise over the issue of Syria’s Golan Heights, which have been occupied by Tel Aviv since 1967, and the setting up of friendly ties and strategic cooperation between the two sides.
The plan also obligates the dissolution of all Syria-based Palestinian refugee camps, the naturalization of Palestinian refugees in Syria, and disbanding all Palestinian resistance groups operating in Syria, most notably Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
The roadmap also features the recognition of the Palestinian Authority (PA), chaired by Mahmoud Abbas, as the only official and legitimate Palestinian body in Syria.
A few days earlier, the National Salvation Front said in a Facebook statement that its general coordinator Fahd Al-Masri was expected to deliver a speech over the bid in the presence of 700 Israelis.
In his speech, aired days later on the Israeli i24 TV Channel, Al-Masri said that “the new-frangled Syria will not consider Israel as an enemy,” openly pleading with the Israeli regime to support a post-Assad government line-up.
Meanwhile, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Zakaria Al-Agha slammed the self-proclaimed opposition group for using the Palestinian cause as a bargaining chip to boost ties with the Israeli occupation.
He dubbed the roadmap a sign of “political absurdity” that does not represent the outlook of “our Syrian brothers and sisters.”
“Palestinian refugee camps shall forever remain the emblems of the Palestinian Nakba and a remainder of the forced displacement to which the Palestinians have been subjected all the way through their national liberation struggle,” he further stated.
Reports released on Sunday, January 15, notified of the intent of the so-called National Salvation Front, affiliated with the opposition, to implement a roadmap for closer ties with the Israeli occupation.
The roadmap, put forth by the newly-formed oppositionist group, features the recognition of Israel by a post-Assad Syrian leadership, arriving at a compromise over the issue of Syria’s Golan Heights, which have been occupied by Tel Aviv since 1967, and the setting up of friendly ties and strategic cooperation between the two sides.
The plan also obligates the dissolution of all Syria-based Palestinian refugee camps, the naturalization of Palestinian refugees in Syria, and disbanding all Palestinian resistance groups operating in Syria, most notably Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
The roadmap also features the recognition of the Palestinian Authority (PA), chaired by Mahmoud Abbas, as the only official and legitimate Palestinian body in Syria.
A few days earlier, the National Salvation Front said in a Facebook statement that its general coordinator Fahd Al-Masri was expected to deliver a speech over the bid in the presence of 700 Israelis.
In his speech, aired days later on the Israeli i24 TV Channel, Al-Masri said that “the new-frangled Syria will not consider Israel as an enemy,” openly pleading with the Israeli regime to support a post-Assad government line-up.
Meanwhile, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Zakaria Al-Agha slammed the self-proclaimed opposition group for using the Palestinian cause as a bargaining chip to boost ties with the Israeli occupation.
He dubbed the roadmap a sign of “political absurdity” that does not represent the outlook of “our Syrian brothers and sisters.”
“Palestinian refugee camps shall forever remain the emblems of the Palestinian Nakba and a remainder of the forced displacement to which the Palestinians have been subjected all the way through their national liberation struggle,” he further stated.
