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Amith
it is a complete farce.
This is part of an ongoing disinformation campaign by Times of israel
and the Jerusalem Post. They seem to have a Druze contact who is in
touch with a couple of individual Syrian exiles, who either don't exist
at all (there is zero evidence on the web for this Nabhan character), or
who do exist, but have no relation whatsoever to any Syrian opposition
movement (still less the FSA), yet JP introduces them as "Syrian
opposition leaders", notably someone called "Labwani".
Last time it was the Jerusalem Post. The false flag story appears to be
in the same style; again there is the "Druze" intermediary. The Post
story is more honest, because it merely calls this unknown Nabhan
character "one opposition political activist" rather than lying that he
has some position in the FSA. It does not mention Labwani, but contains
a prominent photo of him, where the caption falsely calls him a "Syrian
opposition leader" though he has no position at all in any Syrian
opposition leadership body. All lies.
www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Syrian-rebel-groups-congratulate-Netanyahu-on-his-election-victory-394565
When Labwani put forward his Golan plan last year (for the US to turn
the Golan into an “international peace park” because Assad has “never
lifted a finger” on the Golan so it is effectively lost anyway), it was
rejected by the Syrian opposition and most oppositionists, as
ironically, the Times of Israel at that time reported:
“Labwani’s unusual statement were not well-received in Syria’s
opposition, however. According to the Jordanian daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm,
dozens of Syrian oppositionists signed a petition against Labwani,
including Salameh Kaileh, Walid Al-Bunni and Fady Jomar.
“Freedom achieved through the enemies is not freedom,” read the
petition, according to the daily.
“Arab nationalist pundit Abdel Bari Atwan also weighed into the debate,
attacking Labwani for granting Assad “the biggest gift possible on the
[third] anniversary of the revolution.”
“[Labwani] exposed a plan revolving around selling the occupied Syrian
Golan Heights to Israel in return for peace with it. He served a
powerful blow Arab and Islamic hopes of regaining the stolen rights in
Palestine.”
http://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-dissident-offer-golan-heights-if-israel-removes-assad/
More interesting is the purpose of this sick disinformation campaign,
which can only be negative for the FSA inside Syria, give more
ammunition to groups like Nusra to falsely accuse the FSA (like lots of
western "leftists" do) of being "imperialist and zionist agents" and use
this in their turf wars against the FSA.
Oh and the FSA losing ground? Mainly since the onset of US airstrikes in
September, which benefited the Assad regime while giving a huge
political boost to Nusra. The first half of 2014 was if anything a
period of re-rise of the FSA. But the relative loss of ground since
September should also not be exaggerated: the FSA controls the south and
has scored impressive recent victories (the historic city of Busra
al-Sham and then the Jordanian border), and despite setbacks to Nusra in
Idlib and Aleppo in the northwest, still playys a prominent part there,
including in recent major victories such as the seizure of Idlib.
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From: A.R. G via Marxism
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 4:40 PM
To: Michael Karadjis
Subject: [Marxism] Syrian Rebel Group in Decline vows normalization
withIsrael
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http://www.timesofisrael.com/on-independence-day-moderate-syrian-rebels-send-warm-wishes/
It is from a setter publication so I do not necessarily vouch for its
accuracy.
Nonetheless I think it is a remarkable sign of how much ground the FSA
has
lost in Syria that it believes pledges its allegiance to the Zionist
regime
outweighs its legitimacy in the eyes of the hundreds of thousands of
Palestinians in Syria and others who have overwhelmingly opposed any
sort
of normalization with the regime that expelled them and continues
killing
them (referring to Israel in this case, not Assad)
- Amith
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