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Kassioun Editorial 1221: A Dose of Hope!
The clashes Syrian heroes in Daraa province waged against the Zionist incursion, and the accompanying and subsequent solidarity, sympathy, mutual support, and appreciation from all Syrians inside Syria and abroad, prove that the Syrian people themselves are the ones capable of resolving the various problems facing Syria, most notably the issues of sovereignty, livelihood, dignity, and civil peace. This is not only because they are first and foremost concerned with their right to self-determination, but also because the actual implementation of this right can only be achieved by Syrians themselves, through getting together, dialogue, consensus, and cooperation. The solution was not and will not be external, rather, it is necessarily internal. Furthermore, the solution will not come at the hands of “supermen” and extraordinary heroes, but rather at the hands of the Syrian people, united as one unified people who take control of their own destiny and solve their various problems through cooperation and solidarity.
If the “Israelis” had the slightest conviction that they would be greeted with flowers in any part of the country, they would not hesitate for a moment to seize it. However, they know that the vast majority of Syrians have for decades been awaiting a foolishness of this kind; waiting for aggression to descend from the sky, beyond their reach, and for it to cross the line of formal or actual confrontation with the regimes, to see and experience in concrete terms what Syrian dignity and sovereignty over their land truly means.
The example set by Daraa’s heroes and martyrs in direct popular resistance carries great and significant meanings that go beyond defending national sovereignty against the external enemy, but they extend to something deeper and more comprehensive.
The Daraa example implicitly means that the various problems Syrians and their country are experiencing have only one solution: for Syrians to rely on themselves, as an active and effective society, and as a united and fraternal people, regardless of the criminal and treacherous incitement toward sectarian, religious, and ethnic divisions, and the empty talk about majorities and minorities on sectarian, religious, and ethnic grounds.
The Daraa example and the tremendous solidarity among all Syrians revives in the hearts and minds of Syrians the heroism of the leaders of the Great Syrian Revolution of 1925, in which Syrians stood shoulder to shoulder with their fellow Syrians, transcending all the abhorrent divisions that serve only the interests of those who plunder the people’s livelihood at home, and those who plunder their strength and dignity abroad.
Syrian society, which has long struggled to emerge from tyranny, plunder, oppression, and domination, and to preserve the unity of its country, remains alive and capable despite all its pain and wounds. It remains capable of making the best possible use of international and regional conditions to serve its interests and those of its country.
Being convinced of the Syrian people’s capabilities, relying on them and seeking strength from them and not against them, and seeking strength from them as a whole, not from a portion of them against another, is the only valid starting point from which the various political and social authorities and forces should proceed. This, in concrete terms, means holding a general national conference that would serve as a gateway to genuine dialogue and consensus among all Syrians, and establishing a comprehensive, balanced, and broadly representative national unity government that would serve as a tool for Syrians to solve their problems and determine their own destiny. This is not only because it is their right, but also because they alone are capable of preserving the country, its unity, and civil peace in it, and putting it on the path to genuine recovery by relaunching the economy based on a unified Syrian market and primarily on local capabilities, far from the illusion of an imminent lifting of sanctions or the illusion of foreign aid, which will not suffice neither to feed nor to satisfy the needs of Syrians.
